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[Chungas Revenge]

Tubs with bed liner are evil and must be punished!

I'm kicken' hell out of this one...Well, Fred is, but I'm supervising!!!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Brilliant!! But... you ARE aware that DDFred is a fellow MUDder... right?

Could there possibly be two? It's like the "twilight zone".......

This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you're on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable...Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, you're entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop....The "Fred Zone"..

I wonder if "Mud DDFred" is gon'na hit me up on copyright infringment?

 

[JohnnyC]

In the old'n days (I'm not that old however) they would burn the paint off ... Many places (not in USA) still do this ... Probably not a favorite technique for the enviro libs of the world

There was a few threads here that shows finished torch paint stripping

@EgyptOffroad comes to mind that they were stripping paint that way.... Don't recall ever seeing liner removed with torch... But... I assume it would work if the fumes didn't knock you out and kill ya

 

[Weber Sarge]

Get a dual-sided stringer bead wire wheel , they can be turned over to keep the cut aggressive . Very little pressure needed at about 50* angle and that stuff will fly off (eye protection - good idea ) . Weiler makes them . Fred will become light-speed fast . Do not use it at 90* or panel damage is imminent , they are that aggressive . Pipeliners love these things , Fred seems amongst that potential brethren ....
Sarge

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Get a dual-sided stringer bead wire wheel

Good copy, that is exactly what we were using on the small grinder..The small grinder had just enough ooomph to spin the wire wheel effectively, but not enough to incur any sheet metal damage. It worked like a charm. But it grenaded the last hour of the day..I will pick-up another for next weeks assault.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Hey High Speed, send help my way when you get done, I could use some skilled labor to remove my old bedliner!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

The remaining hardware for my "plumbing" came in on Saturday..While "Fred" was assaulting the bed-liner I test fit the radiator..I really like the T-bolt clamps for functionality...

Fenders, hood, Rad support and fan shroud are still at the painters, so I can't button up the plumbing until then. Mark'en time till next week!!!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Hey High Speed, send help my way when you get done, I could use some skilled labor to remove my old bedliner!

Well, ya see "Fred" is now 10 level qualified...Signed off on his job book just at quit'en time on Saturday... Task 1. Proficient with the A1-J1 Scrapen' tool. Task 2. Proficient with the A1-J2 Bigger scrapen' tool. Task 3. Proficiency with the Bravo 3, High speed rotary liner assault weapon.

That's 10 level qualified!! Now next week were going to do some advance "training". By the time this is over I figure he will be a skilled "Rust Warrior"....If I could just talk him into buying a "welder" I'd train him on that too!!!

 

[Honger]

I AM A GENIUOS. JEENIUUS. GEENYISS WELL, I'M PURDY SMART -I was sitting around yesterday morning, bemoaning the wretched state my TLC is currently in. I was going over the hours I have spent cleaning, sanding, painting, scraping, grinding and bolting on parts (taking parts back off and bolting them on right), when a thought occurred to me!!! I said to myself "Hey smart guy, what is the dirtiest, crummiest, rather get a kick in the nads job associated with this Face-Lift" project you have worked on so far"? "Bed liner removal" was my muted reply. Seez me again "Hey Genius, why are you wasting all of this time doing things the hard way?" "Use your head". "Be smart".."How can you do this better"...? "Easier"....? "Less work"??????!!!!......

Now it is a proven scientific fact of nature that in order to find the easiest solution to an otherwise unsavory job or a complex and insanely difficult task, you simply seek out the laziest person you know and ask "How would you do it"?.....This is known as The "laws of quantum laziness". The 1st and only Law of Quantum Laziness states, "For every task there is an equal and opposite lazy way to solve it". Having no shortage of shiftless and directionless friends, I deduced that my most difficult task would be determining which of these reprobate characters would be the laziest person I know. So, with some difficulty, I whittled my rather lengthy list down to a half a dozen or so likely candidates. I was able to reach all by phone...All except for one.Hmmmm, I was on to something..Reasoning that if "he" was to lazy to answer the phone, he might just be the one I was looking for..This was my man....

So, I fired up the old FJC and headed over to my long time associate and hunting buddy "River lot Dave's" (RLD for short) house...Knowing he was too lazy to lock the door, I pushed in the screen and walked in...I found "River Lot" stretched out in his recliner, a half eaten slice of Pizza in one hand and a half empty bottle of "Bud" in the other. No doubt Saturday brunch. Judging by the empties nestled on the end table, I reasoned this was not the 1st "beverage" of the morning. Without looking up from his mid morning communion with "DR Phil", river lot says "want a beer"? Vowing long ago never to drink before 9:00AM ever again, I politely declined. River Lot may be lazy but he is a gracious host.

