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Old 07-14-2010, 08:18 PM
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go and get the airbag module off the vehicle you got those bags off of. IIRC it should be under the center console up under the dash area....
 
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Old 07-14-2010, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin
go and get the airbag module off the vehicle you got those bags off of. IIRC it should be under the center console up under the dash area....
yes i forgot its a one time use...
 
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Old 07-16-2010, 08:22 PM
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Here is what my brother and the neighbor got done with today...I will have more pictures tomorrow after we finish the sand blasting and painting...We had to saw-z-all the body mount bolts because they snapped off and were seized in the sleeves...If you have to get new body bushings then plan on getting through Ford, they are a dealer only item...65.00 for the tops and bottoms total...I got to buy new bolts for them also...I am using black RUSTOLEUM rust encapsulating paint, RUSTOLEUM red paint, and RUSTOLEUM gray filler/primer...On the inner fenders they sanded and shot it with the black rust encapsulator then coated it with the red...On the new core support they scuffed and shot the black e-coat with the gray filler/primer then coated it with the red...I plan to coat the lower part of the inner fenders and under side of the fiberglass fenders with black John Deere under fender paint...I hate John Deere but their black under fender paint lasts for years and is semi-gloss and looks great...The sand blaster is a Campbell-Hausfield dad bought 7 years ago to do a truck frame for a guy...They had to drill and chisel the old spot welds as no one in Lakeland had a spot weld cutter bit...I may have to cut out the centers of the frame mounts and weld in some plates as the centers have began to rust out and the hole is becoming larger...

Inner fenders painted...
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New core support partially...
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Cleaning the frame...
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Sand blasting the frame...
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Inner fenders...
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Old core support...
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Close-up of driverside inner fender structure...
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This is what they had after a couple hours of cleaning with the needle scaler, scrapers and brushes...
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10 minutes with the sand blaster...
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Close-up of passengerside inner fender structure...
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Scrap removed from the truck...
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Headlight support sub-structure...
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Old 07-17-2010, 07:56 PM
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So this afternoon we got a few things done and found out some stuff I wasn't happy with...I took my air stipler/needle scaler to my front body mounts to clean rust off them and they blew out...So I went on the hunt to find something to fix them and I found some thick steel washers that are perfect...The center hole is perfect to fit the body bushings into...I am going to cut out all of the bad steel and trim the washers down and weld them where the bad steel once was, but I can't do this until I get the new body bushings Tuesday...We aslo sand blasted everything to the front cab mounts so it could be painted...

Cricket sandblasting...
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Some of the sand we used, got another inch on the ground now...
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Rotted driverside mount...
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Rotted passengerside mount...
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Old mounts we had to cut apart after the bolt snapped...
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New washers to be cut and welded in...
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If the old bushings weren't blown apart they would slip through the holes in the washers...
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