Crash's 69 K10

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by BeefyJoeDirt

I am having a pain fitting my cab corners. They dont line up well and the curve of the corner is to large. I have been trying to flex it and work it into the right shape but with no luck. I am beyond frusterated. It seems most of the panels that I have got from lmc truck are not fitting very well. The innner rockers and front pillar needed quite a bit of influence with body tools to make them fit. Where did you get your cab corners from?

I and anyone that has every attempted to repair the rust on these old trucks feels your pain. It is not just LMC panels; I think they are all of them are made in one place. I had cab corners that came with my truck. They did not fit right. A good friend of mine had some Tabco corners from the mid 90’s I think. He loaned them to me and although they fit better than the ones I had they still were not right. I fitted them the best I could and then welded them in slowly adjusting them as I went. They both look good in my opinion. You could try Tabco and see if they are better.. Let me know how it goes… good luck

[BeefyJoeDirt]

Im just welding them in slowly. I am going to mount the door to make sure the body line is where I want it. If the back isn't perfect, the bed will hide it. It pains me to say this being a perfectionist, but what else can I do. Thanks for letting me know about the other cab corners. I would hate to buy another corner and be just as frusterated and out the cash!

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by BeefyJoeDirt

Im just welding them in slowly. I am going to mount the door to make sure the body line is where I want it. If the back isn't perfect, the bed will hide it. It pains me to say this being a perfectionist, but what else can I do. Thanks for letting me know about the other cab corners. I would hate to buy another corner and be just as frusterated and out the cash!

Joedirt, if you order from Tabco, be sure to ask them if they have USA stock. I talked to one of there tech. support guys and he said when they run out they use the cheap import stuff. Just a heads up. good luck!

[RCbowtie69]

Just checking up on your cab repair & i see you have done a very nice job on that rust.Keep up the hard work & keep the pictures coming.Keep on Truckin'.

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

Just checking up on your cab repair & i see you have done a very nice job on that rust.Keep up the hard work & keep the pictures coming.Keep on Truckin'.

I only get to work on it on the weekends so I have not done anything since last Sunday. I am here tonight and have been working on removing the dash.. I will post pictures later.

Thanks for checking in on me… Have a great weekend..

[Crash_OK]

Started out the afternoon removing the dash from the old cab in preparation for the new AC dash the McBassin fixed me up with.. Thanks Mike.



The old dash had a real bad case of rust..





Guess what I found… more cancer…. I hate it…








Cut it out.. POR15.. Patch it tomorrow.








I hung a door to check the rocker fitment.. I thought I could fit the rocker after I hung the door.. Sorry, it just did not.. I will pull the door tomorrow and try again..

[mcbassin]

Nice work on the dash Mark. Too bad about the hidden rust. It's hard to believe how these things find ways to rust from the inside out. Keep up the fight, it'll be worth it in the end.

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Nice work on the dash Mark. Too bad about the hidden rust. It's hard to believe how these things find ways to rust from the inside out. Keep up the fight, it'll be worth it in the end.

Thanks Mike...

No problem with the rust.. I own it....

It really is a poorly designed system..

Progress is going to slow down tomorrow.. I am going to fire up the boat and take it for a spin...

Hope you have a great weekend..

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Thanks Mike...

No problem with the rust.. I own it....

It really is a poorly designed system..

Progress is going to slow down tomorrow.. I am going to fire up the boat and take it for a spin...

Hope you have a great weekend..

Same here, hitting the lake early in the AM. Hope get all the welding and rust repair done this weekend. Next week there will be some mud and primer done.

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Same here, hitting the lake early in the AM. Hope get all the welding and rust repair done this weekend. Next week there will be some mud and primer done.

I am off all week.. at least I plan on being off all week.. Maybe I can get the rust finished up on mine..

Good luck fishing...

[Crash_OK]

Started the day finshing the patches that go behind the dash mounting point.




Next I worked on test fitting the doors for rocker fitment. Everything looked fine… To me anyway.









Then I moved on to more rust repair.. Basically turned the cab almost all the way over to make it easier to get to the problems.

The first spot was a double layered area.. First patch in place.



Second patch in place, it is way under the dash, so it will never be seen..




Similar problem on the other side..





