Replacing floorboards
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I just pulled my seat and floormats out my 69 tonight. I new I was going to find rust, but I found more than counted on. Any tips on how to replace it? What I plan on doing is cutting out the rust with a die grinder and welding new metal in. Any little help would be appreciated. Thanks
Brent
1969 F100 2wd
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[font color=red size=3]I am planning to do the same thing to my '73 this winter. Sounds like you are on the right track, cut out the old and get some new preformed floor pans and weld them in. I would suggest using a MIG wire feed welder. That is a good place to practice welding and sheetmetal work - it'll get covered up!
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Fellas, we are all on the same project. I too took a peak under my floor mats and can see daylight in a few places.
My problem is that I have ZERO experience welding and don't own any equipment. Cutting the old pan out is no problem, but.... Anyway, reckon how much a shop would charge me to weld the new pan in?
Also who is a good supplier that I could buy new pan's from?
Thanks,
Lee
1970 F250 4x4
My problem is that I have ZERO experience welding and don't own any equipment. Cutting the old pan out is no problem, but.... Anyway, reckon how much a shop would charge me to weld the new pan in?
Also who is a good supplier that I could buy new pan's from?
Thanks,
Lee
1970 F250 4x4
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My problem isn't just the floorboard, the rust started crawling up the kick panel to. Does anyone know if the replacement panels include the kick panel? My dad has a MIG welder and I have done some welding with it, but nothing like this. Well good luck with your project!
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"ITS NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK"
THIS IS GOING TO BE MY 5TH F-150 TO DO FLOOR PANS.CUT THE RUST OUT,WHAT EVER IS LEFT PUT POR-15 ON IT."ANY BARE METAL POR-15 IT"IT IS GREAT STUFF I USE IT ON EVERYTHING.NEXT GET THE PANS,WIRE WELDING IS EASY JUST TAKE YOUR TIME,LET ME TELL YA I'M NOT A PRO BY NO MEANS I JUST ASKED TO BE SHOWN HOW TO DO IT.I HAVE USE "STOP SIGNS" AS FLOOR PANS AS A LAST RESORT.
IF YOU GOT ANY ???S E-MAIL HOPE I BOOSTED YOUR MORAL::-)
THIS IS GOING TO BE MY 5TH F-150 TO DO FLOOR PANS.CUT THE RUST OUT,WHAT EVER IS LEFT PUT POR-15 ON IT."ANY BARE METAL POR-15 IT"IT IS GREAT STUFF I USE IT ON EVERYTHING.NEXT GET THE PANS,WIRE WELDING IS EASY JUST TAKE YOUR TIME,LET ME TELL YA I'M NOT A PRO BY NO MEANS I JUST ASKED TO BE SHOWN HOW TO DO IT.I HAVE USE "STOP SIGNS" AS FLOOR PANS AS A LAST RESORT.
IF YOU GOT ANY ???S E-MAIL HOPE I BOOSTED YOUR MORAL::-)
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I'm interested in the kick panel replacement too. I have A LOT of rust in the floor pans and it is creeping up the kick panels. I have a couple of holes through in the panels already. In fact, I had a snake come through one on the passenger side while I was driving it a few months ago. I've considered just getting 22 ga steel and cutting and welding in replacement pieces, but I need something substantial to attach the replacement floor pans. Any advice will be appreciated.
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Hey sears27! It sounds like you use por15 quite a bit, are there any down sides? Have you ever had any trouble with paint coming off of the p-15? Also I read the can and they said that a rusty surface is better than a smooth surface unrusted one,well I had already cleaned and prepped the surface(nice and smooth) with a scotch-brite pad. I put that part of the project on hold till I could find someone who had worked with p-15 before. It looks like I found someone, can you tell me if the paint will stick to a nice clean surface good?
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Hey sears27! It sounds like you use por-15 quite a bit, are there any down sides? Have you ever had any trouble with paint coming off of the por-15? Also I read the can and they said that a rusty surface is better than a smooth unrusted one,well I had already cleaned and prepped the surface(nice,smooth and oxisolved ) with a scotch-brite pad. I put that part of the project on hold till I could find someone who had worked with por-15 before. It looks like I found someone, can you tell me if the paint will stick to a nice clean surface good? sears27 isn't the only one that can respond if someone else has had experiences with por-15(good or bad)post it I'm sure that more people than me are interested.
Thanks in advance for any info!
Thanks in advance for any info!
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HI all
I have a 76 f 150 that is need of a total floor pan and front cab mount replacement. does anyone know of a GOOD parts source for these parts?
also can you give a little more info on P-15 I dont think I have heard of it before.
THanks
Brian
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I have a 76 f 150 that is need of a total floor pan and front cab mount replacement. does anyone know of a GOOD parts source for these parts?
also can you give a little more info on P-15 I dont think I have heard of it before.
THanks
Brian
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Here's a question; can you replace the pans without taking the
cab off of the frame? I've temporarilly bolted in some heavy
gauge aluminum, and will attempt to replace the floor pans next
spring or sooner if I can find a heated garage.
scotty
'67 F100
cab off of the frame? I've temporarilly bolted in some heavy
gauge aluminum, and will attempt to replace the floor pans next
spring or sooner if I can find a heated garage.
scotty
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Man everybody has to replace floor pans and floors isnt there anything you can put on them so they dont rust metal needs air to rust if you put fiberglass on the bottem of anything on the underside of a cab would it still rust?
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Curtis
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