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03-11-2012, 10:51 AM | #1 |
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Work a little on the cab yesterday. Started by working on the rust above the windshield. Tilted the cab forward so that I would not have to work above my head
I did not take a picture, but I painted everything I could reach with por15 before I welded the patch in. I cut the patch from the old cab. Then I moved to the rust on the outside above the windshield. It turned out really nice. It was an awesome day.. I should have went fishing.. Then I stared on the rust under the dash of the cab.. I will finish it next weekend.. Hopefully next week I can start on filling in the holes in the firewall. It does look at lot better than it did before I started.. but there is still a lot of work to do.. I need to figure out how to fix this? I think I can cut out a patch from the old cab and fit it. We will see. I still need to patch the high hump and get it mounted. I need to sell or haul the old bumpers to the off. The front bumper is heavy, it would make a great bumper for a offroad truck.. the rear bumper is nice I think it fits a 73 and up chevy. I need to get the rear parking brake cables from somewhere. Does anyone have any ideas on a place to get some?
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03-11-2012, 11:20 AM | #2 |
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I got my e-brake cables from rockauto.com.
Been reading theis build overthe past few days and just got caught up. Well done. You made the LS swap look easy. One mistake I made when I did my door bottoms was that I did not measure top to bottom first and I ended up having them tight for clearance to to bottom in the cab opening. The rocker postion should be checked for up and down position compared to the door also. I'm just getting started with the rockers on my Jimmy.
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Very nice work on the cab Mark! you have sure came a long ways in a short period of time. I like the repair around the windshield, inside and out. Keep pounding, you're just about there.
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03-11-2012, 05:42 PM | #5 |
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Thanks Mike.. I still have a lot to do to the cab. I am thinking about doing the firewall like you did. I know it will take me a lot longer to do it then it did you, but I love the way yours looks.. Hopefully I can take some time off during spring break and get some of it done. Hope you got a lot done on yours today..
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03-12-2012, 01:30 PM | #6 |
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I am having a pain fitting my cab corners. They dont line up well and the curve of the corner is to large. I have been trying to flex it and work it into the right shape but with no luck. I am beyond frusterated. It seems most of the panels that I have got from lmc truck are not fitting very well. The innner rockers and front pillar needed quite a bit of influence with body tools to make them fit. Where did you get your cab corners from?
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I and anyone that has every attempted to repair the rust on these old trucks feels your pain. It is not just LMC panels; I think they are all of them are made in one place. I had cab corners that came with my truck. They did not fit right. A good friend of mine had some Tabco corners from the mid 90’s I think. He loaned them to me and although they fit better than the ones I had they still were not right. I fitted them the best I could and then welded them in slowly adjusting them as I went. They both look good in my opinion. You could try Tabco and see if they are better.. Let me know how it goes… good luck
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Im just welding them in slowly. I am going to mount the door to make sure the body line is where I want it. If the back isn't perfect, the bed will hide it. It pains me to say this being a perfectionist, but what else can I do. Thanks for letting me know about the other cab corners. I would hate to buy another corner and be just as frusterated and out the cash!
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Just checking up on your cab repair & i see you have done a very nice job on that rust.Keep up the hard work & keep the pictures coming.Keep on Truckin'.
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Thanks for checking in on me… Have a great weekend..
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Started out the afternoon removing the dash from the old cab in preparation for the new AC dash the McBassin fixed me up with.. Thanks Mike.
The old dash had a real bad case of rust.. Guess what I found… more cancer…. I hate it… Cut it out.. POR15.. Patch it tomorrow. I hung a door to check the rocker fitment.. I thought I could fit the rocker after I hung the door.. Sorry, it just did not.. I will pull the door tomorrow and try again..
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Nice work on the dash Mark. Too bad about the hidden rust. It's hard to believe how these things find ways to rust from the inside out. Keep up the fight, it'll be worth it in the end.
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Thanks Mike... No problem with the rust.. I own it.... It really is a poorly designed system.. Progress is going to slow down tomorrow.. I am going to fire up the boat and take it for a spin... Hope you have a great weekend..
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03-17-2012, 12:10 AM | #15 |
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Same here, hitting the lake early in the AM. Hope get all the welding and rust repair done this weekend. Next week there will be some mud and primer done.
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Started the day finshing the patches that go behind the dash mounting point.
Next I worked on test fitting the doors for rocker fitment. Everything looked fine… To me anyway. Then I moved on to more rust repair.. Basically turned the cab almost all the way over to make it easier to get to the problems. The first spot was a double layered area.. First patch in place. Second patch in place, it is way under the dash, so it will never be seen.. Similar problem on the other side.. I think this is the only cab rust spot left.. let’s hope.. I will work on this tomorrow On the brighter side of things, I de-winterized the boat and took it out for a while this afternoon.. I might try to do some fishing tomorrow…
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Looking good on the repairs,keep at the hard work & it's good to get away & think about what you doing.If it fishing, think fishing & if working the truck, think truck.Some times it's good to get away.Keep the progress going forward & the pictures coming & keep on truckin'
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Nice work on all that rust repair Mark. It looks like the doors/rockers fit good too. Go fishing it's good theropy
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Looking good man, eventually you will get all the cancer out of there
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looks great.keep it up.
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I think this is the last spot of rust.. Time will tell..
Before After Next I sandblasted the firewall and the inside of the cab. Inside Dash Outside Welded the patch on the outside as well. Tomorrow, I will por15 the inside of the dash and the inside of the firewall. I need to find some sheet metal to start filling holes in the firewall. I will also start grinding the welds on the cab corners and prepping the rockers for install.
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Nice work fixing the rust!
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Nice job ! You are whopping the rust. I think next time I will buy one from Arizona. These trucks really seem to have been designed to rot out in a bad way, more so than any other vehicle I have seen.
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I was just looking over more of your rust repair and noticed this.
What is it? custom piece or factory? my truck doesn't have those. The piece bolted to the front of the cab support that goes out behind the "A" pillar fender mounting tab. Thanks.
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