jodawill

I haven't finished the floor yet, but I was flushing the radiator last night and I discovered that water can pour straight through the heater core seal. I found this when I took the cap off the reservoir and let the water flood out of it. Should I be concerned at all? It's not like there should normally be a lot of water there. Should I spread some seam sealer over it?

I got the new keys cut a few weeks ago, but obviously I'm not posting pictures of them here. They look great though. The blue one looks almost completely identical to the key my grandpa used every day, but I like the green version of that key, so that's my copy. I've been juggling a lot of projects recently. I replaced all of the heater hoses, the radiator hoses, and the coolant reservoir. I'm about to go flush the radiator also, but I'm waiting until I'm ready to pull it out onto the driveway. I also have a new heater valve that I'll be installing when I do the flush. The bench is removed right now, so it will be interesting trying to back it out of the garage. The heater hose tee was in rough shape. I took this picture when while I was midway through sanding it down. I sprayed it with Rust-Oleum primer then sprayed a black enamel paint on it. I've given up on the stock stereo for now. As much as I want to keep the vehicle as original as possible, I'm just tired of dealing with that thing. I picked up this discontinued JBL Celebrity 100 for $50. I'm very happy with it. I chose it because out of all the reputable brands, it was the one that clashed the least with the interior. It's much more practical than the cassette deck, although I'd still like to get that one repaired at some point. I replaced the original factory speakers with Infinity Reference speakers. The stereo doesn't have enough wattage to power them properly, so I'll need to get an amplifier at some point. A subwoofer would be nice too. I removed the carpet and pressure washed it. I found two of the three clips that had broken off the courtesy lights, so I was able to repair them! I just some Dynamat Xtreme and some Dynapad today, but I have to wait until my POR-15 comes before I can install it.

I love the rectangular displays on the dash!

Thanks. I just ordered the degreaser, metal prep, and clear coating. Apparently this stuff is hard to find locally. What do I need to know before I use this stuff? Do I need to pull out all of the old sealer and apply some fresh sealer? I'm spending a lot of money on sound dampening materials, so I don't want to make any mistakes here.

Thanks! That's really interesting because I think the only other light I've seen in my cab is the glove box. I wonder if I have some burnt out bulbs I wasn't even aware of.

Does anyone know what type of bulb the courtesy light originally came with? Mine are 11005, but I don't think it originally came with those. Amazon says it should be 212-2. Can anyone confirm?

What do you do with the POR15? Does it work as a cleaner? Do you just use it with a rag to clean the rust off?

Thanks. I guess that won't be coming out any time soon. I decided to install Dynapad Xtreme and Dynamat. Maybe I should just put the Dynapad as far up underneath that firewall mat as I can reach without removing it? Do you know anything about that hole in my previous post? Is that supposed to be there?

How do I remove this rubber mat along the firewall?

The passenger side has a hole in it. Is that supposed to be there? What should I do with it? The driver side has the same circle, but no hole.

It doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it?

I'm concerned about the sound dampening material causing moisture issues. Would it be a good idea to just add some to the transmission hump, the rear wall, and the doors? For the rest, maybe I should just throw that white insulation back where I found it and replace the original carpet padding.

I plan to keep the original carpet. It's in pretty good condition. What would you recommend for the padding? It seemed like the original carpet padding didn't cover the whole floor, but I'm not sure which parts weren't covered. It came out in small pieces. And what about that white padding in the bags? Are those original?

Here's one of those white pads I mentioned. I'm not sure whether these are original. It seems odd that they're in bags.

Do you have any tips on installing the Dynapad? Do you know how much I'll need? Are there areas that you didn't cover? I noticed that the original carpet padding didn't cover the entire floor. Also, there were two plastic bags with white padding in them at the front of the cab. I'm not sure whether those actually came with it or if perhaps someone added it later on. Do I need to keep those or use additional carpet padding beyond the Dynapad? When you say enamel, do you mean something like Rust-oleum clear enamel? I'd like to keep the original gold paint if I can. There's a very small amount of rust around a few bolts that I need to address, but I don't want to spray a bunch of colored paint and ruin the original finish. (Yeah, I won't see it, but I can't stand the thought of ruining that factory finish floor.) I might just clean up that small bit of rust with a rotary tool and use a stencil to spray the rust converter only on those particular spots.