I think this is the only cab rust spot left.. let’s hope.. I will work on this tomorrow




On the brighter side of things, I de-winterized the boat and took it out for a while this afternoon.. I might try to do some fishing tomorrow…

[RCbowtie69]

Looking good on the repairs,keep at the hard work & it's good to get away & think about what you doing.If it fishing, think fishing & if working the truck, think truck.Some times it's good to get away.Keep the progress going forward & the pictures coming & keep on truckin'

[mcbassin]

Nice work on all that rust repair Mark. It looks like the doors/rockers fit good too. Go fishing it's good theropy

[Lower]

Looking good man, eventually you will get all the cancer out of there

[thelonerife]

looks great.keep it up.

[Crash_OK]

I think this is the last spot of rust.. Time will tell..

Before


After



Next I sandblasted the firewall and the inside of the cab.

Inside


Dash


Outside


Welded the patch on the outside as well.


Tomorrow, I will por15 the inside of the dash and the inside of the firewall. I need to find some sheet metal to start filling holes in the firewall. I will also start grinding the welds on the cab corners and prepping the rockers for install.

[67c10rustbuket]

Nice job ! You are whopping the rust. I think next time I will buy one from Arizona. These trucks really seem to have been designed to rot out in a bad way, more so than any other vehicle I have seen.

[67c10rustbuket]

I was just looking over more of your rust repair and noticed this.

What is it? custom piece or factory? my truck doesn't have those.

The piece bolted to the front of the cab support that goes out behind the "A" pillar fender mounting tab. Thanks.

[VA72C10]

that's a fender reinforcement piece....it's factory and also available aftermarket...

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

I think this is the last spot of rust.. Time will tell..

Nice work fixing the rust!

[mcbassin]

Very nice work on the rust repair Mark. I admire your tenacity!

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

I was just looking over more of your rust repair and noticed this.

What is it? custom piece or factory? my truck doesn't have those.

The piece bolted to the front of the cab support that goes out behind the "A" pillar fender mounting tab. Thanks.

We were just talking about this piece the other day. I have seen them on some cabs but not all them had it. I'm not sure if it was a 71 up thing or not? My 70 CST was original and didn't have them. Just extra support like stated above.

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

Looking good on the repairs,keep at the hard work & it's good to get away & think about what you doing.If it fishing, think fishing & if working the truck, think truck.Some times it's good to get away.Keep the progress going forward & the pictures coming & keep on truckin'

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Nice work on all that rust repair Mark. It looks like the doors/rockers fit good too. Go fishing it's good theropy

Originally Posted by Lower

Looking good man, eventually you will get all the cancer out of there

Originally Posted by thelonerife

looks great.keep it up.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

Nice job ! You are whopping the rust. I think next time I will buy one from Arizona. These trucks really seem to have been designed to rot out in a bad way, more so than any other vehicle I have seen.

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Nice work fixing the rust!

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice work on the rust repair Mark. I admire your tenacity!

Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement. I needed it.. I think I am close on the rust repair. I still have a few welds to clean up and lots of sanding and body work to do. Then on the doors …

[Crash_OK]

Time for a update..
Started on the dash, first step removing the key switch…



Then I painted the inside of the dash and upper firewall with POR15.







While I was waiting on the paint to dry I started on the u-joints.. Really easy when you only have to install the u-joint on one yoke..








 
After that I worked on fixing the wiring harness that runs from the cab to the rear of the truck. The old wire insulation was old and brittle, so I replaced it with some new wire.






Paint dried very fast due to the high humidly. Time to test fit the dash..





Started the install of the 3rd brake light and cargo light. It fit OK.. I will need to work a little bit on it to get it to seal well.



Did a little more sand blasting on the cab.. I have learned a great lesson.. Sandblast everything you can before you start repairing anything. I found about 10 smaller rusted out places after I sandblasted areas that had great looking paint. I should be able to repair the spots this weekend.





A couple of pic’s of the inside of the cab after sandblasting…




Tomorrow I will cut the 69-72 drivers side firewall out and replace the 67-68 in the cab I have now.




Have a great day...

[67c10rustbuket]

Your rust repair look great as always, your almost there!

[mud.man.rj]

Good job, it is really coming together, always more than I person thinks isn't it. I just started on the doors of my 71 4x4 last night and got one ready to reinstall but finding other things of course, all cool though. You have a good build going on there, keep at it.