Replacement Cowl Vent Panel?
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Replacement Cowl Vent Panel?
Does anyone know if there are replacement cowl panels available for 73-79 pickups?
The floor under my cowl vent panel is split straight down the middle from the driver's side all the way to the passenger side. It looks like water didn't drain too well and it corroded the steel just enough to make it split in the middle.
I need to get the vent panel off to weld a patch in the floor. If I cut the spot-welds and chisel the panel off, it's as good as destroyed.
Any suggestions? Thanks guys!
The floor under my cowl vent panel is split straight down the middle from the driver's side all the way to the passenger side. It looks like water didn't drain too well and it corroded the steel just enough to make it split in the middle.
I need to get the vent panel off to weld a patch in the floor. If I cut the spot-welds and chisel the panel off, it's as good as destroyed.
Any suggestions? Thanks guys!
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Not that I know of either...
Sounds like an awful lot of work, especially with a non replaceable panel, might be time to look for another good cab... Or maybe another cab thats reeeeaaaly gone, and destroy the rest of it to get the cowl off intact to replace yours..
Hmm. Better thought;
Can you pull the cab and do the floor repair from underneath?
G.
Sounds like an awful lot of work, especially with a non replaceable panel, might be time to look for another good cab... Or maybe another cab thats reeeeaaaly gone, and destroy the rest of it to get the cowl off intact to replace yours..
Hmm. Better thought;
Can you pull the cab and do the floor repair from underneath?
G.
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Thanks for all the replies gentlemen!
Cab swap is a little more work than I'm willing to get into although dicing up a cab at the junkyard with a sawzall could work. I'm yanking the motor this winter so I might be able to get at the cowl-floor panel from underneath, just not sure how I'd hide the patch job on the top-side. I was thinking about dumping some self-leveling sealer in the cowl and just covering the work that was done, but not sure if it'd work or not. I was also debating shaving the cowl vents - looks cleaner and hides the crack in the panel.
Thanks for the offer Hyperactive460 but there's plenty of 73-79's in my local junkyard to dice up. I appreciate it though!
Cab swap is a little more work than I'm willing to get into although dicing up a cab at the junkyard with a sawzall could work. I'm yanking the motor this winter so I might be able to get at the cowl-floor panel from underneath, just not sure how I'd hide the patch job on the top-side. I was thinking about dumping some self-leveling sealer in the cowl and just covering the work that was done, but not sure if it'd work or not. I was also debating shaving the cowl vents - looks cleaner and hides the crack in the panel.
Thanks for the offer Hyperactive460 but there's plenty of 73-79's in my local junkyard to dice up. I appreciate it though!
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Was told I might need a bigger alternator. Okay got the biggest I could get at Napa. Didn't stop the problem.
What might be going on
and how do you get to the wiper motor to replace Thanks
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Think I'm going to cut the cowl vents out, fix the floor while it's open, then fill/shave the vents. If I fill them, the patch job doesn't have to be pretty
Thanks for the ideas everyone!
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