Tomorrow I’m headed back across the bridge for more wrenching fun with Mr. Scout. In preparation, I decided it might be wise to replace the cracked vapor line I repaired with a sock and zip tie last fall, seeing as we’re going to be welding within inches of it.
The backstory: I was putting something like fifteen gallons in the new tank and heard the sound of fuel spattering on the pavement. The original vapor line was two pieces of ancient hose spliced with a length of copper tubing, and the leaks were coming from somewhere around the splice. Pressed for time, I wrapped the leak with a sock to keep dripping gas from hitting the hot exhaust pipe and torching the back of the truck.
Finn helped me by finding the proper 9/16 socket and removing four bolts which held the spare tire assembly to the sidewall. I marked it and stored it in one of the bins, then put the four bolts back into the sidewall. It’ll be nice to drive without that thing clanking around.