"What's up?" was his next question..."I tried to call you" was my opening salvo. "I know" was his pizza chewing reply. As if sensing my incredulous look he followed up with "I was watching DR Phil". RLD is a Jedi master of communication.....Hmmmm, lazy men are so cagey!!! I would have to be at the top of my game if I was going to succeed. Sensing my opening after a particularly long belch, I jumped in. I explained in simple terms using short phrases interspersed with grunts, curses and several hand and arm gestures, my conundrum with the bed liner removal. After an unusually lengthy Tampon commercial I figured it was "now or never", DR Phil was on till 1000 and I needed answers now so I blurted out the million dollar question to RLD.."How would you do it"?

What came out of his mouth was pure, 100% lazy man liquid gold...."Git Fred to do it", was his instantaneous reply. Brilliant, frigging pure crystalline unadulterated brilliance!!!! I left "River Lot" digging for some unseen infestation and headed out the door.

"Fred" or "Drop Dead Fred" as he is affectionately called by the boys down at the mattress factory, isn't really a "Fred" at all. Stephen is his Christian name. "Drop Dead Fred" or "Fred" is a moniker given to him to emphasize his "Devilishly handsome appearance" ...or maybe not....

I immediately dialed up "Fred"....
"Hello. Fred? "Yeah". Need some work? "Yeah". Can you work today? "Yeah" I need to start ASAP, you sure you can come now? "Yeah" You sure? "Yeah"?
"Fred" is a man of immediate action and not prone to idle chatting..Two hours later, he shows up...Sensing that unbridled anger is not the emotional response that will instill superior craftsmanship out of "Fred" I shrug and say "No worries"......I then explain in exquisite detail our (his) mission for the day. "Ever use one of these" (Gasket scrapper)? "Yeah". "One of these" (Grinding wheel with wire brush)? "Yeah" . How about this (Bigger gasket scrapper)? "Yeah"...Ok, great, I knew I had my man....."Say Fred, I am going to run down to the 7-11 for a Slim Jim and a Red Bull, need anything"..."Yeah" "Pack of smokes?" I inquire. "Yeah".........

As I pulled away I could hear the rapid staccato of the grinding wheel as it skipped happily over the tub of my TLC...Now, Like I said.....I'm a JEEN-EE-OOSE.

I will now accept your heart felt accolades..

I love what you are doing with your 40... lots of sensible "face lift" work going on here.
But posts like these keep me coming back for more. Wit, wisdom, and constant enhancements to my vocabulary.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Last lamentations and meandering thoughts from this Saturdays effort worken' on the hunting mule...Ever have one of those singular moments when you sway back and forth, rationalizing a decision you know you will come to regret in some painfully obvious way? Kinda' like the 1st time you stuck a paper clip in an electrical socket, held a spark plug while yer buddy cranked the engine or the time you just had to whizzzz on the fence that was maken' that "funny buzzing sound"?...From the moment I pulled back the 1st microscopic segment of bed liner, just to have "a look see", that small still voice in the back of my head has been clamoring louder than my girl friend on pay-day...I think I have jumped from a "Face-lift" of sorts, to a full reconstructive surgery....

I found hints of the red scourge around the tunnel, ragged decay hidden by bed liner and obscure holes lurking under my gas tank (blaming the unplugged drain holes)...I call it "TLC osmosis". The seemingly impossible transfer of a fluid through a non-permeable surface (maybe Semi-permeable)...That's a "Blinding flash of the obvious" for most of you zealous chasers of oxidation, but to me it's a unwanted wanton twist of fate.

I did have one or two desperate ideas that were simmering just beyond my conscious thought..Like burying the bane of my existence with a backhoe and swearing it was taken by aliens in order harvest its reproductive organs and start a "Borg" race of mutant
tractor like beings....I abandoned that plan when the local chapter president of the "WV - Extra Terrestrial Greeting Committee" and State Farm agent, informed me our "Pleiadian friends are here to help us and are only interested in studying the reproductive habits of your TLC, not harvest its organs"...Scratch that idea!!! Who I am I argue with the greeting committee!!??

