Forest's rebuild thread

[forestb]

Started putting some dynomat and found some rust at the bottom of my cab corner pockets.

[forestb]

sorry here are the pictures rotated correctly

[forestb]

sorry that didn't work itf this doesn't work I give up

[forestb]

I put some rust converter in my rear cab corner pockets. I am worried because it said to put on a second coat with in 20 minuets and after it turns black but it never turned black. I don’t know if it’s because the first coat was too heavy or because there was some navel jelly left on the surface. I hope not the latter. I tried to clean it off the best I could considering the location. I will see how it looks next weekend. I also found some rust on the interior where the door frame connects to the floor. Another set back

[forestb]

I installed my speakers today. I was going you try and get some interior quotes this week but instead I need to figure out why my truck won’t start when it is hot.

[forestb]

I am posting this because a couple of people have asked me about it.

I created the cup using around 4 or 5 rings that I cut out of .25 in mdf that were glued and nailed together. The back of the cup was caped off using a circle cut out of .5 in mdf. I then sprayed the back side and some of the front with spray on inner fender lining. I used a set of 5.25 inch kicker ks speakers.

https://www.kicker.com/44KSC504

If I were to do it all over again I would have just created the plate that covers up the hole using a piece of .5 in mdf and then mounted a all whether marine speaker to it. That way I would not need to build the cup and I would not have to worry about moisture. Warning. I am no expert and have not tried to see how well they will sound. I did not block off the vents at all so there will still be moisture moving through. I might add some kind of screen under the cowl just to keep the crud out. Or if there is room some kind of screw on block off plate so that I can still get to my windshield wiper parts.

[forestb]

In other news I am working on getting the truck ready to have the interior done. And I am saving up my pennies, nickels and $100 bills.

I replace my wiper blaids with a set of 12" Champion blades. I hade to buy a hole assembly and take it apart to use only the rubber. I hade to do a little cutting to make them slide in but they look like they will work well.

I also used a d-ring to lock my column shirt linkage in park (as a society measure). With the hood locked you can't take the truck out of park. I am also trying to figure out a way to lock my steering column inside the engine compartment.
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[Captainfab]

Just a FYI, these trucks are supposed to have 13" wiper blades.

[forestb]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Just a FYI, these trucks are supposed to have 13" wiper blades.

That's funny. A while back ago I bought the mettle parts that hold the blade to the arm and they are around 12.5" in length so I was just going off what they sent me. Maybe they sent be parts for a different year. O well they fit perfect.

[forestb]

I got the hole in the cab floor welded up and had my hood rebodyworked and repainted. Now it is time to start laying down sound deadener and heat insulation. I am a little trigger shy because I don't want to install the wrong thing.

[LostMy65]

What do you think is causing the cracking?
Body filler?
Primer incompatible with paint?

[forestb]

I think it is body filler the hood roof is full of it and I think the hood has some also.

[forestb]

Making progress on the dynomat and also cleaned up the pockets behind the door and was able to remove the large clump of I don’t know what from the one side. I applied some naval jelly to both sides and will probably do another application next weekend. Both sides have a little square hole at the bottom. One side the seam is splitting a little so I will probably add some seam sealer. I got some locktight rust neutralizer that I will apply before the seam sealer and then primer and paint over it all. I am actually surprised that they are not rusted through given that every time I washed the truck before it was painted I would get watter in the drivers side pocket. I think it was leaking in from the original gas cap that is now shaved. I have covered the fire wall with dynomat and am trying to figure out if I should also put it on the cal an maybe some under the dash.

[forestb]

Started making a speaker box in my kick board vents.

[forestb]

Finished installing speaker boxes/cups. Next step get interior done

[forestb]

Sorry sideways

[The Rocknrod]

Wow those look great.

[forestb]

Thanks

[forestb]

I took the truck to the mechanic to have them fix a leek in my valve cover gasket and they noticed a bigger leek in my intake manifold gasket. While in there they noticed that one of the clips came off a lifter. they replaced the lifter and went to put the rocker back on and found that there was no adjustment in the rocker. turns out that my rods are to short and allowed for no adjustment. They think that is the reason the clip came off. I have had a couple people work on my truck in the past that I have come to realize that they should not have even let them touch it. Why is it that the people that act like they are the only one that knows how to do anything are the people that know the least.

In other news. I am going to pick out the material for my interior tomorrow. He should start working on it next week.

[forestb]

Finally dropped the truck off at the interior shop today. Cant wait to see it done.

[forestb]

Did a little more work on my gauge cluster today. The little bow ties have chrome behind them and the bezel is going to be chrome.

[Captainfab]

Did you make the white panel with the bowtie cutouts or did you buy it already made??

[forestb]

I made it out of a sheet of plexiglass. We have a laser cutter at work that I used to cut it out. There is a sheet of clear plexie on top to keep the dust out of the little bow ties.

[Captainfab]

Nice work

[forestb]

I went to go visit my truck at the upholstery shop yesterday. I didn't take any photos because there is not much to see. Mostly padding and some carpet. But what a difference it all makes when you are inside. I only stuck my head in the door and it felt like a car instead of a tin can. It has been a while sense I have had any kind of carpet in there. He also had started cutting out and sowing together the material for the seat. All vary exciting.