Scout To-Do List

Short-term plans (mostly involving time and a little money)

• • Replace and fix the dashboard lighting
  • Fix the radio while the dash is out
  • Continue chasing down the fuel sender issue
  • Correctly seat the windshield wiper motor
  • Vacuum out all the crud in the fenders (through the cowl or remove the fenders)
  • Add locking lug nuts
  • Reroute the speaker wires Done! April 2020
  • Fix the loose handle on the passenger’s side
  • Replace solid windows in the traveltop with sliders
  • Weatherproof the new top
  • Clean the soft top, clean the windows
  • Replace the steering wheel
  • Go through the mechanicals in under the hood and check everything out.
  • Repair the hole in the soft top
  • Clean up the windshield glass, inspect the cowl and see if it’s in worse shape than the one I’ve already got Replaced and repaired 22.9.16
  • Clean and reinstall all the gasketry on the firewall
  • Wire brush the spare windshield frame to see how bad the cancer is done 22.9.16
  • Replace the windshield wipers with modern blades
  • Get it in the garage.
  • Get it registered, tagged, and insured (probably with historic plates).
  • Change all the fluids – coolant, oil, diff oil changed 9/09
  • Change the plugs and wires  plugs and wires purchased 10/09, installed 8/12
    
  • Clean out the tub and wire-brush all the rusty sections. Bedliner sprayed 9/13
  • POR-15 everything that even looks like it might rust. Bed and walls coated 9/13
  • Pad the rollbar with some pipe insulation and zipties – Added an original rollbar cover and pads, 4/13
  • Pull out the bikini top and check the fit
  • Ground the rear lights correctly so that the indicator goes out
    
  • Replace the dead headlight
  • Get the windshield wipers and washer squirters working
  • Clean up, re-grease, and replace the window scissor mechanisms, latches, and locks. Then reinstall the door panels.
  • Buy a new set of Service Manuals – Christmas gift, 2011
  • Pick up a good come-along in lieu of a winch Bought one in the fall of 2023

Long-term plans (mostly involving lots of time and money):

• Coat the underside with bedliner
• Spray it with some color other than purple
• Add some kind of heat reflective matting. Done 7/21. Makes a huge difference!
• Sand the high points in the paintjob down, and get it ready for a new color
• Pull the dashboard, strip it, and repaint (or replace)
• Yank out the nasty seats and replace them – Bucket bases purchased, PT Cruiser seats installed 3/15
  
• Find a good rust-free steel hardtop. Purchased 3/13
• Buy a new gas tank and sender, drop the old one and install the new one Installed 6/11
• Buy a Hi-Lift jack so I might actually be able to change a tire
• Coat the interior with some sort of bedliner (Line-X, Rhinoliner, etc). Installed 9/13
• Buy some new weatherstripping for the doors and tailgate Installed 10/13
• Replace the inner door liners with originals (or repaint the purple ones)
• Pull the dashpad and put in a replacement — black replacement installed 10/09
• Replace the stupid radio with a cheap removable-faceplate version, install some cheap speakers in the 6×9 cutouts
• Buy a Tuffy console for in between the seats and install it