rust repair

[hotrod24]

Good work Hotrod. Check the brushes in your grinder.

thanks vile it is coming along good

[hotrod24]

i got a new grinder so i am back to work on my floor

[hotrod24]

today i started back on the floor and put some rust converter on it and let it sit then i sanded on the driver side and it is not as bad as the passenger side just a little surface rust

[80stepsideguy]

I see it comming pretty close to you cutting out all the bad areas and welding in new metal..


thanks
pat

[hotrod24]

yea i can not wait

I see it comming pretty close to you cutting out all the bad areas and welding in new metal..


thanks
pat

[Bitzer!]

dude I love welding but after a while it gets to ya! cut-grind-weld-grind yawn lol

just make sure you get a decent welding mask -- I've got a light sensitive auto one and its the bizz

[80stepsideguy]

I got one of the old fashioned ones that ya gotta flip the lens before ya weld, once i get some things squared away i`ll be buying a new mask for my welder as well.

thanks
pat

[hotrod24]

well i started on the center of my floor and where the seat goes it is just a little rusty but if i dont get it off right now it will get bad 

[SUX2BU99]

I gotta give props to you guys who will take on that kind of project. If I saw a fraction of that kind of rust on a truck I was going to buy, I would just walk away.  Well, if it was surface rust, that can be ground down but flaky rust and holes in weird spots frighten me   lol

[hotrod24]

well i got this part done all i have now is the drivers side and i am done with the floor for now

[hotrod24]

well i got my seat back in and trust me it will come back out this is just for now when i get it inside i will replace the rockers and the cab corners and then it is going down to the frame

[2502]

here's on philosophy when trying to do something myself and cost being an issue. i always stocked up on manuals, read what i can on the internet and ask everyone on forums that are more knowledgeable than i am how to repair it. everyone has a different opinion so going with repairing or replacing has both it's pros and cons. but... when you're going to come down to repairing something you usually end up having to buy more tools and whatnot to repair something rather than just replacing it. but when doing something yourself, that benefits a little more cause the next time you hit a smaller or less than needy spot, you have all the stuff already sitting on your shelf to fix it, know what to to for the repair, etc. if that makes sense rather than seem like i'm talking backwards.  i don't like having to replace too many things that i have to order in from somewhere and wait on for more than 2 days. so rather than do something like that i'd rather repair it. my cab's in almost perfect condition but the wreck i bought has a floor almost similar to yours so i'm trying to get rid of it to someoene that can use it before it sits to long and rots even further and becomes totally worthless...

[Bitzer!]

If i was over there and had the room, I'd drop the cab off the chassis and repair the lot. You can get most the panels and repair kits from Chris, the ones he can't do are sourceable. Unfortunateley I have had to fabricate a lot of the smaller panels and patch the odd bit here and there mainly due to the fact I cant wait 2-3 weeks for shipping!!

[Fordeatinz71]

great job guys!  this thread has been a good read for me since i was looking for write-ups on floor/cab support replacement.  i have to do this on my Jimmy.  i'm more than a little nervous but i gotta learn sometime.  i notice ya'll don't have any kind of bracing on the cab to support it while the floor is out...are these cabs just strong enough that you don't need it?  i definitely don't want to end up with a warped body because i missed a step, lol.  does anyone by chance know where i could find a total write-up on replacing pans from start to finish?  sorry, i'm a stickler for instructions.  when i don't know what i'm doing i want to know every step from wake up and eat breakfast to do victory burnouts through the neighbors petunias...haha

[hotrod24]

well it has been a bit since i worked on my floor and it has got worse