Ok, so now that the truck is at my house instead of my shop (about 5 minutes away, I could work on it at all hours of the day or night. Yea!!
I think I started at the back for no particular reason except to see something done quickly on it to feel like progress was being made. Since I took it all apart myself, reassembly should be pretty easy. That is if I could remember all of it. Prior to disassembly besides labeling all the bolts and small parts in ziplock bags, I took pictures of the places and things that I thought might be an issue to recall. I saved all the pictures on a disk just in case.
The rear bumper, tail lights and the tailgate chains went on quick and easy. I was switching to all LED bulbs for better visibility so when wiring came later, I had to switch to a different turn signal relay. In the rear bumper picture notice all the boxes I had stuffed under the truck trying to conserve storage space. At the time all I could find was chrome bumper bolts instead of stainless. Pretty sure now those are available but I won't change them till they start to rust. This was the first picture I took and felt like I was now making progress. I also next put on the front bumper and was surprised how oversized the holes were unless it was intentional to help cosmetic alignment.
Before I could really do anything inside the cab, I wanted to put sound deadener everywhere and decided to use Dynamat as i went along, kind of pricey but I think it was well worth it. I eventually put it everywhere I could with full coverage not just pieces. I did not put it on top of the stiffeners at the back of the cab but did cover the flanges of the stiffeners as you can see it the pictures. I did not feel like it was necessary to tape the seams, I just fit them together pretty tight. To compare the sound difference in the doors, I did a YouTube video "Dynamat" that is in the signature lines below. Very noticeable difference in the door closing sounds. That product sticks very good and has not released in our very hot south MS weather yet.
After the Dynamat in that area, I installed the gas tank, I had previously painted the straps/brackets etc and added new padding so nothing would be metal to metal. New hose and clamps for the fill tube and gasket for the exterior. Sorry no pictures with the tank in. \\
On the dash board I installed the speaker grille, I also wanted green, with the stainless Chevy logo and the stainless glove compartment door and the lock. I had already purchased a complete set of keyed locks for the whole truck so at least if I felt like I needed to, I could lock it. After the fact I did not like the that you could see thru the speaker grille so I ended up buying some black felt like material and hot glued it to the back side so you really can't see thru anymore. I installed the gauges in place that I had already completely redone earlier. I had already been under the truck installing the emergency brake parts because I was not sure if my Dynamat would have to go around it or under it.
I did have to ask for help here about where the spring for the emergency brake return went because I could not find that picture of it.
