Replaced both low beams in my truck, even though only had failed. That’s what the General suggested. Pulling the air box to get the passenger side was really easy. Not difficult on the driver side although pulling the accessory battery to get the driver side one was a bit heavy to lift. While I pulled the air box to get to the blown one on the passenger side I replaced the the air filter. The air filter was dirty as heck, I guess it’s been a few years since I’ve replaced that.

Technically it’s called a “combination” H11 bulb, even though it’s only a low beam, with one filament as it’s driven at a lower voltage during the daytime to serve as daytime running lights. Kind of a clever idea – under running a bulb can serve that secondary purpose of daytime running lights while avoiding having a whole second light bulb assembly.

Replaced the gas prop and shortly thereafter pulled loose the pop rivet that holds the support in. You can’t win! I guess I will drill out the rivet, and get out the pop rivet gun.

Corrosion once again eat the truck cap’s ground wire off the frame’s terminal connector this morning. I noticed voltage drop in the truck cap over the weekend (suggesting resistance in a wire) and this morning suddenly I discovered that I had lost all power back to the cap.🔋

Second time this has happened. Also happened in April 2018 (I installed this wire in April 2017).⚡️ I thought it was a salt issue, but happening in the summer, I think wire is copper-coated aluminum and the aluminum is oxidizing from water plus electricity (and maybe the aluminum and copper being dissimilar metals.)

Annoying. I am thinking i am going to have to replace the wire with pure copper, and figure out how to heat shrink it, when I am not near the gas tank.🔥 The question being how to fish the wire connector through the hole in the truck bed, although I have ideas — maybe run excess wire through the bed and use that wire to heat the shrink wrap not near the gas tank.