The interior was begging me to get a heavy duty rust coat. I scuffed up the floor pan with the help of my cheap, very cheap, 4.5in grinder with wire brush. The best thing that happened was it broke. I should've known when I paid $10 for it and $15 for the wire brush that it wouldn't last too long.
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| Harbor Freight Bad! DeWalt Good! The keyless chuck busted on the Harbor Freight the first time the wire brush hit the frame. It's like using a tool from the 40s then a tool from the future when using them back to back. |
I wiped everything down, taped the door jams, set the compressor to 50psi, and went to work. I got the heavy duty anti-rust and the rubberized undercoating in a kit that came with a gun and a couple lengths of wands to get inside the frame.
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| The unpainted sections are sound deadening that was in place from the factory (thanks my friend Toyota Engineer), so decided to save my paint and not ... paint those sections. |
It took some time for me to figure out how to set the spray pattern, which was controlled by screwing in or out the nozzle. Adjusting the nozzle affected the flow, so too wide and slow = runs. Honestly, I wasn't too worried about runs in the floor board seeing as it'll all get covered up. It's learning time in Joe's garage. I may end up using this combination on my door jams, so it's important to figure out the spray pattern vs. speed now. I can't cover up the door jams, except with the doors...
I sprayed the anti-rust on Saturday and then the rubberized undercoating on Sunday. The undercoating was very similar to bedliner products. I'm not sure how well it's actually going to deaden road noise, like it's advertised, but I guess I could always put on another coat or two or three.
Lesson Learned:
Work slower. Be patient. Pay attention. Pay who? Attention! Pay attention! I'm no painter, because I don't want to take my time. It's funny isn't it? I have this truck nearly completely disassembled in my garage, parts all over my basement, bolts hidden in labeled ziplock baggies, and I don't want to take my time. It's just when it comes to actually putting paint down I'm so excited to see a result of some sort. I feel like this project has been little battles and I have yet to actually have something to show for my victories. Paint. Paint inside the truck - that's my victory. I just need to learn from this, because I'm not going to have carpet, seats, and trim panels to cover up my lack of patience.
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| Not that you can tell, likely, but the rubberized undercoating is now down. |
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| Heavy-Duty Anti Rust, Rubberized Undercoating, Rust Encapulator, and the spray gun - neat huh? it screws down on the quart can. |
While I had the floor pans drying I tackled something Id' been dreading - taking off the steering gear and the brake and clutch lines. Let me recap something: I've nearly got a complete truck in my basement and I'm dreading taking off 3 lines that snaked along my firewall. I figured that I was dreading the task because I didn't have a defined location for the parts.
Lesson Learned:
I remember watching an episode of The Jetson's back in the day when I was so excited that I got to drive a riding lawnmower. Rosie, the robot maid, got some sort of wiring problem or something and went crazy. She would chant "a place for everything and everything in it's place". That robot was crazy! No wait, that robot was a genius! I just need to find a place for the bolts and lines, just like I've done for everything else on this project. Stop think and don't be a baby.
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| Steering gear on the driver side of the frame and brake and clutch lines snaking along the firewall. What should I do with those things? |
I looked at the lines and steering gear like they were different than everything else I'd taken off the truck. I really don't know why. I just focused on the clamps and bolts - take them off Joe, geez.
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| That's better and what did it take? A baggie for the bolts and some tape/marker to label the placement of the lines. |
TaDa! That looks better. The body's ready to come off. Well almost...
