I'm gutting the interior preparing for a liner. I have a couple questions.

[garydan]

First of all, there is this hard rubber liner in the front wells around the transmission hump. Do I have to remove that before the line-x goes down, if so... how. It's on there real good and it will be a challenge if I have to remove it.

Secondly, I have a small rust hole maybe about 1 1/2 inch diameter in the rear near the fuel filler. I'm getting a new fuel filler piece from LMC truck, but the bed has the hole in it. What is the easiest way to repair this. Can I bondo it somehow? I don't have a welder.

The glue on the rear wheel wells was a real challenge. I got it all off, but what a pain in the ass that was.

Thanks for the help

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Not much help here but I'm subscribing since I'm doing something similar soon.


I do know that they don't generally care much what is on the floor since they'll be basically encapsulating it in the liner anyways. As long as it isn't rust if it survives the cleaning and degreasing they should be doing then it won't hurt anything being under there.

 

[Desert Rat]

You have to remove everything down to the metal. I removed all my stuff from the floor, tranny hump, etc. The liner company will then scrub the metal to rough it up in prep for spraying. As for unwanted holes, the bed liner will most likely fill the hole if it is small, but for a large one, I would seal it somehow. You can always just put a small piece of sheet metal there and just fasten it on with a couple of screws. The liner will completely cover the patch and screws. If you don't want the hole filled, for example in my 76 I have bolt holes for the back seat, then the spray company rolls up paper, cardboard, or even duct tape and shoved it in the hole. After they spray, they pull out the piece and the hole is left intact. The prep is the key to getting the liner in right. When I had mine done at Line-X, the bulk of the guys time was prepping including preparing the metal and taping.

 

[rdn2blazer]

I talked to one liner company and was told IF the factory paint was in good shape they would just scuff the paint and spray right over it. If it was in questionable shape they would take it to bare metal and primer it with a special primer that premotes adhesion then spray the liner in.

I would call who ever you haveing sprayed by and ask them for prep advice. You can save yourself some money by prepping yourself. Atleast IF they are taking it down to bare metal you can do a decent job and get 99% of it off so they wont have as much to do.

Then, thay can final prep it and spray. What kind of quote are you getting? Right now with the economy they should be giving discounts for that stuff. It's not a necessity, it's a want, and people are not spending money on that stuff. They need to be giving discounts to bring customers in I would hope. Post up pics when it's all done. I wish I was at that point too in my build. Good for you man.

 

[k5warwagon]

Gotta remove the rubber liner

I am dealing with member "blaze" from Triangle Specialty coatings. He says that i have to remove all of the rubber at the drivers and passenger side feet. I used a 3" #60 grinding disc on my angle grinder. It took a while and was messy but it cleaned the drivers side up great. Have not made it to the passenger side. He will sell enough material for footwell to tailgate and a gun for $350 or do it at his shop for $450 with a guarantee. I am planning on trailering it to him and will get it back the next day. He's going to do the metal at the kick panels and the bottoms of my doors too.
The hardest thing I have run into is the PO put dinomat type insulation behind the trim panelsin the bed. He glued them in so I have to strip all that crap off as well. Craps floating around he shop like it's snowing.

 

[Desert Rat]

Also, you may have to run some of your electrical wires underneath the rig instead of inside unless you want them laying on the floor somewhere which could be problematic. I didn't have many wires and those that I did I ran under the rig and back in where I needed to.

 

[garydan]

Well the blow torch has been my friend (other than a few lost brain cells). I heated up that rubber crap in the passenger side foot area and scraped it right out. I'll work on the driver side tomorrow (way too hot here in FL)

For the most part, my paint is ok. I have some surface rust areas that I scraped with a big wire brush. I have one hole that I'll patch with a small piece of sheet metal.

I've decided right now to go with linex. What I've read on this site and others lead me in that direction. I think by next weekend, I'll have it ready.

 

[garydan]

Also, you may have to run some of your electrical wires underneath the rig instead of inside unless you want them laying on the floor somewhere which could be problematic. I didn't have many wires and those that I did I ran under the rig and back in where I needed to.

I was thinking of running a small pvc pipe, and have that line-x'ed as well. What do you think about that? Good idea...or crap?

 

[Desert Rat]

I would not do that. If you want to run some more wires, or decide to add anything, where is it going to go? Also, if it breaks, then you will have some headaches and you might even have moisture problems. It really isn't hard re-routing underneath and there is another thread here on it with some suggestions. Also, when you have the bulk of the stuff stripped off, MEK is your friend for getting it clean. Just wear gloves and don't get any on your hootus.....