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Originally Posted by MalibuSSwagon
Well man, if you have solid joists or even a beam in your garage, you could pickup a chainfall to lift the bed off the truck.
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I've been thinking about doing that or something similar, and looked at a few things at Home Depot today, just didn't pull the trigger yet. Is a chainfall the same thing as a come-along?
In other news, I got the AC evaporator and blower motor housing off. Of course, with that, comes the first "bad news". Rust. Lots of it. Most of it is surface, but there is some that's getting pretty bad around the hood hinge area. There is a section where leaves/twigs/schtuff have gathered over the years, and held moisture. That's the area with the most rust. Unfortunately, that area is a PITA to get to, so I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle it yet.
My main thought is to get a 360* sprayer from Eastwood and chemically treat, then coat it with Rust Encapsulator or POR-15. This would seem to be the easiest route and probably a reasonably long lasting repair.
My other option that's floating through my head, is drilling the spot welds and tearing down that section of sheet metal to it's individual components. Not only would that be a COMPLETE pain in the rear axle, I'm not sure if I trust myself to get that involved with sheet metal and be able to get it back together in the right places.
Any thoughts on the best way to tackle this? My camera batteries are dead right now, but once I get some fresh ones, I'll try to snap some pictures of the cancer.