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With no trips planned for a few weeks, still goofing around with little convenience items and other minor projects, as there's no end to trying to "find places to make things fit" in a truck this small. As with most 80s vehicles, there's very little OEM storage in them. The center console box on...

Finally got around to doing the rear trailing arm bushings, something I didn't do when I originally updated all the suspension because at the time they "looked fine." Well, they don't look fine now: Luckily, this is actually a pretty easy job - literally just undo three big bolts and drop...

Links don't seem to work on this forum for some reason so here's a screen cap of the product

Got the actual shovel. Happy to see my measurements were correct, as it's pretty much a perfect fit for the place I put the mounts, and the bill tucks in nicely about 1" from the propane tank mount, and wraps around. So, mission accomplished there

Small projects this evening, some stuff I've been meaning to get around to. First off, with the new rear bumper caps I got rid of the janky mudflaps I had, but of course the result of that is that mud and crap will basically just come off the rear tires right into the underneath of the bumpers...

great, thanks to both you!

Just to follow up on this, I did build this thing, and here's how it turned out. I did use the 2x2 1/8 square for the whole thing, and it's very, very solid/strong - granted its not holding very much weight. Anyhow, just to add to the idea pile for those who dont' follow my build thread.

sorry, for some reason it didn't like me posting the link. Here's a screen cap from Amazon

I used this stuff, which has the black backing and comes in various roll sizes (I got the 157x39" roll which was plenty for this small rig but probably not enough for a 4-door SUV). There are various other similar ones, this is just the one I happened to get.

Grabbed some of that stuff off Amazon and did some cutting velcro application this morning. Should work just fine. This stuff is kinda cheapo and some of the black backing came off, but it's good enough for my purposes since I don't really sleep during daylight anyhow... And found...

Thanks - definitely thinking of that as a good solution, especially in the front windows/windshield where stowing curtains is problematic. I may do some roll-ups in the back, we'll see :).

Finishing up the updated interior sleeping arrangement. For those who have been following this a while, the old setup required removal of the front passenger seat, and then I had a 3-foot board with legs that bolted to the seat base to make a flat surface. While that worked fine, it required...

out in the Michigan boondocks with the big rig and more local with the little one

Oh a couple other little things: 1. some airtight little cases to put things like bug spray, sunblock, wipes, and other little things that I want handy at camp. These fit snugly between the platform and the inner trim. I may add a third one for general toiletries for camp. 2. a little...

When I first got these balljoints I was a bit dubious about them - they didn't have a traditional sealed boot design, but rather this thick rubber "cap" of sorts that was strange. However, not knowing 80s Mitsubishis I thought maybe that was just "how it was designed." But clearly they allowed...

In my never-ending search for whatever is making the irregular BANG / POP sound when flexing, time to take some other stuff apart. I've replaced about half of the front end components to no avail so far. I know it's not swaybars/endlinks since it's made the noise with them disconnected. So on to...

Also guess I'm forgetting the Sequoia. Well, it towed 12 hours each way to Sno Drift rally in central Michigan a few weeks ago (dragging a Subaru behind it) Got good use out of my lighting Also spent some time in the logging area up there, which was super-deep sand where I was spinning all...

ok, so here's the "finished" inside area. The sleeping platform top is wood, wrapped in some tough fabric. It has room for one of my two gear footlockers underneath (which has spare parts, jack , tools, etc) as well as sleeping bags and related stuff. There are two plastic watertight cases in...

I guess I never posted about finishing that project, so I'll take some interior pics tomorrow. Today though, I did another little project I've been meaning to do. I posted earlier a little fold-down table on the back side of the rear swingout. That's a place to but my stove, with the propane...

I recently picked up a hose to run from my 5lb propane bottle to my old Coleman stove so I can stop using the 1lb disposables. Works fine, as expected. But then I went to use it on my Jetboil Halfgen and.....apparently it has a different (finer) thread pitch on the screw-on adaptor than the...