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Originally Posted by ChevLoRay
Is there an SOP for rebuilding/restifying one of these trucks? I'm down to having to do it with my son. Okay, we have some mechanical experience but no body experience. I have a guy who will do the cab, off of the chassis. It's already on a dolly, so that's good. The chassis still has the old cab, but it's swiss-cheesed as far as the firewall is concerned. It's an air cab with an uncut dash.
The replacement cab is a non-air cab, but that's okay. I like running with the windows down.
Has anyone ever soda-blasted a chassis? I don't want to use sand.....but I have to clean up the chassis before the cab can be reinstalled.
Any pointers for me? Books? I already have the assembly manual, and a factory shop manual.
I guess I'm looking to learn from the mistakes that others have made that they will talk about and hopefully steer me away from making.
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Easy off oven cleaner does do a great job, takes it down to bare metal but it gets expensive and it's hard to use laying on your back under your frame. I used a soda blaster on my front suspension and front half of my frame (so far) after the easy off treatment, I like the way it turned out. Of all of the paint mfgrs out there only two (that I found) have a problem with using their product on something that has been soda blasted, you just need to wash the soda blasted parts real good with soap and water before applying primer. If you sand or soda blast...WEAR A RESPORATOR AND EYE PROTECTION! Sand blasting can cause silacosis (lung disease).