Need Advice for Patch Panel Replacment - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

beagler · 01-17-2005, 04:58 PM

Hey
I'm getting ready to replace my inner and outter rockers as well as my cab floor supports (front and back) What I was wanting to know form you guys who have done this is are there anything that I should watch out for. I Plan on replacing the floor at a later date should I wait to put the rockers and stuff in when I do the floors pans?

I haven't did anything like this before so just let me know any snags that you guys ran in to.
Thanks a bunch guys
Russ

**StingRay** · 01-17-2005, 05:09 PM

Have a look at this thread. It's pretty extensive. Look through the paint and body board in general as there is alot of good stuff in there written by the Pro's that frequent the board.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...8&page=1&pp=25

beagler · 01-17-2005, 05:21 PM

Sweet thanks StingRay. Any other advice? Thanks guys

pierce · 01-17-2005, 06:32 PM

Alright!...from Cincy! Welcome! It might be easier to fix the floors first after taking off the old supports to see how much repair is needed especially around the body mounts in rust city.

beagler · 01-18-2005, 03:01 PM

kool thanks pierce.

avejoe · 01-18-2005, 03:19 PM

I tried this for the first time last Spring. My advice:

1. Practice welding. Once you think you have it down, practice more. The guys on TV make it look way easier than it is. Why don't they show us all the time they take on grinding?
2. Figure the time it will take. Multiply that time by 5.
3. If you want a really good result, multilpy the product of #2 by 3.
4. Have lots and lots of patience, space, light, and patience.
5. Have patience.
6. Did I mention to be patient?
7. Buy way more sanding and cutting disks than you think you will need.
8. Don't weld in tennis shoes so little balls of molten metal can fall in the opening of your shoe, put holes in your socks, and burn the sh*t out of your ankle.

Good luck.

*72CSTC5* · 01-18-2005, 06:35 PM

Well make darn sure you brace your cab very well before you go start cutting out the rockers, floors, and cab corners. By bracing I mean a brace between the door hinges and door striker plates. Brace from side to side too if you can. Measure twice, cut once as they say. Good luck.

**passthebuck** · 01-18-2005, 06:57 PM

hey beagler. i just finished my cab of death. i had to replace the floors, the inner & outer rockers, cab supports, cab corners and i had to fab pieces of the support that goes across the back of the cab & i had to fab lots of floor from under the tank. i had all triplus & tabco pieces & they were fine. yes, brace your cab!, (mine was so rotted it had spread & i had to use a piece of threaded rod to pull it back in), buy a good welder that has a infinite amperage adjustment (i have a lincoln sp-135plus), avejoe is right too - buy cutoff wheels by the dozen, practice your guts out welding. & learn to like metal grindings in your hair too! lol

JayDubBlazer · 01-18-2005, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avejoe

I tried this for the first time last Spring. My advice:

8. Don't weld in tennis shoes so little balls of molten metal can fall in the opening of your shoe, put holes in your socks, and burn the sh*t out of your ankle.

Good luck.

Yeah, i have a hard time learning this one. I keep on doing it

Vince Putt · 01-18-2005, 08:28 PM

I was a fraid to admit it but I did the molten metal down the shoe thing too! Man that was painful!!!

ebfabman · 01-18-2005, 09:03 PM

Once, many moons ago, when I was a teenager, I worked at a car care center as the exhaust installer, I did the ol pop thing with the cutting torch. A glob of molten metal about 3/8ths of an inch in diameter went down my uniform shirt, made a nice burn mark on my neck, down my chest, into my pants, around my nard, past the twins, down my leg, into my shoe, and burned a hell of a hole in my foot and shoe. I learned to dance that day and proper use of (and respect for) a cutting torch.

beagler · 01-18-2005, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by passthebuck

& learn to like metal grindings in your hair too! lol

Good thing I don't have any hair! thats just one of the many reasons I shave my head. lol

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!!!
This really helps me out. Oh yeah I'll deffinatly use boots. lol

Dean23 · 01-18-2005, 11:35 PM

I had to do floor pans cab corners, mounts and rockers on my 68 i started by bracing the cab up then cutting out the rockers and floor etc
drivers floor

passenger

beagler · 01-19-2005, 01:26 PM

how would you guys suggest I brase the cab. any pics I saw the one brace in your pic dean but what about the other side? nother question what about the floor supports? I was going to put those in my truck any pictures of those being put in? were they go exactly? These are the ones that I was going to buy. any suggestions? thanks again guys

Front Support
http://manestruckparts.netstorekeepe...Category_ID=18

Rear Support
http://manestruckparts.netstorekeepe...Category_ID=18

01-17-2005, 04:58 PM	#1
beagler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincy, OH Posts: 190	Need Advice for Patch Panel Replacment Hey I'm getting ready to replace my inner and outter rockers as well as my cab floor supports (front and back) What I was wanting to know form you guys who have done this is are there anything that I should watch out for. I Plan on replacing the floor at a later date should I wait to put the rockers and stuff in when I do the floors pans? I haven't did anything like this before so just let me know any snags that you guys ran in to. Thanks a bunch guys Russ __________________ '71 GMC 350 bored, cam'd, straight pipes LOOKING FOR A 4x4 redz 1970 K5 "Time has stopped for our classic trucks, and as such maintain nostalgia and simplicity of the vehicles and of an era passed."