Well, I reckon I'm knee deep in it now...So, I've taken the plunge. I have resolved myself to remove "all" the old bed liner from the cab. So removing the tunnel and having another "look see" was a necessary progression. With the front end off and the tunnel out, it may be an opportune time to take a look at the seals in the T-case and tranny! You can tell by the pics my tranny "Gently weeps". At this point my TLC coefficient (TLC=Time+$$) is spiraling out of control...In a former life I would dub this "mission creep"....No end in sight and no clear defined exit strategy..Remember, in the not so distant past, this started as a simple "carb swap"....Good news! The tunnel gave up willingly...Not a single broken bolt..Must have been the full can of WD-40 I threatened it with. That's a new record for an afternoon on the mule..A little repairable rust on the tunnel/drivers side. Gear select lever came out with "narry a hitch". Bed liner is in full retreat..And, most importantly, in my headlong race down the rabbit hole, "Fred" is now qualified on the Bravo 3, High speed rotary liner assault weapon....!!!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

It was Africa hot (Well, maybe Alabama hot) in the "Mountain State" today ...92 (in the shade) w/humidity..Worked a couple of hours on the hunting mule...Adhering to the philosophy that only "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out n the mid-day sun", Fred and I decided that it would be prudent to knock off a bit early..Fred is a domestic connoisseur, so the "ration" for the day was an "Inbev" product . Not a fan, but..When in Rome, or Fred is buying..Then who am I to criticize...I'll post up more later on the days activities . Our morning did start out with a well planned offensive, but sputtered to a halt as the temperature began to climb. I did come prepared for a full on assault with the remaining bed-liner (photo #1). If you recall, we were beaten back last week, due to equipment malfunctions (Photo #2, is what remained of our kit). Again today, using the weather, the Bed-liner put up a robust defense in depth, fighting a skillful withdrawal and employing numerous delaying tactics that led to our (Fred and I) decision to "fight another day" (I'm gonna' need a bigger scrapper) ........I'll post up more later!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

"Jah-zuss shuga it's hot outside, what chall werkin on"? That was the immediate response from the bee-hived debutante down at the 7-11 as Fred and I made straight for the walk-in-cooler. 1/2 hour later, still sweat caked, dirty and hankeren' for a liquid respite, we (Fred) emerged with six bottles of the finest domestic brew (read cold) that "Inbev" ever produced (Fred's not one to make hasty decisions when it comes to the daily ration). Mizzzz future beauty school honor grad found it odd that Fred and I would be "just plain silly" enough to venture outside on a "day like this"....Well from the mouths of babes...Who am I to trifle with such Maybelline encrusted adolescent wisdom...??

Round three of Bed-liner removal...! Some of that "liner" I am sure was put down with a fresh coat of super glue..I realize this thread is stuck mid removal...I just hope some fresh faced, pie-eyed TLC hopeful will read this and remember
"Ole Chungas" war on self applied water proofing and think twice about buying the Dura-coated "barn find"....

Fred is a "shy" master of the rotary tool...We made good work while the temperature hovered below 90F. Although the liquid consistency of the super heated liner made it a little easier to work with, the humidity combined with the heat led us to break contact early in the day...

As of now, we are at a 90% solution for the removal process....Scheming now to formulate a plan for the future....

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Hey Jeff! How come Fred never gets a picture of you working?

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Well, ya see, somebody has to tell the story!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

With the tunnel off and the heat index off the chart, I thought it would be a good time to start "molding" the PVC mat. Not sure exactly if I am going to put this in service..I may just make a template and cut out some "floor mats" of my own...Jury is out. Anyone else using this product? I may post another thread to see how it is holding up..

 

[ginmtb]

We are all anxiously awaiting @Racer65 's OEM-like mat...

 

[JohnnyC]

For years I used an f150 bed mat ... I cut it down and had enough for both front mats rear mat as well as over the wheel wells

 

[JohnnyC]

Actually I'm still using them ... Under the oem mats

 

[Chungas Revenge]

We are all anxiously awaiting @Racer65 's OEM-like mat...

Just kicken' the can down the road..

One of my 1st conversations on MUD was concerning a replacement mat @Racer65

I have an original "Toyota" mat that has been semi retired...Like most of the "originals" this one has a hole worn at the drivers heel...Thought about a repair but I elected to save it (for what I don't know)...Very happy with the CCOT rear bed liner mat. Heavy duty piece of kit. Did me some cyphering yesterday and I believe I could take another rear mat and make a set of mats for the front. Everything would match and I would have the same rugged heavy duty mat throughout the cab?

Just Kicken' the can!!!!

 

[78fj40mg]

Just kicken' the can down the road..

One of my 1st conversations on MUD was concerning a replacement mat @Racer65

I have an original "Toyota" mat that has been semi retired...Like most of the "originals" this one has a hole worn at the drivers heel...Thought about a repair but I elected to save it (for what I don't know)...Very happy with the CCOT rear bed liner mat. Heavy duty piece of kit. Did me some cyphering yesterday and I believe I could take another rear mat and make a set of mats for the front. Everything would match and I would have the same rugged heavy duty mat throughout the cab?

Just Kicken' the can!!!!

Don't kick the can "Just Do It"

Then you can send the pattern to me so I can cut my own, then I'll share the pattern with all the MUD brothers and sisters.