ok, so i've got the bed floor finished and back on the frame, and the wheel wells are all nicely undercoated, and ready to put back onto the floor. once i get to patching the bed side rust spots and adding the gas fill door to the pass side ill put the rest of the bed back together. ive got a few questions for anybody who might know:
1. how do i go about sealing the bed seams? is there some sort of flexible product that I put in between the seams during reinstall (kinds like gasket sealer), or is the sealer applied to the outside of the seam once the individual pieces of the bed are already screwed back into place? Recommendations on products (Fusor, 3M, etc.)
2. as far as the wheel wells go, is there a difference between left and right - they seem the same to me?
3. does anybody know what these pieces are and where they go? I forget.
Finally, an observation: this might be common knowledge, but apparently there were different ways to bolt certain beds to certain frames. my replacement '84 bed (i don't know if it was 2wd or 4wd) used bolts that go through the first and third floor sills in the front, while my '76 frame has holes for the first and second sills. luckily i noticed this as i was patching the sills, and took care of it by welding in bolt supports inside the second sill and cutting out new square holes in the bed floor for the carriage bolt. On my 76 K20 frame, the third bed floor sill sits above where the cross member is and to use the holes in it to bolt the bed to the frame, i would have had to drill a hole in the frame and the cross member, which I didnt want to do.
anyway, thanks for any info - mark