01-17-2005, 05:21 PM	#3
beagler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincy, OH Posts: 190	Sweet thanks StingRay. Any other advice? Thanks guys __________________ '71 GMC 350 bored, cam'd, straight pipes LOOKING FOR A 4x4 redz 1970 K5 "Time has stopped for our classic trucks, and as such maintain nostalgia and simplicity of the vehicles and of an era passed."

01-17-2005, 06:32 PM	#4
pierce Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cincinnati,OH,USA Posts: 464	Alright!...from Cincy! Welcome! It might be easier to fix the floors first after taking off the old supports to see how much repair is needed especially around the body mounts in rust city. __________________ 69 GMC 1 Ton Longhorn 37 Chevy Coupe

01-18-2005, 03:01 PM	#5
beagler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincy, OH Posts: 190	kool thanks pierce. __________________ '71 GMC 350 bored, cam'd, straight pipes LOOKING FOR A 4x4 redz 1970 K5 "Time has stopped for our classic trucks, and as such maintain nostalgia and simplicity of the vehicles and of an era passed."

01-18-2005, 03:19 PM	#6
avejoe Custer had a plan too. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: No. California Posts: 344	I tried this for the first time last Spring. My advice: 1. Practice welding. Once you think you have it down, practice more. The guys on TV make it look way easier than it is. Why don't they show us all the time they take on grinding? 2. Figure the time it will take. Multiply that time by 5. 3. If you want a really good result, multilpy the product of #2 by 3. 4. Have lots and lots of patience, space, light, and patience. 5. Have patience. 6. Did I mention to be patient? 7. Buy way more sanding and cutting disks than you think you will need. 8. Don't weld in tennis shoes so little balls of molten metal can fall in the opening of your shoe, put holes in your socks, and burn the sh*t out of your ankle. Good luck. __________________ 72 K15 GMC (aka Big White) Performance Rockers, Cab Corners, and Floors Fossil Fuel Glutton Neighborhood Nuisance 98 BMW 540i for Speed (Sold ) 05 Subaru Outback for mileage

01-17-2005, 05:09 PM	#2
StingRay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada Posts: 2,476	Have a look at this thread. It's pretty extensive. Look through the paint and body board in general as there is alot of good stuff in there written by the Pro's that frequent the board. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...8&page=1&pp=25 __________________ Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Last edited by StingRay; 01-17-2005 at 08:35 PM.

01-18-2005, 06:35 PM	#7
72CSTC5 Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Deer Park, Tx. Posts: 2,522	Well make darn sure you brace your cab very well before you go start cutting out the rockers, floors, and cab corners. By bracing I mean a brace between the door hinges and door striker plates. Brace from side to side too if you can. Measure twice, cut once as they say. Good luck.

01-18-2005, 06:57 PM	#8
passthebuck Sisyphus was my mentor! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario CANADA Posts: 984	hey beagler. i just finished my cab of death. i had to replace the floors, the inner & outer rockers, cab supports, cab corners and i had to fab pieces of the support that goes across the back of the cab & i had to fab lots of floor from under the tank. i had all triplus & tabco pieces & they were fine. yes, brace your cab!, (mine was so rotted it had spread & i had to use a piece of threaded rod to pull it back in), buy a good welder that has a infinite amperage adjustment (i have a lincoln sp-135plus), avejoe is right too - buy cutoff wheels by the dozen, practice your guts out welding. & learn to like metal grindings in your hair too! lol __________________ passthebuck #5642 -TWO 1967 GMC 910's. One with L6/3-on-the tree and the other with 355 w/435hp & a 700r4. -a 2013 Honda Civic as my "sensible" car

01-18-2005, 08:28 PM	#10
Vince Putt Hippy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kaska, pa Posts: 95	I was a fraid to admit it but I did the molten metal down the shoe thing too! Man that was painful!!!

01-18-2005, 09:03 PM	#11
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,488	Once, many moons ago, when I was a teenager, I worked at a car care center as the exhaust installer, I did the ol pop thing with the cutting torch. A glob of molten metal about 3/8ths of an inch in diameter went down my uniform shirt, made a nice burn mark on my neck, down my chest, into my pants, around my nard, past the twins, down my leg, into my shoe, and burned a hell of a hole in my foot and shoe. I learned to dance that day and proper use of (and respect for) a cutting torch.

01-18-2005, 11:35 PM	#13
Dean23 68cst_ss490 Join Date: May 2001 Location: edmonton,canada Posts: 1,363	I had to do floor pans cab corners, mounts and rockers on my 68 i started by bracing the cab up then cutting out the rockers and floor etc drivers floor passenger __________________ Dean edmonton,canada a winter wonderland 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche LT cold air intake, performance exhaust, Comp cams cam, jba shorty ceramic headers. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3090973

01-19-2005, 01:26 PM	#14
beagler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincy, OH Posts: 190	how would you guys suggest I brase the cab. any pics I saw the one brace in your pic dean but what about the other side? nother question what about the floor supports? I was going to put those in my truck any pictures of those being put in? were they go exactly? These are the ones that I was going to buy. any suggestions? thanks again guys Front Support http://manestruckparts.netstorekeepe...Category_ID=18 Rear Support http://manestruckparts.netstorekeepe...Category_ID=18 __________________ '71 GMC 350 bored, cam'd, straight pipes LOOKING FOR A 4x4 redz 1970 K5 "Time has stopped for our classic trucks, and as such maintain nostalgia and simplicity of the vehicles and of an era passed." Last edited by beagler; 01-19-2005 at 02:23 PM.

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