no monumental progress just time consuming tasks like sealing the box. I took Tony's advice and epoxied the whole thing. In the process I found a bunch of the screws were not totally seated and when I went to tighten them they stripped. Total junk screws I got on Amazon. Never seen a wood screws do that before. It took a while but I replaced them.
Made the battery box and epoxied that too before installing.
One area of concern was where the exterior wall meets the frame.
I siliconed it.
Got this cool little wired GPS tracker on a lightning deal on amazon for $21. monthly plan is only $6/ month. I have not thought through how I am going to power it but I can deal with that later. There are a ton of these types of trackers nowadays. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDZ57HC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details