1981 Ford F100 Revival (Parked for 12 years)

[Jonathan]

I got the old rubber body isolator out. The bolt was very rusted and I will need to pick up a new bolt.

I was going to order a replacement frame bracket but after cleaning it up and testing the thickness I think it will be fine for now even it is very pitted. I didn't want to grind off or drill out the large rivets and take a chance with a poor fitting aftermarket part. I will paint it and run with it.

[Jonathan]

I was going to order a replacement frame bracket but after cleaning it up and testing the thickness I think it will be fine for now even it is very pitted. I didn't want to grind off or drill out the large rivets and take a chance with a poor fitting aftermarket part. I will paint it and run with it.

Back to grinding away with a wire wheel again.

[Jonathan]

Back to grinding away with a wire wheel again.

I needed to remove the front bumper to get to the rest of the body mount and frame. I also did some touch up polishing of the metal.

 

[Jonathan]

I needed to remove the front bumper to get to the rest of the body mount and frame. I also did some touch up polishing of the metal.

Masking and final prep.

[Gary Lewis]

Masking and final prep.

Wow! You are really doing a thorough job! And that is a LOT of work!

But are you saying that you got the bumper off by using a wire wheel on the Dremel to clean the threads and then hit them with PB Blaster? And they came off ok?

[Jonathan]

Masking and final prep.

First I applied the primer. Notice the cab body mount I didn't do any prep work to it other then spray it with brake cleaner. I wanted to see how it would turn out since it was hard to get to. I figured I can address later if I was not happy with it. I forgot to put rust converter on it at least. I hope that the lack of oxygen will stop the rust.

The brake line I needed to pull away from the frame with a wire so the paint could get behind it.

[Jonathan]

First I applied the primer. Notice the cab body mount I didn't do any prep work to it other then spray it with brake cleaner. I wanted to see how it would turn out since it was hard to get to. I figured I can address later if I was not happy with it. I forgot to put rust converter on it at least. I hope that the lack of oxygen will stop the rust.

The brake line I needed to pull away from the frame with a wire so the paint could get behind it.

The paint came out good. I used the recommended paint from VGG on YouTube. The cab body mount came out much better then I expected with very little prep work to it. Just cleaned it off lightly with no scrubbing or anything. It has a bit of a hammered finish look to it. But the paint may not stick as good as the areas I prepped for over a month.

 

[Jonathan]

The paint came out good. I used the recommended paint from VGG on YouTube. The cab body mount came out much better then I expected with very little prep work to it. Just cleaned it off lightly with no scrubbing or anything. It has a bit of a hammered finish look to it. But the paint may not stick as good as the areas I prepped for over a month.

Here is a summary before and after.

[rcarlisle]

Here is a summary before and after.

Looks great. Keep going.

[Jonathan]

Wow! You are really doing a thorough job! And that is a LOT of work!

But are you saying that you got the bumper off by using a wire wheel on the Dremel to clean the threads and then hit them with PB Blaster? And they came off ok?

Thanks Gary. Yes I used a wire wheel on the rotary tool to clean the threads and then I soaked it with Deep Creep. After that I used my Milwaukee impact driver to remove the bolts.

Wow! You are really doing a thorough job! And that is a LOT of work!

But are you saying that you got the bumper off by using a wire wheel on the Dremel to clean the threads and then hit them with PB Blaster? And they came off ok?