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Not much new to report; after a hurried warmup and three gallons of gas, Peer Pressure rumbled quietly and politely into work this morning. I need to continue spraying white lithium grease on the heater control lever in the engine bay, because it takes a super-strong knuckle to get it moving. I asked Santa for a Kensington iPhone clamp so that I can get my phone up off the seat and into view. Next I need to find a cord with a thin enough edge to fit my case so that I can put it through the stereo.

From our friend Mike in Colorado, straight to my keychain. Sweet!

So, who’s got an emergency brake assembly I can buy?

From what it sounds like, the donut on the exhaust flange of the passenger’s side has evaporated, giving Peer Pressure a decidedly more sinister (and loud) noise. Replacements are $5, but I really need a shop manual to help me with the job.

6-1 crawl gear makes pulling dead bushes a very simple task.

I ordered a set of vacuum plugs from Amazon on Friday to cap off the unused ports on my poly gas tank. I think I’m going to try wrapping the ports in something like aluminum foil first in order to keep gas fumes from melting the plastic (it seems like there’s no good alternative to plastic or rubber that I can find) and then put the caps over top of them, then zip-tie or use a small hose clamp to fasten them completely. I also ordered a pinstripe removal wheel for my dashboard veneer; it came this afternoon via UPS. So I know what I’m going to be playing with this evening.

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Finn and I did a quick recon trip to Arbutus on Sunday to look for a truck Mr. Scout showed me several years ago: a topless yellow Scout that looked like it hadn’t moved in a couple of years. When I finally remembered how to get where it was, we found that it had been replaced by a shiny, mildly lifted Wrangler.

Armed with a little knowledge from the Binder Planet, I’m going to see if I can save this dash panel this weekend. The plan is to cut a clean DIN9 hole around the mangled part, sand the decal off, repaint it black, and use it to install a better head unit.

(Or, alternatively, I may just see if I can clean up the one that’s already installed and cut that one down. We’ll see).

The other part I got from the Great Gwynn Oak Sell-Off is a spare 1972 nose for Peer Pressure, essentially an unmolested version of the same nose I’ve got, with undented chrome and badge intact. Sweet!