Rained other day and I decided to look in truck to see where and if any leaks. darn, leaks galore, might as well as leave the windows open. I have no way to store truck indoors (no garage) and truck is at my work on a trailer so I can work on it when I have time, but has to be out of the shop during work hours.
What I would like to do is silicone or seal around the whole windshield temporary until sandblast the cab and paint it. My goal is to get it running and drivable so I can get a feel of the truck, then decide what to do after that. Keep stock or do upgrades?
Question is how can I remove the stainless trim around the window, read that the trim is installed on the rubber seal before the glass (sounds like fun), hate to silicone the SS trim and ruin it. Another thought I was thinking is use Gorilla Duct Tape, but worried the stickiness of the tape will mess up the trim. I thought about just replacing the seal but the glass has a rock crack on the corner and didn't think it'll survive, hate to use new glass working on it in case I screw up somewhere and I'm sure the edges of the body needs work...
Or should I say screw it and do a total tear down like I wanted to do in the first place? Only issue is if I do that and later do any upgrades to the engine, trans, brakes, etc... My original plan was to keep it stock and build a new flatbed. I'm afraid to take on such a big project and have to keep moving things around from shop to house or wherever it's needed, instead of spending the time building it. And money... I am focusing on the engine and wiring right now and wanted to see how the running 235 engine is, if it's bad like cracked or something, then I have a 383 V8 I can use which I'll be asking in another thread to do what needs to be done. And still have the original 248 engine which I really want to put back in, not sure why it was pulled.
Open to ideas, suggestions and encouragements. Anyone in the Western ND area? Watford City, ND
