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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Projects Posts (NOT VEHICLES) => Topic started by: ssgoodman on March 30, 2008, 11:35:48 pm
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Started working on the floors the other day, i got the seats, the center console, the carpet, the plastic molding, the doors, the sound deadening all out of the jimmy in the last 2 weekends. I tend to get side tracked easily so i worked on the floors for alittle while then i fiddled around with the gas tank again then the floors for awhile then fiddled with the engine for awhile. i still need to get the subframe unbolted but i did my back and shoulders in today torquing on them so i will put alittle PB blaster on them and leave them until next weekend. here is a load of pictures of the floors. i dont have an ETA on the floors, i hope to get the gas tank sorted first before i get the floors. i have been thinking of keeping it on the cheap and getting some 16 gauge steel and making my own custom floors but i dont really have the fab skills or tools to do a custom floor job.
drivers side front floor, probably need to change the kick panel also
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2286/2376454384_92b237dc4f_m.jpg)
drivers side looking into the cargo area, pretty much all shot
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2376454190_f494da7f3c_m.jpg/img]
passenger side looking from the drivers side. that grey is the inside of the fender not the floor
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2376453974_636f378e34_m.jpg)
passenger side looking into cargo area. nice view of the BFG's
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2375618633_2393f9cdc0_m.jpg)
drivers side looking from the passenger side.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2375618437_0fc32e9b03_m.jpg)
underside of the passenger side rocker panel. looks like he used some sort of foam thing which i bet is probably flammable.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2376450148_32382b0576_m.jpg)
more of the rocker panel on the passenger side
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/2375614093_60b6d15e63_m.jpg)
passenger side floor looking down
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2376448448_d15fa402d6_m.jpg)
Sutton
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looks like you have a project! My 84 blazer is not quite as bad as yours but has all the similar rust
I would imagine your front seatbelts are no longer attached to the pillar? I pretty well just had to rebuild that with flat sheet metal. drilled a hole in it and welded a nut on the back for the seatbelt bolt. Then welded it all in place. Jeremy
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yeah it does seem like quite the project, i dont know if i will get it all done or not i am hoping i wont give up on it. i bought it out of minneapolis and they love to put the road salt down thick. i would love to follow what that guy did on K5 colorado and put a completely custom diamond tuck foor in. i also need to put a new rear pan in the back.
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i am thinking i am going to take the jimmy down to the frame and then start putting it back together. i would like to get the frame stripped and powder coated but would rather do it cheaply. how much easier would it be to get the floors in if it was off the frame?
Sutton
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I would fix the floors ON the frame then take it apart.
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Yep, the capt. is right. With no support, it would be easy to "fix" it all warped and skewed. Leave it bolted to the frame.
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wouldnt i have to cut around the frame and supports and xfer case and the guts underneath if i leave it on the frame? the supports are shot on it also.
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Once you start cutting the floor out, you need to brace the inner structure with some tubing or angle or something.
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still working on the tear down of the jimmy, today i got the front fenders, hood, grille, headlight bezels and cut alittle bit out of the floor. i went to lowes and looked at some sheet metal pieces but holy cow that stuff is expensive, i thought it would be cheaper then the floor pans but i dont think so. i need to replace the rockers on it and was wondering what people knew about the rock sliders that i hear about on the K5 forums. i dont know how nice it would look, i have seen a few that were nice and few that were blah. has anyone replaced the rockers on a jimmy body and if so how difficult was it? could i cut the rockers out at the same time i cut the floor out without the body braced?
Sutton
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man were is the pics of the tear down
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i got some pictures after i was done today i'll try to upload them. i never remember to grab my camera when i am working on it then remember after i go into the apartment.
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i got some pictures after i was done today i'll try to upload them. i never remember to grab my camera when i am working on it then remember after i go into the apartment.
cool
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hey chris, i am looking at buying them replacement floor pans from you but could you tell me what shipping would be for the left and right side, the parts that go under the seat to 58103 fargo nd. do they come pre-drilled for the seats and center console? and do they come with any of the bolts to mount to the supports?
thanks
Sutton
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If you add it to the basket it will calculate it for you... I will send you an estimate in a PM...
