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  1. joshuak

    color of cucv dash and doors

    Pink M1009 You may be on to something.....
  2. joshuak

    color of cucv dash and doors

    I tried to also emphasis the pro's of your positive posts. I clearly state who I am and where I am from, the internet does nothing for my self esteem. I appreciate honesty and constructive criticism, that has nothing to do with the my statement. I will not be driving my CUCV today, because I am...
  3. joshuak

    color of cucv dash and doors

    Mr CUCVRS, My name is Joshua. I wrote and posted a picture of a door panel which I painted black. I quoted your above statement because it refers directly to work I have done. I think the $10 and 4, 5 hours I spent on it will last more than a year, even though I used house paint. Does...
  4. joshuak

    color of cucv dash and doors

    I painted my door panels and the vent covers. Behr ultra flat black. Sanded, cleaned and applied with a brush. I'm happy.
  5. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Probably on the way to the park for a walk, took it at a stop light. The next picture I took she realized it was being taken and her expression cracks me up. Like reallllyyyyy?
  6. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Sheet metal skills, LOL. Sarcasm? Water off a ducks back. Serious? I had not touched any type of welder before this project, funny enough, I had to work on it to get functioning properly. Changed liner, wire size, type of gas. Again read, read, and not being afraid of messing up. I invite...
  7. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Any way folks to wrap this up, I wanted to share with you a couple 2404 forms, as per the TM -10, -20 inspection upon receipt. Glad I didn’t know about this procedure before hand, because my vehicle was definitely not mission capable. Some may argue it isn’t now, LOL. I consider it my to do...
  8. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    I wanted to share a picture with you of a swollen glow plug tip. It was to wide to fit through the opening and too long to be pushed back into the pre combustion chamber. I read somewhere that you can put rope around it (inside the P.C. chamber) and snap it off. No dice. DH, recommended starting...
  9. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    After troubleshooting through a not want to start episode with a healthy dose of TM-20, -34 and Steel Soldiers. I ended up with something like this: On the left hand side, before my petcock, yes I said it, you will notice a Mercedes Benz hand primer (10 bucks NAPA). I had high hopes for...
  10. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    I painted the plastic on both sides with Behr flat black paint/primer. I’m happy.
  11. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    When I got done having fun with the phosphoric acid, I cleaned, primed, seam sealed, primed and got ready for applying a DIY bed liner of sorts. It was funny, I made up my mind as to what bed liner I was going to use as many times as there are products out there. I ended up purchasing...
  12. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Same deal as the passenger side when the metal worked stopped, I wire brushed, converted, cleaned.
  13. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Repairs started, again worked much harder than I needed to. Still working on that whole measure twice cut once thing. Not hard enough unfortunately. I measured I cut I placed half an inch short I mean really, again? Cheapskate in me said lets roll.
  14. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Drivers side floor panel and rocker panels required major surgery, I was hoping I would only have to take the door off, but no such luck, so off came the fender as well.
  15. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Primed, applied seam sealer, installed outer rocker panel.
  16. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    When I finished welding in the last piece, I wire brushed everything, converted the surface rust with phosphoric acid, cleaned then primed. I would like to make an emphasis of my good experience with phosphoric acid. The following sequence of pictures corresponds to the area where the...
  17. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    I chose to buy some 14 gauge steel at one of the local big box stores as opposed to buying the rear floor panels. I bent it as best I could on the ground using ball point hammer and a couple 2x4’s as an anvil. It worked. Installed the piece and ended up with this: As I advanced with the metal...
  18. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    I wish I could report that all my cuts lined up just right, with a nickel width separation and I tack welded every two inches apart all along and repeated until I closed in the spaces. Half way through the process I had something like this: But no, reality is: I su@#ed at measuring twice and...
  19. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Next order of business was fix the rot inside the cab floor pan and rocker panels, Passenger side first. I ordered replacements from LMC. Having no experience what so ever with this sort of activity, it took me awhile to decide on what method I was going try, either welding or seam sealer. I...
  20. joshuak

    Amateur hour rebuild / restore on a budget

    Fact the matter was the camouflage was looking a little rough so I decided to go ahead and give the whole ride a rattle can special. Consisted of hand sanding with 100 grit, cleaning / de greasing and painting, three coats. I chose a non reflective dark green. I am happy with the color but not...
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