84 single cab short bed

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  1. DannyBoyRude

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    Do you still have the old bed?
     
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    Sorry no..
     
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    So its been a while since I posted last. I decided to keep my truck, the only reason I wanted to sell was because I was in the process of buying a house. Thanks to the recent economy prices were alot cheaper so I didnt need to sell after all.

    Anyways I havent really done much with it except for lowering it a few inches. Only torsion for now but I am saving my coin for bags. I did have to replace the timing chain cover due to a crack, water pump, and the radiator. Spent alittle time cleaning the motor compartment. Still need to do under the hood! Pretty clean for an 84 though. Ill post some more soon.

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    Wow nice truck looks similar to mine
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    still have stock fenders?? and how many miles do u have on it??
     
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    I sold the stock fenders already to a local, and it has 289,000 miles.
     
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    Today I picked up alot of the pieces I need for the dash to go from brown to blue. Still have a few more pieces to track down but that shouldnt be a problem. Also took out the brown carpet.
     
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    nice, too bad you have to sell.. wanna sell the rims ?!?
     
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    The truck isnt for sale. It was when I was in the process of buying a house but it all worked out and I didnt have to sell. So all my plans for it are back on.
     
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    They are great especially since they are factory. One less thing for me to install. There is a cluster like mine on ebay right now but its for automatic.
     
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    Nice bro, you got any pics of what you just done?
     
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    No not yet still have some dash pieces to find, and I have to do something with the door panels and seats since they are still brown.
     
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    Today I went back to pick and pull were I got my blue dash pieces and was able to locate more from the same truck just spread out to 5 other vehicles in the area. So now I only need to get the seats/doorpanels redone and carpet and it will be blue and no longer that nasty brown.
     
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    So today I am beginning the body drop of the bed only for now. I am going to maintain the stock floor but not the bed sides. So while I am going through this process I will do my best to photo as I go and give a brief description. This is my first time, I have done a ton of research so I am confident I will do this without to many issues. I am also not above constructive criticism so if you see me doing something I shouldn't please feel free to chime in.


    So first I removed the inner bed sides (mine are the bolt in ones), the tail gate, and removed the bed from the truck.
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    Next I placed the bed upside down on jack stands, drilled out the 2 spot welds (1 on each side) that holds the bed sides to the panel behind the cab. Once those were drilled out I ran a piece of tape to mark were I needed to cut to remove the cab panel from the floor of the bed. Once this was cut I unbolted the six bolts (3 per side) that attach the panel to the bed sides and removed the cab panel.

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    Now that the cab panel is removed now I am removing the mounting tabs that attach the inner bedsides to the bed. I plan on making new bedsides when I am finished. This step is taking a little time because I am grinding them down as I go. I also wanted to say that "so far" I am only using basic tools, nothing fancy. Here are a few pics and I will post more when I get a chance but for now I am off to work (my real job):verdict_in:.

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    Today I removed the floor from the bed. All I did to do this was make a line around the edge of the floor as close as possible to the bed sides. Once I was happy I cut along the line and removed the floor. After I had the floor out I used my grinder with a flap disc to remove all of the sharp edges and clean things up on the bed sides. I also bolted the front cab panel back on to the bed sides to give it some support and not twist things up while I work on it. I have attached a few pics of what was done today.

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    These pics show how things looked after I cleaned it up with the flap disc.

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    Hopefully I will get more done in the next few days and I will continue to post what is being done.
     
    nevadajh, Oct 21, 2010
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