What did you do to your Gen3 today?

[hotkarl]

Finally started doing the rot over the wheel wells. Passenger side is done.
And, I picked up the well liners. Need to protect my blood, sweat, tears, and investment.

 

[EWC88]

Finally started doing the rot over the wheel wells. Passenger side is done.
And, I picked up the well liners. Need to protect my blood, sweat, tears, and investment.

No pictures!!

 

[hotkarl]

No pictures!!

No sorry. I'm horrible at that stuff.
Not much to see, rot-no rot-primer. Ha ha!

 

[Darrell85]

No sorry. I'm horrible at that stuff.
Not much to see, rot-no rot-primer. Ha ha!

Is that better than the fender flares

 

[hotkarl]

Is that better than the fender flares

I'm kinda torn between putting the flares back or not. My intention was to replace the smooth factory style flares for pocket flares but I'm kinda liking it right now without anything on there.

 

[Tray Burge]

Let her stay in garage on a crappy weather day here in Atlanta. She's a garage queen now.

 

[rocket]

Finally started doing the rot over the wheel wells. Passenger side is done.
And, I picked up the well liners. Need to protect my blood, sweat, tears, and investment.

I have some bubbling under the rockers .....been good so far with major rust.

 

[hotkarl]

I have some bubbling under the rockers .....been good so far with major rust.

Pull the access plugs and clear them out. Do it now. They will rot from the inside out and by the time you realize a problem it will be too late. You can use air or thoroughly rinse out with water. Just get all the grit and slop out asap. Then treat the inside with a rush proofing product. Trust me, I learned the hard way.

 

[EWC88]

Pull the access plugs and clear them out. Do it now. They will rot from the inside out and by the time you realize a problem it will be too late. You can use air or thoroughly rinse out with water. Just get all the grit and slop out asap. Then treat the inside with a rush proofing product. Trust me, I learned the hard way.

I must ask, where are the access plugs? I had some bubbling and I ended up sanding it all down, bubbles lead to holes, and painted. When I went under the truck you saw numerous (what I call) drain holes down the side where I ended up using my air compressor and shooting out a lot of rocks and rust! I was surprised, but where are the plugs you mentioned?

 

[hotkarl]

I must ask, where are the access plugs? I had some bubbling and I ended up sanding it all down, bubbles lead to holes, and painted. When I went under the truck you saw numerous (what I call) drain holes down the side where I ended up using my air compressor and shooting out a lot of rocks and rust! I was surprised, but where are the plugs you mentioned?

Along the back side of the rockers there should be a bunch of oval shaped rubber plugs that you pull out.
If you have running boards(not step bars)sometimes the installation uses those holes for mounting brackets.
Also if the rockers are buried in undercoating they may be a little harder to see.

 

[HeavyD]

Retightened the bolts for the flip kit, the one I thought would be loose was not - going to buy some metal locking nuts - the nylon locking nuts arnt that good.

Made another Gif.

 

[rocket]

Along the back side of the rockers there should be a bunch of oval shaped rubber plugs that you pull out.
If you have running boards(not step bars)sometimes the installation uses those holes for mounting brackets.
Also if the rockers are buried in undercoating they may be a little harder to see.

which mine are....thanks for the tip, much appreciated!

 

[hotkarl]

which mine are....thanks for the tip, much appreciated!

No problem. Get in there and clean it out good!

 

[HeavyD]

Bought a new Jack

 

[derekp]

Had a weird hole in the back of my right valve cover. Changed it and the gaskets this morning on that side. I was quite pleased with how the head looked underneath.

 

[hotkarl]

Started rot repair on other wheel well.
Ran out of materials. Dammit.

 

[SilverStreak88]

Bought a new Jack

How much did that jack set you back? What are the weight specs on it?

 

[HeavyD]

How much did that jack set you back? What are the weight specs on it?

$100 & 1-1/2 ton
Its replacing my 3 ton jack.
1-1/2 ton should have no problem with my truck.
Its still in box.

I also bought a storage rack to cleanup my little Garage.

 

[Egress]

wish all the rain past few days, I noticed an old friend returning... my back seats and carpet are once again wet. Turns out my issue isn't the brake light or window surround, its that damn sliding window. After completely sealing the out/inside like a madman and drying in interior with a fan, I have decided that ive had enough. I am getting a quote this week on getting the entire window swapped to a solid glass.

 

[sylver91]

Bought a new Jack

Only downfall I found with that jack was the casters gave out after a year. But then again we use floor jacks constantly at work and most of the time not for its intended purpose.