"Neil W. Bellenger" <neil624b@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
: Now the clean-up begins.
: First go-around with the power washer this morning to get the big and
: obvious chunks off. This afternoon the mud-terrains came off, the
: suspension in each corner got a thorough flush and all fittings greased.
: Dropping the skid plates and the side steps, and maybe removing the
: front bumper will come later.
That sounds a lot like work! ;-) Though it does explain
why your truck always looks so nice - I should have suspected
there would be hard work involved somewhere. :-)
: The only seriously tweaked item is the
: trailer wiring socket. After falling too far behind the lead truck, I
: missed a turn at an intersection Friday evening. I spotted tail lights
: too late to make the turn and had to back up. Backing hard into a mud
: bank will crack the socket cover, fill the socket with adobe, and
: somehow bend it into a vertical oval. Makes it difficult to insert the
: trailer plug. The plug designers never anticipated the need to provide a
: taper to the first half-inch of the plug for this kind of abuse.
Next year a mini-skid plate for the trailer socket? :-)
--
-Jon-
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