I make progress from time to time
Spring finally showed up and i'm trying to get ready to drive this by the end of the month. I did spend like 2 hrs last night rotating the tires and changing oil on my rainier so I lost a bit of progress. Also had my AC belt start making noise a month ago. I assumed it was the compressor going out since I replaced it 4 years ago when I bought the rainier. Was driving this weekend and it sounded like a bunch of marbles in a soup can. Turned out the tensioner locked up and it just spit the belt. Got lucky there! I even had a spare tensioner sitting in my tool box from a few years back so all it cost was a $10 belt. Sometimes you win sometimes you loose! Anyways back on track.
My heat exchanger and pump showed up. Got some brackets made and painted. Didn't even drill any holes in the core support! It fit right between the bumper, core support, and front support bar like GM knew someone would be installing something there 30 years down the road!
Did a tiny bit of welding i mean slag depositing with my free loaner harbor fright flux core. Total junk but anything free is worth saving up for. And yeah, my welding helmet is worth more than the welder haha
And I don't think i've ever showed it here, but my little paint booth. I build models in my spare time and have this 3ft cube booth I use to paint everything in.