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Originally Posted by lyrikz
You will absolutely love the als liner. I have used it twice, and i used to do linex and it is damn close to as good.
Some tips, you need a BIG compressor. The gun runs almost full blast the whole time. And the best tip, the lighter you pull the trigger the rougher the finish is. When i put it on the bottom of my cab it dang near came out smooth. But i was full trigger the whole time. when i did my bed and my core support i was light on the trigger and it looks almost identical to linex.
Plus, i have spilled brake fluid, tranny, coolant, oil and no issues. No discoloration. Also, i bang on it all the time when laying my tools on it. Love that stuff.
Oh, and if you didnt want to spend the money for the gun, you could use mine.
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Harbor freight has a gun for $25 I'm picking up today, but thanks for the offer. Thank you for the tips on spraying it too, nobody has really posted that info from my reading. I also got the rubber dust additive to roughen the texture. My bed has some pitting and I'm hoping the texture will hide it a bit.
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Originally Posted by VA72C10
Nice work!!! coming together nicely!
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Originally Posted by VA72C10
Awesome! You're going to have a really nice Jimmy for a relatively small investment!
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Thanks, my youngest daughter came out to the garage yesterday to ask me for a ride somewhere (car) then asked if I would "give" her the Jimmy when I'm done.
Yesterday afternoon I got some more time in the shop and felt like "rewarding" myself with some mechanical work after all the bodywork lately (it gets old). I wanted to get the lift blocks in, so I got back under it with my little propane torch and impact gun. I've sprayed the bolts several times with pb blaster and used the impact, and used a breaker bar with an extension on the handle, they would not budge. I wanted to save the u bolts if possible because I thought they would fit with the short blocks. Anyway, the heat worked enough to get the nuts off, and I got the driver side block in. The bolts are about 3/16" short of full thread engagement. Good enough for the short term, but it looks like I'll be doing a U-bolt swap fairly soon.
Since I had the wheel off I decided to work on the brakes a bit. I had new e-brake cables to install and the rear drums were not grabbing at all. So I pulled half the brake shoes apart again to get the new cable installed. The old one was kind of a PITA to get out, rusted up pretty bad. I banged it with a hammer and chisel, and my air chisel to loosen it up. Once I could rotate the cable I could get the little tangs that hold it pushed in and out it came. Then I painted the drum with some rustoleum. I'll get one of my helpers to push the brake pedal today and see if I can get the adjustment done so I have rear brakes. Still need to do the passenger side of course.
