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Everything is going great, until a damn criminal wants to steal your battery and makes a mess.
Please be careful where you park your truck!
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Well, that's a rip. Do you have insurance?
I wonder if you could get the sheet metal close enough to original with a little hammer and dolly work. Maybe a large thin nylon washer could help hide the damage.
Is the lock cylinder missing? Here's a guide to replacement. A new lock cylinder wasn't expensive at all, and is easily rekeyed to match the ignition key:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-same-key.html
I wonder if you could get the sheet metal close enough to original with a little hammer and dolly work. Maybe a large thin nylon washer could help hide the damage.
Is the lock cylinder missing? Here's a guide to replacement. A new lock cylinder wasn't expensive at all, and is easily rekeyed to match the ignition key:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-same-key.html
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Hey Karl, this truck has a basic insurance, so don’t cover the mess that person had done…
When I have some free time (work and family first 😊
, I’m going to try to made some sheet metal work trying to return it their original place, by the way, thanks for the links, they will work fantastic for me at this moment.
Update. - Yesterday I found in the bottom of the door the lock cylinder and put it back on the door, looks so bad, but well that’s a first step in the way to put it back in a good looking and working lock.
P.S. Bullnose fans, be happy….. It´s Friday, so in a few hours will be time to go with buddy’s for a beer
Regards.
When I have some free time (work and family first 😊
, I’m going to try to made some sheet metal work trying to return it their original place, by the way, thanks for the links, they will work fantastic for me at this moment.Update. - Yesterday I found in the bottom of the door the lock cylinder and put it back on the door, looks so bad, but well that’s a first step in the way to put it back in a good looking and working lock.
P.S. Bullnose fans, be happy….. It´s Friday, so in a few hours will be time to go with buddy’s for a beer
Regards.
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Check on line for lock repair patch panels.
you cut the messed one out weld in this patch, finish it off and good as new.
Or find a door the is bad, dent or rust and cut the lock area out for a patch.
May have to work tomorrow, been here since 2am and may have another load of LP to deliver.
Did 20,000 gallons already so beers and truck driving is a no no!
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you cut the messed one out weld in this patch, finish it off and good as new.
Or find a door the is bad, dent or rust and cut the lock area out for a patch.
May have to work tomorrow, been here since 2am and may have another load of LP to deliver.
Did 20,000 gallons already so beers and truck driving is a no no!
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Hey Dave,
I don’t know why I don´t thought on a new panel patch
thanks for the advice; maybe the frustration and anger made me lose that good solution.
Too bad you have to work tomorrow, the truth be told, an cold beer, friends and some rock music on Friday is paradise.
Regards
I don’t know why I don´t thought on a new panel patch
thanks for the advice; maybe the frustration and anger made me lose that good solution.Too bad you have to work tomorrow, the truth be told, an cold beer, friends and some rock music on Friday is paradise.
Regards
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I know if that happens to mine I would be hunting for that SOB.
That is also why I went with Hagerty insurance so a littlittle thing like that would not total the truck if I had insurance take care of it.
May not need to work tomorrow but it is still early yet.
pumping off 3rd load and only have 3 hours left on my driving clock for DOT.
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That is also why I went with Hagerty insurance so a littlittle thing like that would not total the truck if I had insurance take care of it.
May not need to work tomorrow but it is still early yet.
pumping off 3rd load and only have 3 hours left on my driving clock for DOT.
Dave ----
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about 25 years ago I left my primered and rusted 75 chevy truck at the foot of a mountain where hunters park. Stayed 2 nights in a deer hunt cabin, came down, the driver side window was busted out. The metal glovebox was ripped completely out of the dash. Not a damn thing in my truck. Had to drive it 30 minutes home through freezing ice storm, that was rough. All my hunting clothes and coveralls were in duffel bag in back of my buddies truck, who left short while before I did. Couple hundred bucks worth of damage I had to eat, sure wish I'd just left it unlocked and let them look through it.
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Just as easy with wheel lift tow trucks now days too.
If they want they will take it.
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But really, all you want to do is make it hard enough for the average miscreant give up. Unless its a show truck, they are probably just interested in whats inside or maybe an easy-to hot-wire vehicle to joyride. With a club and a kill switch they'll probably give up. The other week, I witnessed a road crew move an illegally-parked sedan without even touching it , backhoe operator used his shovel to push a big steel plate underneath the car and slide it 20 feet out of the way. Pretty slick.
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The bad, the lack of cleanliness of that person meant that when you got into your car, it was not pleasant.
I had years of not remembering that anecdote, hahahaha better continued locking my truck
And by the way Dave, I have actually known about some vehicle thefts with wheel lift tow. Now I understand my grandfather when he used to say "it was better before", the breakdown of society is advancing by leaps and bounds.
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