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I was always told never to paint at night without some good light. For the next day I had to repaint the cowl. But, it looks great now. There is something about God's light that makes a difference.
thanks all you guys for stopping by and reading my build. I hope to re-paint the bed this next week. It does not have the shine as the rest of the truck and it is a little difference in the color. I bought another gallon of paint with different lot numbers. So it did not match just right.
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Yea there is something about God's light. He works wounders for me.
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George just rub the paint on the bed I think it will shine up if not then no loss you were gonna repaint it anyway.
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I thought about that too. But there is a light spot that needs some love anyway. thanks and how is your build coming along.
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I started mounting the doors today. I got the drivers side done. I had to pull the fender to adjust the door. No problem. I will mount the fender back on the truck tomorrow. Should I mount the fenders first or should I mount the cowl first? The then hood. Don't mind working on the truck but don't want to have to do it all over again.
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Awesome, George!
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thanks nick I do try. How is the body work looking on the fenders?
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Very nice work George!!!
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Thanks guy I see you are ready to shoot some 2K primer good luck.
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yea you are right I wasn't thinking when I posted. should I mount the cowl before the hood? Thanks Mike
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I like to mount the cowl and get the body lines matched to the doors and along the top of the fenders, then mount your hood and set the body lines/gaps to the cowl and top of fenders. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the information about the cowl. it helps.
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George it doesnt matter which way you do it the end result is the same.
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Thanks , I tried to call you today. It keeps being busy. I guess you are a busy guy. I had a problem and I thought you could help. The bottom door hinge on the pass side where it bolts to the truck. Well, I got two bolts that will not tighten up. The nut behind the pillar is stripped. What is the best way to solve this problem? I don't want just one bolt holding the door up. Could I re tap to a larger size or weld it to the pillar. I really don't like the weld idea. You never know what the future will bring. I got the door adjusted right and hate to move it again. It took me about two hours doing it.
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Today I finished the other door. It was a lot harder than the drivers side. I stripped two bolts on the bottom hinge. what to do now?????????????????? The truck looks like I stepped back a month or so. But I hope to have it all back together soon. I got to work out of the house tomorrow. So I don't think I will get a chance to do anything on the truck.
Both fender are off the truck and the grill. it looks bare bone now.
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Could you use a helicoil to recreate the original threads rather than tap to a bigger size? It gets a bit tricky with the captured nut, I suppose. I suppose either way you are removing the door again to drill out the holes. If the door is adjusted right at this point, though, you can drill a little hole through the hinge into the pillar and when it comes time to remount the door, use the drill bit as a dowel to line up the hinge to where you took it off from. I did that with Mustard after I got my doors lined up. Works like a charm. I can't claim credit for the idea, as I got it from Mr. Duckworth. I think I used a 1/16" or 3/32" drill bit for mine. One hole per hinge should do the trick.
....and now the rest of us will make sure to not overtighten our door bolts. ![]()
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yea those backing plate nut are old and don't and can't stand a I/2 drive socket and a strong arm.
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That's a bad place to have a stripped out bolt plate, ask Vic what he would do in this situation.
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I did get to do something on the truck. I mounted the bed back on the truck. Here is the front picture of the truck after I pulled both fenders and grill. Maybe Monday I will get to re-mount the front clip.
![]() ![]() ![]() It looks like I need to repaint the inter grill/radiator support. It has some orange over spray on it. I knew I had to pull the grill off. Now I see why. Vic gave me a idea about the hinge bolts. To step up to the next size and drill them out and tap them.
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George here is a picture of what the plate of screws that sits behind the door pillar for the door bolts to go in.
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Yea I know what it looks like. When I replaced the pillar on that side I removed it and put in another one that I thought was better. bad idea. Thanks Scott for posting the picture. I bet someone reading this post will thank you also. This place is a good place for information on these truck. And again thanks.
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Vic said to try and use a M10x1.5 tap and the proper metric bolt and see if that works.
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