I know you guys have saved some pretty rusty trucks. I am redoing the rusty cab corners on an otherwise pretty rust free super cab, and I have new sheetmetal cab corners for both sides, but on both sides the inner sheetmetal inside the cab corners is a bit ate up. the drivers side is worse and goes into the sheetmetal crossmember a few inches, the passenger side just goes into that inner piece. I will take some pictures at some point... but anyway I'm scratching my head a bit on how to fix it, the shapes are a bit complicated. anyone taken on this job? How did you guys deal with rust down there?

 

I usually just cut out all the rot and graft in (weld) another piece from a donor cab.

Im not sure what you're asking.....

 

I don't have a donor cab, and to be honest, I haven't seen a cab around here that doesn't have rust in the area I'm talking about. Supercabs are also pretty darn hard to find. Not sure if those particular pieces are the same on a regular cab, because my regular cabs are both totally rusted to **** behind the cab corners so there is no way of knowing.

 

I can get that inner corner part out of a parts truck reg cab or super cab, just need a pic and some measurements. I know here 5 or 6 SC are at.....

 

I have to work tomorrow but I will try to take some pictures with a tape measure so I can show you what i'm talking about.

 

Easy enough, a tape measure in the pic worth a thousand words. And I am getting another JY run list together....

 

[QUOTE=montana_highboy;13427138]I usually just cut out all the rot and graft in (weld) another piece from a donor cab.


I've done that and removed the headliner and poured POR15 down the inner pillar. I then raised and lowered the cab in all directions to spread it out. I hope it will keep the corners and rocker panels from rusting from the inside out. I painted the whole underneath of the cab with POR15 as well. That was several years ago (7), no rust through yet. We will see if it helps in the long run.

 

I forgot... I went outside with my phone to do it and I had a glass of wine or two and I guess I ended up sitting on the swing with the dogs and watching youtube videos of russian logging trucks. hmph.

 

haha gotta love the random youtube vids

 

Ok, here is the cab I'm working on:
The passenger side isn't so bad:

But the drivers is worse.

 

So is that what you need as far a inner cab sheet metal?

 

[QUOTE=Riderman;13430268]No need for the pillar funnel on a SC, there is an access hole behind the jump seats, if equipped.

 

mine's got the rear bench. no access hole! sad, it would make repairing some of the dents on the back corners easier. I may just leave them. for character. lol

and yes thats what I would need as far as weld in metal. the pasenger side I think i can just use sheetmetal I have here. The driver's side I've actually got some rust on the channel, and then rust going up the 3 pieces of inner sheet metal there. I could cut pieces for the three vertical pieces, I suppose, but not sure about the channel. Maybe I should start cutting out the rust and see whats left.

 

That came off wrong. Yours should still have the access. I was using the jump seats as location devices

 

I just have 2 very small holes where the front seatbelts were. Can anyone post of pic of this area in a supercab that is rust free or has been repaired? I don't even know what it is supposed to look like.