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Good luck on the repairs - it really looks like a job. Please post pics of the repair.
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i'm contemplating how i am going to weld them in. i live in an apartment building so my garage is on the same circuit as everyone else. my neighbor said he had lots of problems running an air compressor since it kept throwing the breaker. there is a united rentals in town that i think rents welders and generators but i have no clue how much that would cost me. i found a used welder for a good price but i dont want to buy it if i cant use it in my apartment. heck even my 10 amp dewalt grinder dims the lights in the garage when its running.
Sutton
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got my new gas tank delivered yesterday hopefully i can get it in this weekend. the tank has a silver coating on it right now but do you guys think i should put something on it before i install it such as chassis saver or por 15? also should i put that anti squeek sticky foam stuff on it or is that not needed? i am also putting on 1 new strap since one was shot but the other one was still good. should i put anything between the strap and the tank or just leave it metal on metal?
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You will probably have to sand the tank to get the POR to stick. Anti foam stick stuff, you lost me there...
I put stuff between mine, but some people haven't....
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theres an "anti squeak kit" its a a sticky sided foam material strip that you put on the sides of the tank and between the straps and the tank. i think i will bypass the anti squeak kit though, could probably buy the same thing at a crafts store for a few cents.
would the coating on the tank be good as por15 or rust bullet?
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Oh, you can probably find some tar type paper from somewhere, that is what mine came with.
I don't know where the tank came from, but alot of them are glavanized. Painting them black will keep alot of heat in them...
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havent worked on the floors today but i did get my gas tank installed, havent put the skid plate back on since i want to make sure it works before i do that. hopefully i can get some work done on the floors here sometime this weekend but not holding out for it, still havent bought the new floors or rockers yet so not too anxious to start cutting it up without mocking the new floors in first.
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Chris will the store be online tomorrow? My stimulus band-aid is burning a hole in my pocket and I need to get them floors in this summer before college starts back up.
Sutton
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Yes, I opened the store back up Monday.
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chris do you happen to know what gauge steel the floor panels are that you sell?
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19.
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Sutton, have you worked on the Jimmy lately? Im gonna start doing a few patches to my blazer here real soon.
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i got the floor all cut out just trying to find a welder now. i was going to rent one but all they had were 220v, i dont have a 220 in my garage. i was thinking about renting the welder and a generator but i need to find some time to be able to get it done. my luck i would rent them and then have to go to work or something would come up, plus i am trying to save some money up for a vacation before school starts again. i've been working on it on and off, been really hot here lately in north dakota and i hate being in the garage when its 95 outside.
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here you go this place has the best deals
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=mig+welder&Submit=Go
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For a fuel tank I'd be a little hesitant to paint it black, however, lot of guys that ride inline 4 bikes paint the engines flat black because it DRASTICALLY improves cooling..
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over the past few weeks i have got the floors all cut out. ran into some problems though, the smaller body supports that run across the floor were rotting beyond repair (one fell off when i used it to balance myself alittle while cutting) so now i need to try to fab something up for that. a friend from work is going to let me borrow a 110v welder to see how well it works in my garage, if so i'll be using that to get my floor in. still need to cut up the sheet metal i bought to make it fit in there but atleast there is some light at the end of the tunnel. life is too hectic to work on it much, but hope i can get it all done before the snow flies but i doubt it.
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well got rid of the needy girlfriend, got a welder from a friend, now i just need to get some homework done and then i can start working on it again.
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well got rid of the needy girlfriend
That'll save some money!
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For sheet metal work the 110V should be fine. Did you have more pics here or what I dreaming?
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well the Jimmy project is officially dead. my apartment manager found out about me working on it in the garage and put the kabash on it. i dont have any place to work on it either. going to start parting it out, i got 2 weeks to get it out atleast. hopefully i can salvage something out of it. any clue what i could get for prices on some of the parts?
Sutton
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How much work does it need - where are you located? I may need a new project.. ::)
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Fargo ND. It would be along haul for you. its in pieces, the floor is all cut out just about ready to weld a new floor in. i dont know what i'm going to do if i dont sell some parts off it. probably wont get much out of it at the junk yard.