Pulled the leaking radiator out and took it to sterling radiator, he's going to find some different options to make it cool a little better and send me a quote today or tomorrow. I also got to work on removing the raptor liner, and let me tell you. When ever someone says, "Not an ounce of bondo on it!", they're full of s***. Front of driver side fender is like a cheese grater and has a lot of body filler in it. Rear of passenger fender has a good bit to. This thing won't be a show truck, but i don't want it to rust away under the truck bed liner so thats why i started peeling it off. I'm playing with the idea of trying to make custom fenders since its gonna be wider, but i don't plan to use a ton of round tube as its general shape is more boxy and i think square/rectangle tubing would look good through out.
I ordered a new water pump, thermostat, rad tubes, hvac hot water valve, and some clutch parts. So now waiting on all that stuff.
I followed the internets advice and put citristrip down and then ceran wrap over it, and it actually worked pretty good. I recommend using more than you think you need, the spots it was really globbed on came off super easy. Spots that had a regular helping of stripper seemed to dry up. I used an electric scraper and a grinder with a wire drum.
Life is pain. My shoulder is done, i picked up a surface conditioner from harbor freight and i'm gonna use it this weekend to try and remove more of this stuff. I've been on the fence about what color to go with. I kinda like the idea of the old mustard yellow body with a white roof, and i'm probably gonna use raptor liner to do it lol. I plan to thin it and spray it in a way to not have as rough a texture like usual bed liner, this thing has so many patch panels and body filler i'm digging out that regular paint would give away the massive amounts of cancer that was removed.
