Crashtd420 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Trying to tie up some loose ends before the bed is back from sandblasting.... One thing I wanted to do was setup the wiring for the lights I am adding.. I used a trailer light box so the brake and turn signals work together.... I also installed a rubber cover to help keep water off it... unit says it can be placed outside of the vehicle without a problem... 2 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Need to make a harness to connect... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Just got a text from the blaster I should be able to pick the bed up next Friday the 29th... Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Last bit of maintenance was a new fuel filter..... Old Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Vs new 2 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Just picked up the bed 2 Quote Link to comment
mainer311 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 A clean denty slate. Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, mainer311 said: A clean denty slate. Ya it revealed a few spots that I wasn't expecting... I knew the floor was rough and it was..... Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 The back corner were made out of bondo....both sides will need attention Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Only other spot was on the side... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Not horrible but it does need some help, not worried about dents so the few it has are acceptable to me, matches the rest of the truck.... The floor I'm thinking about putting wood down so I'm not worried about those holes... I do have a bunch of holes from screws to fill in... someone screwed down a poorly fitting plastic bed liner at one point and there was a bunch of snaps riveted around the outside probably for a bed cover that I removed, so I'll have to weld those up too... but I cant figure out why someone would drill a hole into one of the hooks? 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 So it ended up being about 85 unnecessary drilled holes... The fun part is done, I plug welded all those holes this morning... Now to play with the hand grinder... 5 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Holy cow. That's a lot of work. Have fun!!! Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Its actually not going to bad..... Just did a patch on the one hole on the side of the bed, so far its coming out good... The corners have me worried because there is no access from the back.... I think I need to get some of that weld through primer for that part of the repair.... 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 I found someone to ship me some corners cut off another bed. Lots of spot welds & factory seam welds to deal with, though. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Crashtd420 said: Its actually not going to bad..... Just did a patch on the one hole on the side of the bed, so far its coming out good... The corners have me worried because there is no access from the back.... I think I need to get some of that weld through primer for that part of the repair.... I don't like the weld through primer because even that contaminates the weld. I use SEM self etching primer and it seems to be holding up well. If you can spray inside the corner pockets while they are open, that might help with future corrosion. Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 16 minutes ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said: I don't like the weld through primer because even that contaminates the weld. I use SEM self etching primer and it seems to be holding up well. If you can spray inside the corner pockets while they are open, that might help with future corrosion. I did plan to spray something inside first. I was mostly concerned about the back side of the welds.... I haven't looked at the area that close yet... maybe I can even cut an access hole to get at the back side.... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, thisismatt said: I found someone to ship me some corners cut off another bed. Lots of spot welds & factory seam welds to deal with, though. If my truck was better looking maybe... I think I can cut and weld up some new metal.... luckily the hole seams to be In a relatively flat area with maybe a radius going only one way.... but that's just from a quick look... I'm sure it will be harder once I start cutting and shaping.. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 52 minutes ago, Crashtd420 said: If my truck was better looking maybe... I think I can cut and weld up some new metal.... luckily the hole seams to be In a relatively flat area with maybe a radius going only one way.... but that's just from a quick look... I'm sure it will be harder once I start cutting and shaping.. Yeah, mine are totally trashed. After I wire wheeled the bondo off they are just a volcano range of someone trying to pull the dents with a slide hammer...totally unsalvageable. I've never seen them rusted out like yours...it's pretty thick sheet metal Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, thisismatt said: Yeah, mine are totally trashed. After I wire wheeled the bondo off they are just a volcano range of someone trying to pull the dents with a slide hammer...totally unsalvageable. I've never seen them rusted out like yours...it's pretty thick sheet metal Seems like a wierd spot to me.... Everthing underneath actually seems solid so not sure why it rotted there.... This bed came to me as trailer from Pennsylvania I'm not sure where it lived its life as a truck... I imagine the cab was probably trashed even worse... I did get the easy patch done... Cut this out.... 2 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 After.... 3 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 I was able to get a good amount of the spot welds ground down.... And that's about it for the day.... Pretty happy with how much I got done.... really hoping to get the metal fixed up as quick as I can so I can get this painted before the ready hot weather comes.... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Decided to see what the bottom looked like... luckily nothing I wasnt expecting.... The only thing I really need to do on the underside are 2 of the mounting feet.... I decided to just cut and weld in the fix verses removing the entire mount.. one corner was still intact so this gave me things to line up too once I cut the bad metal out.... One side.... Still need to drill the hole. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Other side before Quote Link to comment
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