New Wheels For The Cab

It has been an interesting day.  As I type this I witnessed Bear Grylls peeing in a fresh snake skin and drinking it after walking across a salt flat with it hanging around his neck in 100 degree heat.  I wonder why he didn't share it with his camera man.

I got more accomplished than I expected today.  I decided to take the cab off the frame.  It is too cold to coat the tank or do any painting so moving forward meant attacking the cab.  So hear is what I got done:

Remove the doors, seat and seat belts.

Built a cab dolly.

Disconnected the Cab Bolts, Brake lines, emergency brake and steering.

Removed the front and back windows.

Removed the master cylinder, steering column, brake pedal assembly, gas pedal glove box dash pad, gauge cluster.

Removing the doors was a whip.  One of the pins actually had crept up and wouldn't allow me to pull it out.  Tried cutting it with a saws all but ruined 2 blades.  Damn pins are hard steel so I had to do some blow torch surgery.

Took an a box knife to the seal on the back window and it came right out.  The front was a little more challenging but Doug arrived just in time to help me with it.  We pulled the window out and then rolled the cab on its side built a dolly and set it back down on its new wheels.  This was all done before 1:00 and I started at 9:00.

Took a break for a couple of hours and about 6:00 I started removing the various components out of the cab.  The intention is to get the interior of the cab prepped for fresh paint, a new firewall cover, new floor pan and an overall seal on the cab to keep out the rain.