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Caution: a long winded post...
It's been a nice fall in New England so I figured I'd wash my 2001 B3000 and paint the bed with POR Bed Liner paint. There was some corrosion on the bed's FWD sheet metal which I treated with their Metal Prep. Sprayed the prep on the surfaces needed and left it on for a day or two prior to rinsing with water to neutrilize. This chemical is touted as friendly to the environment, won't hurt surfaces, etc. Additionally, the Driver's Seat mounts had a bit of corrosion started and the carpet had numerous burn holes from the PO. Figued with the seats out I'd replace the Carpet as well.
After moving the truck to the spot to do the work, I noticed a large fuel leak running down the left frame where the Cab and Bed meet. As a one man band, I dried the fuel spray, disconnected the G Switch, and removed the Batt to position it closer to the leakage to try to find the offending line. The 1/2 Evap line had a kink & pin hole and thought that was the problem. A member corrected me that it was the Evap line and does not carry hi-press fuel so spliced the line and reinstalled. Attempted to find the 1/2 end fitting to replace but could not find a replacement any where. Put some DC4 on the inner seal and used it again.
Powered up the system and same thing - instantaneously fuel sprating all over with not much chance to isolate it. Took a close look around at the components and dound a hairline crack running almost completely around the pump's top surface. Not sure what caused it whether I tightened the retaining ring earlier too much at last pump replacement, or if the Metal Prep caused it from pooling/sitting on it after spraing the fwd bed sheet metal. So replaced the pump with a new reatining ring and seal to solves that.
While looking for parts, I removed the seats and carpet from the cab. Found the carpet backing a little moist under the driver's seat which never showed any indications prior. Peeled up the rubber coating glued where the corrosion was. It looks multiple layers of sheet metal afrom the metal sandwiched in the middle. Mechanically removed all corrosion I could see and applied Metal Prep. All looked good so I mixed some Marine Tex (Strong2-Part Epoxy. to repair/reinforce the area. Mentioning this as there's multiple rubber grommets fittted to holes in the floor that may break down allowing water infiltration.
Of course with the bed raised I'm touching up the Frame/Chassis members I can get to with POR until I can get it in the garage to do it correctly. One find I thought was fairly cool, I lowered the Spare Tire - Firestone which looks beefy and an unused original tire assy. Although it looks like a normal, everyday driving tire it still sports the "Temporary Spare - Do not Exedd 50 MPH" on the side wall.
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It's been a nice fall in New England so I figured I'd wash my 2001 B3000 and paint the bed with POR Bed Liner paint. There was some corrosion on the bed's FWD sheet metal which I treated with their Metal Prep. Sprayed the prep on the surfaces needed and left it on for a day or two prior to rinsing with water to neutrilize. This chemical is touted as friendly to the environment, won't hurt surfaces, etc. Additionally, the Driver's Seat mounts had a bit of corrosion started and the carpet had numerous burn holes from the PO. Figued with the seats out I'd replace the Carpet as well.
After moving the truck to the spot to do the work, I noticed a large fuel leak running down the left frame where the Cab and Bed meet. As a one man band, I dried the fuel spray, disconnected the G Switch, and removed the Batt to position it closer to the leakage to try to find the offending line. The 1/2 Evap line had a kink & pin hole and thought that was the problem. A member corrected me that it was the Evap line and does not carry hi-press fuel so spliced the line and reinstalled. Attempted to find the 1/2 end fitting to replace but could not find a replacement any where. Put some DC4 on the inner seal and used it again.
Powered up the system and same thing - instantaneously fuel sprating all over with not much chance to isolate it. Took a close look around at the components and dound a hairline crack running almost completely around the pump's top surface. Not sure what caused it whether I tightened the retaining ring earlier too much at last pump replacement, or if the Metal Prep caused it from pooling/sitting on it after spraing the fwd bed sheet metal. So replaced the pump with a new reatining ring and seal to solves that.
While looking for parts, I removed the seats and carpet from the cab. Found the carpet backing a little moist under the driver's seat which never showed any indications prior. Peeled up the rubber coating glued where the corrosion was. It looks multiple layers of sheet metal afrom the metal sandwiched in the middle. Mechanically removed all corrosion I could see and applied Metal Prep. All looked good so I mixed some Marine Tex (Strong2-Part Epoxy. to repair/reinforce the area. Mentioning this as there's multiple rubber grommets fittted to holes in the floor that may break down allowing water infiltration.
Of course with the bed raised I'm touching up the Frame/Chassis members I can get to with POR until I can get it in the garage to do it correctly. One find I thought was fairly cool, I lowered the Spare Tire - Firestone which looks beefy and an unused original tire assy. Although it looks like a normal, everyday driving tire it still sports the "Temporary Spare - Do not Exedd 50 MPH" on the side wall.
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