Power Wagon mud race truck build

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Shot primer on both the hood and the grill after I wet sanded the grill. It needed another coat after I was done.

Mounted the ice chest and water pump for the w2a intercooler and added.

I decided to test out the por 15 epoxy tonight to see how it was going to work on the lower window frame. I'll check it out tomorrow to see how it worked. If it's going to work, I will finish filling in the rusted out portions of the window channel tomorrow and get it reshaped into the a workable piece so I can get it painted and install the lexan windows.

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Minor setback today, the hood ornament I'd ordered weeks ago and been waiting on to come in seems to be on perpetual back order, so I canceled my order today and ordered something different from another place. Not sure how it's going to look on the truck, but will see when it gets in.

The por 15 epoxy putty worked great in filling in those rusted out holes in the window frame. I worked on it off and on today getting the rest of the it filled out and built up. Fixed the hole with the broken off easyout in it, and retapped the threads for the window crank. I sprayed them in epoxy tonight along with another coat on the hood after I wet sanded it with 400 grit. I'll sand the hood and grill down tomorrow with 600 grit and see where they are at, but I think they are ready for paint.

I need to do just a little bit more sanding on the lower window frame where I put all the epoxy so I might end up spraying another coat of primer on it tomorrow night after I'm done. Once I'm happy with the grill, hood and window frame, I'll get them all painted orange and will be done with the orange paint.

I drilled out the holes where the battery cables come through the truck bed floor so that I could put some conduit ends in place and run the cables through them.

I also mounted the shifter tonight in the cab of the truck and started on some of the wiring inside the cab. I'm replacing the ground wires up to the switches as I've had problems with the old wires being too big and coming out of the screw terminal on the end of the relay block. I dropped down to 18 gauge wires and they fit good.

I also made templates for all of the windows I would need for the truck and cut out the front and back windows out of the 3/16" lexan. I still need to make sure of fitment on the door windows how I'm doing them and then I will get them cut out.

Also I ordered all the graphics for the truck today and we designed our Tshirts for this season. My wife is going to go by and get them ordered tomorrow.

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Didn't get much time out in the shop tonight, but I did get the lower frame sanded down and reprimed tonight. Looks like I'm going to have to add a tiny bit more filler to it tomorrow and then shoot one final coat of primer on it and then on to orangifying it, the grill, hood and other parts of the window frame.

After shooting primer, I worked on running the water lines for the w2a intercooler going from the ice chest/pump up into the cab of the truck. On line is about 1 foot too short, so I have to pick up a piece tomorrow and splice it to finish hooking it up.

I also worked on more wiring in the cab of the truck and started figuring out the wiring for the bed of the truck. Making good progress on it. Just need a few more hours of working on it.

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I love working from home. Stepped out this morning and sanded the window frame. Then went out at noon and shot primer on it after I wet sanded the hood.

This evening, I shot 2 coats of orange on all of the parts in the paint bay. The window frame and all it's pieces, the grill and the lower grill piece, the rear window frame and the hood.

I'm hoping I have enough paint to get a good coat on the underside of the hood and grill tomorrow. There isn't much paint left out of that gallon.

Once I get those painted tomorrow, all I have left to paint is the two front fenders.

I picked up the piece of hose I needed today and just need to connect the hoses in the cab.

Worked more on the wiring. Spent an hour searching through my disorganized piles of crap in the shop looking for a roll of heavy gauge wire
I wanted to use for. I knew I had it, just couldn't find it. Eventually did when I was shutting the shop down for the night.

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Yesterday was spent finishing up wiring all the fans, fuel and water pumps in the bed of the truck and supplying power to the relays.

The fuel lines are hooked up now and the transmission cooler lines are laid out, but I need to pick up a couple of more clamps to finish hooking them up.

I put the rear window in the truck and put the front windshield frame together and have the windows in it and siliconed into place.

I also painted the underside of the hood and grill, so hopefully they will be ready to be put on tomorrow or the next day.

The cowl vent is now bolted in and I fixed the way it connected to be opened by welding a washer in place of the broken piece. I then cut out the rivet and drilled a hole through the pivot piece. I made a handle out of some scrap metal so that I can open and close it.

While I had the welder out, I welded my throttle linkage together, the threaded end on one side was almost broken off.

Wiring wise, all I need to finish up is hooking up all of the gauges.

I also finished up the installation of my shifter down on the transmission

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Got more of the truck together today. The grill is on, the hood is on. Mounted the gas pedal from the 93 dodge, and cut the square hole for the throttle cable. Also got the oil changed in the engine. Still need to change the trans fluid and check the diffs and transfer case. I cut and welded up the exhaust pipe for the internal stack. Started wiring the gauges in the cab. Mounted the front shock reservoirs.

The list is getting smaller, on what needs to be done. I started cutting out the hole in the hood for the hood stack mount and broke my last scroll saw blade, so I'll get it finished tomorrow.

Finally got the front windshield installed, noticed that the drivers side lower cracked when I bolted the two pieces together. Going to have to fix that somehow.