One last piece to go. Remember I had to cut this thing into 3 pieces and it still didn't fit. So I hunted for this piece for 45 minutes. Yes it was in the second or third place I looked after I had been all over the garage and came back there again. [emoji35]
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I then I ended up throwing it away anyway because it fit like crap. Completely the wrong shape. I cut the lip off the old piece cleaned it up and then hit it with some weld through primer.
While I was waiting for the primer to dry, I got down one of the OBS quarter windows. There's not a lot of documentation on swapping them and I'll do a full write up once I'm done but here is a preview. The OBS window looks like this.
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The big difference is that the old style glass is sandwiched between the outer metal frame and the cab. The OBS window is a single piece unit. You can see it has studs sticking out the back.
And here's what it looks like installed.
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Yep it drops right in the hole.
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The studs sit just inside the opening. The washer nuts grab the inner lip of the cab metal and will tighten down pretty good. The reality is that you probably wouldn't have to make any modification at all. Just apply sealant and snug the nuts up. I'm sure the sealant is doing most of the work holding it in. I'll probably weld a few tabs in to make me feel better. Like I said, I'll do a tech with lots of pics once I finish it off.
Back to the other project.
Got it all welded up and I should be able to put some stuff on the inside for corrosion protection through the holes I made. I didn't take a picture, but the inside seam doesn't look too bad. I also filled a bunch of pin holes. I'll work it all down again and move to the other side.
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So progress is happening. Hood shipped today so I now have all the body metal. Rock auto had a capa certified part and I used the 5% off which wasn't much but better than nothing.