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Working on cab rust repair this weekend on the passenger side cowl. This area had rust on the inside of the kick panel, outside of cowl and the bottom pan of the cowl was like Swiss cheese. Worked the outside of cowl first, two rounds of welding and grinding. Then moved to the bottom of the cowl pan. Cutting back until I got to good metal that was solid again. Made a template out of card stock then cut it out and started to make all the needed bends to make it fit properly. Moved on to treating the inside with brush on Rust Reformer while I had the bottom out. Then 2 coats of Rusty Metal Primer brush on version.

While primer was drying I had two areas on the back of the cab that were small dents from the top of the bed hitting the cab. The one on the passenger side had a small amount of filler so I removed it, about a 2" square area. After I removed the filler I noticed 3 small hole where they used a slide dent puller. So I had bought a new tool a couple of months ago and this would be the time to try it out. Pulled out the stud welder and put a stud in the middle of the dent and used the new StudLever to pull the dent forward. I used it on both sides and I really like the control you have with it verses the slide hammer. Once I was done with that I used the DA to feather back the paint in the area for filler to finish it off. I noticed in the layers of paint these two areas were spot repaired. I could tell because of the layer of gray primer showing through, as I went further out all primed areas were the traditional red oxide.

After welding up the bottom of the cowl pan I will move onto the bottom of the doors I need to address. I will work on the doors while waiting waiting for filler or primers to cure on the cab.