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  1. 12pilgrim

    Brake light stuck on?

    HAHA! 1157 bulb upside down!!! Wow. An easy and embarrassing fix. Thanks guys and sure hope I'm not kicked out of the cool truck club now.
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    Brake light stuck on?

    Friends, Why would my drivers side brake light be stuck on when I turn on running lights/headlights but brake light works fine without them on? Bad ground? I unscrewed and sanded the screw to what looks like a ground from the taillights..
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    underbody/frame coating recommendations

    Powdercoat is best, this is great too https://www.ebay.com/itm/275258389941?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=DDxNCJwPQLK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=IhNYtlbLQTK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    Random surging while driving

    Truck ran perfect, sat for a week. Then was hard to start, checked the air valve and yup, bled some air. Finally started, idled 30 seconds then raced and died. Looks like I'll be crawling around checking for air leaks also. Too bad there isn't an easier way to pinpoint the problem area, like on...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Here's that same storm! 2 in of rain
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    New from Georgia

    Hey friend, how do you like GA vs TN? I'm up in Nashville but work might move me your way. Hope all's well.
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    Three legged animal...

    Soooo much work. You're doing an amazing job. Wow
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    I'd use it again! Just got a bad or old batch. A friend of mine who is an actual body man only uses Feather Fill. Sure sands easier than Everglass..
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    I actually was using Feather Fill but I must have gotten a bad gallon, or it had been sitting on the shelf too long at the distributor.. it wouldn't stick. I had to redo the hood because of that actually!
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Thanks so much! And thanks for all the love. It was a fun project, but a lot more fun now that it's done!
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    I think shes about done now! The rims looked awful, plasticote type rubbery spray can job done by previous owner. I had them sandblasted/powdercoated to more of an original type color ($400) and found original hub caps on ebay ($200?). Problem being, they weren't 4 wheel drive. So I Dremel...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Tailgate was mighty rough up top. Smacked the high spots in and used more bondo than I'd like but I'd rather not buy a Chinese replacement. It looks pretty good, wavy.. but not ugly. Starting on the pinstripe here (lots of research to find the right one and color, ford part #E5TZ-1520000-FU...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Other bedside. Same story. The smallest amount of filler/bondo as necessary to smooth things out. I wasn't trying to eliminate the waves in the metal, just the ugly little dents here and there.
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Bedside. Typical little dents. I didn't remove the moulding or trim, too scared it would break. I was able to pop it out enough to spray under it though so it looks like I did. Just lots of masking.
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    The pinstripe.. rough. Hard to get the curve right even with 3M striping tape. I'd never done that before. It turned out about an 8 out of 10. Had to mask and spray one color then flip the masking to spray the other color then clear the panel. I learned a lesson though.. on the other side I just...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Door jam on the passenger's side.. quicker, easier after having done the drivers already. Spray guns: Iwata LPH80 is great for these smaller areas. It's a smaller detail type gun, less overspray.. for the big areas like Hood/Bedside I used LS400 for basecoat and WS400 for Clearcoat. Primer...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Doors were sagging a bit so I painted new hinges (replacing pins didnt solve it). Don't be an idiot like me and take off both hinges at the same time! Had to remove the fender in order to align them again I have some extra hinges if anybody wants them! Just pay for shipping from Nashville...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Massive amount of work masking the door jam area.. Keeping everything original added to the work, having to spray 2 different basecoat colors beneath the clearcoat. Spray the first color, let it dry enough to not rip it with masking tape (30min?) Then flip the masking to spray the other color.
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Ideally, you'd spray a vehicle all at once and in a booth. I did mine over a year and outside.. just waited for calm evenings without many bugs and kept tweezers on hand when they decided to land in it.. lots of wet sanding and buffing (we'll get to that). Here's the door, skim coated a couple...
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Sanded rust out as well as possible, then: Transtar self etch primer 6193 over bare metal, Transtar epoxy primer 7341, Omni basecoat, Transtar 8041 clearcoat with 6894 activator (I used to be a sales rep for Transtar, excellent stuff)
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    OK guys! Here's the before.. paint was flat. Down to primer and beyond on the hood.. not too bad really for an old farm truck with 77k miles
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    I painted my truck one piece at a time

    Hey guys, I painted my truck and wanted to post a thread here with a bunch of pics (since no one else in the world cares). It's saying I can only post 5 pics, is there a way to add more (like 30?)? Thanks
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    Source for new negative battery cables

    I just used batterycablesusa.com I sent them both of my old ground cables to replicate.. They spliced my old connector for the starter relay and added it to the new one as well as the ground to frame lead on the passenger side. They are beautiful and truck started right up. Perfect match! I...
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    Fuel Selector Valve Inspection

    Here's the aftermarket valve that fits like oem on my 6.9 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08B3VCZVG/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_6?smid=A29CJJ2HZL47LM&psc=1
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    Time to defeat my FSS?

    Guys.. what the heck is a FSS?

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