So I pulled the carpet to give it the cleaning it needed. My dad bought a new 6hp pressure washer and I wanted to try it out. Also i wanted acess the trans tunnel cover to get the the bellhousing bolts easier, two birds. I didnt take after pictures of the carpet cause its still wet. Hopefully the cats dont pee on it over night. I hope...

I also used a few cans of lysol on the head liner, visors and most of the inside of the cab, nothing like disinfecting and getting rid of odor at the same time. Did the seats as well, once the lysol drys hopefully the odor will be gone completely , its far better all ready. I'm thinking about treating the carpet with vanilla in the insulation under the carpet. Not sure. Going to buff it tomorrow so I can get pictures to my insurance company. Then hopefully everything will be dry and I can reinstall everything.

Cleaned headliner



Carpet before

During the scrubbing


More to come.

 

will ur steering wheel fit on an 88 column if i pull the airbag ?

 

Uuhmm, wut?

 

Will a steering wheel like urs, fit on an 88 sterring column if i remove the airbag ?

 

I'm not sure, there are other threads that are more relevant then this thread. Try asking in those.

 

Finished carpet


Washed belts


How I cleaned them

Water After

Polished the 4x4 selector

Fixing and refinishing the 4x4 shift boot

After(before pics can be seen a page back)

Paint after compound and buff















Also made my own air freshener, truck and upholstery now smells like fresh vanilla, no more smoke!

 

Wow and I thought I was a clean freak!!!!! Looks great, very nice a shined up.

 

Thanks, I'm kinda under the gun with the clean up, insurance wants pictures of it and there no way i'm gonna let them **** me on coverage cause i was too lazy to give it a make over.

 

If the to smell of smoke ever comes back my brother actually had a lot of luck with a cup a bleach. He filled a cup full of bleach ands left it in the cup holder over night and surprisingly it actually had helped a lot with the smoke smell. I've also had a lot of luck with a spray bottle of water and baking soda. And don't forget to clean out the air ducts too since they'll have the smell in them.

 

That looks great! I wish my truck cleaned up like that.

 

If the PO was a smoker, the heat ducts prolly smell like smoke too. I turned the heat on and sprayed some febreeze in the cab and closed the windows and let it circulate for awhile. Mite take a couple times to get the smell out.

 

Nice job on the clean up, she came out looking great.

 

Thanks.


If the vents smell like smoke i'll drop some baking soda packets into the vents.

 

Thats a sweet truck for 1500 bucks!

 

Its pouring right now or I would have taken more pics. Changed the pan gasket, RMS and freeze plugs. Going to do some work to the pump and solenoid pack. Turns out the truck has a freshly built trans with a billet HDRV torque convertor, as well as a massive tranny cooler, so just going to do the easy cheap stuff now ($250 parts and labor from my transmission guy) And slam it back together.