Rusty, crushy, but trysty.

[makman1297]

Got the bottom seams all sealed up with seam sealer and sprayed two coats of rubberized undercoating on the drivers side. Should be good for a few years.

[makman1297]

Noticed today that the pass side floor support and brace are almost rotted through as well. Guess i will try and do a temp repair on that for now. Hope to have it buttoned up by COB sunday. Still got to prep the fender, door and hood as well.

[makman1297]

Well i got the dr side body work done, just need to prime and paint. Started on the temp repair on the pass side. I ran out of gas for the mig so will need to get some tomorrow. I also got the gas tank back in. The passanger side is just mocked for now, will pull it back out and trim it a little better and make a patch for the floor. I am planning on doing a lot of work on it next summer, some custom should be fun. But for now just need it back together the trash is stacking up and i need to run to the dump.

[luifer76]

you should be able to buy the floor panels to replace them or fab them your self keep up the good work bro and keep the pics coming.....

[makman1297]

Today i got the cab painted, found a couple of defects in the body work but decided it was good enough. I also got the temp patch done on the passanger side and welded in a brace in between the rear cab mounts. I also sprayed the box black to match, nothing fancy, just wanted it the same color.

[makman1297]

Some more.

[Gordonr1973]

Thanks for writing up this thread. I am just stripping my cab down to fix the rust and have some of the same problem areas as you. Mostly on the driver's side as well --- my passenger isn't too bad though.

I've been considering a donor cab but to me it doesn't feel like the same truck if the cab has to be swapped out to fix it. I guess I'm a little weird!

Great to see that you were able to do such a great job on yours!

[makman1297]

Today i installed the seat and box. Replaced the weather stripping on the pas door and vent window. I got the dr door and fender preped for paint, hopefuly tonight. Should have it buttoned up by tomorrow.

[makman1297]

I was able to get it back on the road sunday night and i drove it to work monday morinng. It is a lot more solid and quite then it was before. I will be ordering a carpet kit for it soon, so i dont half to look at the weld job all the time. The body lines came out good considering the amount of repair i did. I am going to the inlaws and plan to stop at the pick-a-part and see what other goodies i can find.

[makman1297]

Went to the pull apart today, got a serpentine setup, stainless mirrors, gas tank brackets, fuel door assembly, and some small brackets and such all for $80, Very nice.

[makman1297]

Some pics.

[Pop's C-10]

coming along nice

[makman1297]

Got the cab trim on with a little doubble sided stickey tape and topper tape. I also put on the dr side mirror from the junk yard.

[makman1297]

Put the pas side mirror on and some other items. Installed a washer pump/tank from a 90's model, what a great add on that was. Cleaned up the outside and the inside. Hopefully i will install the serp setup on tuesday.

[spudz]

man! what a change! looks great!

[makman1297]

Got my pas side power window working properly, and then started in on the serpentine conversion. I about an hour away from compleating the conversion. It went prtty easy, i also replaced the intake and valve cover gaskets since they were leaking. The radiator also has a stepped inlet so the 90's style top radiator hose fits really good.

[Gordonr1973]

Could you post some pics taken outside in the light of the repairs you did please?

Preferably looking straight on --- I'm trying to follow what you did on my repairs for my truck and am running into some speed bumps!

Thanks!!

[makman1297]

Any areas in particular? I will take some tomorrow and get them posted.

[makman1297]

Serpentine conversion compleate. It is much quieter and no more power steering squeel. Next i want to turn the ac into an air compressor, and i have a headliner repair to do. I had ran a tape around all of the pulleys and got a measurement of 97", so i bought the 95.5" belt option for a 94 and it fit like a champ.

[makman1297]

Pic of compleated serp setup. Its amazing how much quieter it is than the old v belt setup.

[makman1297]

Gordon here are some pics, hopes it helps. When i do the rust repair i always put the door on and fit the gap to the top and back edge. This will give you the gap to fit your cab corners and rockers. Also make sure that if the cab supports are rusted and saging you jack up the cab in a solid location, like the pinch weld by the steering column under the hood. If you do your repairs in a sagging condition nothing will ever line up.

[makman1297]

Couple more.

[makman1297]

Today i pulled to cover off the rear end to fix the slow leak its had. Took a picture of the locking diff, i have never seen a stock one before. I also took the headliner down and pulled the old material off, i tried to clean it up a bit. I applied a layer of fiberglass resin and will fininsh it up tomorrow.

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by makman1297

Gordon here are some pics, hopes it helps. When i do the rust repair i always put the door on and fit the gap to the top and back edge. This will give you the gap to fit your cab corners and rockers. Also make sure that if the cab supports are rusted and saging you jack up the cab in a solid location, like the pinch weld by the steering column under the hood. If you do your repairs in a sagging condition nothing will ever line up.

Thanks, these are perfect!

I think I just get paranoid because my cab is off right now and that is the only thing I'm looking at --- not how the cab lines up with the bed.

I'll fit the doors on tomorrow to see my gap alignment before I go further, that's a very good idea!!

Thanks again!!

[junkmen]

those are good limited slip diffs a friend found on at pick your part i think for 14 bolt he called it a govern lock we agreed that it was a good idea but there is a lot more moving parts then like a track lock I wounder what the correct name for it is anyway 12bolt locked diff how bad can that be

good luck JM