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Don't remember inner being that RUSTY.......

Oh well, time to seell parts to buy bed sides

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Jim I been following you for years now. You are a legend. I always enjoy your posts.

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Thanks for following along all these years, I try to live up to the high standards of this site

Here is my present situation fix it with little money

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My plan is to flange it and panel bond, we'll see how it goes

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I prefer the quick release mandrel, makes changing wheels much faster

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for some reason my narrative went away between pictures

This is about the tightest arc you can cut with a 1 1/2 inch cut off wheel, I like to sneak up on it, leaving a little white paint to see my line

The wheel generates a lot of heat quickly, so touch the metal, if you can’t hold onto it, then your cutting too quickly and you may warp the metal

I generally cut right, with my contact area of the wheel at 4 o'clock, don't force it as you may explode your wheel, not pretty

It's a slow process but far more accurate than my big dangerous angle grinder, that thing scares the begeases out of me

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Progress

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[quote=jaros44sr;9168221]Progress

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nice cut Jim I have same issues with both tools

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Opened up the outer bedside to solid metal

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I think I know why AMD didn't finish the lip

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Was able to bend the flange closer to a 90 with my Cresent wrench

Now have to figure out the 45 degree bend

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This patch panel was bought as a replacement for a 67-72 fleetside pick up

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Don't do it like me, now I have to build a template

Saw the great Chip Foose do it when he put boxster head lights in a Europa

Cut your patch panel first, then use that as your template

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Had to stretch it a bit to get the convex right

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Wish I had the tools -Greg has, but in the mean time I'll have to use a chunk of railroad and my body hammer

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Not to bad for the first attempt at hammer and dolly


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Looking good, Jim.

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Thanks for following, Bud

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This seems to be starting point for each piece

Could not bend the 45 degree without warping the entire panel, so I pu the 45 on the flange

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Yesterday's failures, are today's success

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Still needs a bit of polish, but roughly done

The saga goes like this!

My attempt went like this FAILED @ rebuilding the vent windows

Wrong ds gasket installed on ps gasket

Had window surround chrome done

Bought SS U channel but original has a swage at top to fit in door frame

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Install complete, going to open for first-time, NOPE should have lubed, before installing

Got the oil can pump and doses it liberally,

Today squeakie crusty crunchy sound, continued on watching hinge, aliitte more pressure

And it. Snapped free

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Install complete, going to open for first-time, NOPE should have lubed, before installing

Got the oil can pump and doses it liberally,

Today squeakie crusty crunchy sound, continued on watching hinge, aliitte more pressure

And it. Snapped free[/quote]

jeez Jim I was going to take a shot a rebuilding mine but im chicken :)

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Snapped free as in functions correctly now? Or snapped free from some where it was supposed to be attched to?

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If there is such a good thing as a SNAP, I think it was the cam and spring on the post freeing up

But I was concerned that the hinge was going to twist off, so my focus was on the hinge

Jesse, the whole process of rebuilding them isn't difficult, I just lost one of the parts. It was called FOCUS

I picked this one for 15.00, on our boards, and now I have a sample to go by

I'll revisit this at a later date, for now I have lots of other stuff to do

Thanks for stopping by guys, encouraging to see someone actually reads this
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Hey Jim, I plan to rebuild my vent windows also, thanks for letting me know how you have done yours. I will check the bottom spring assembly.

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Just take one apart at a time so you have a sample

Your truck looks amazing, thanks for posting up. I always enjoy your posts

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Today I was looking at the vent window and noticed a haze on it,

Windex didn't touch it nor carb cleaner

So I went extreme, OOOO x steel wool, took it right off

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Finished up with the vent window, of course I dropped one of special screws LOST

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Never would have thought....rust in the vent windows

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Thanks for the pics

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10/32 starting tap OEM hole size

I hate rivets

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Cleco worked well foe the top bracket

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Drive head leaves a little to be desired, prefer hex drive and a little less counter sunk
My trusty old ignition screw holder came thru again, probably one of the oldest in the box

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Seems to be pretty solid so far, one more screw to install

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Convinced I can bolt these back together used wire wheel on the Dremel to polish hinge bracket

DISCLAIMER
Made in China

Wear I protect

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Run at low RPMs

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I may have found the key to installing vent window gasket

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Pushing down on the gasket at the top bracket seems to keep the gasket running in the channel, while pulling down on the gasket towards the bottom of the vent frame

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This tool will save your fingers from cramping up

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