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Old 07-10-2019, 09:22 AM   #151
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Yeah man! It was totally a surprise. She was only 7-1/2 yrs old She developed an autoimmune response after getting her vaccinations in May, kinda like lupus in humans. She just couldn’t tolerate anything stressful. Heat=bad stressful and I’m in the humid & hot Alabama. We kept her in the house just about all the time, but just couldn’t overcome. She was absolutely the most phenomenal buddy I’ve ever had.
We had this happen with one our favorite cats, Noodles was 5 yrs old. We had taken all of them in for an update on Vaccinations. We noticed he was very lethargic after coming home from the vet. We took him right back and the Vet said it was a reaction to the vaccines. It was causing his kidneys & liver to fail. He would give us a bag of saline, to give Noodles intravenously, to keep him hydrated. He said he would pass away within the week. Now don’t roll your eyes, but we took him to a acupuncture vet. It did something! He let out a yowl and peed a huge puddle of pee and he obviously felt better. We took him back to the Vet and he said, his kidneys had actually increased in size, more back to normal. He called it a miracle, because kidneys don’t grow back. So the acupuncture most have really done something, it extended his life for another 2 yrs, and they were good years. But we made the decision then, that if he started to deteriorate again, we would let nature take its course. And that is what happened at the end of those 2 years. It was so hard to say goodbye to such a unique cat. Noodles was literally everyone’s favorite cat. He behaved much like a dog does. People would say Noodles was a dog in a “cats” clothing. The pic is Noodles and our black lab, Lacy. They were best buds!
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Old 07-10-2019, 04:39 PM   #152
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Tina, that’s a cool story! I woulda done just about anything to keep her here. It was so FaST
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Old 07-10-2019, 08:57 PM   #153
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I got a little bit of time this evening in the shop to add one new piece to the truck. I didn’t care for the unfinished look up front, so I put the lower bumper wind deflector back on. I went with the 4wd one because it’s just a little bit lower looking. The pictures aren’t good, but here are a before and after
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Old 07-10-2019, 09:13 PM   #154
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Looks better for sure.
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Old 07-10-2019, 10:29 PM   #155
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Looks better for sure.
Thanks Tina. I’m going to attempt the headliner this weekend...wish me luck. If I locate some material
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Old 07-10-2019, 11:00 PM   #156
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Thanks Tina. I’m going to attempt the headliner this weekend...wish me luck. If I locate some material
JoAnn Fabrics usually carries headliner material, but mainly Tan & Grey. Yours is Blue, you may have to order it.
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Old 07-11-2019, 09:23 AM   #157
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Thanks Tina. I got some material ordered and it should be here either tomorrow or Saturday at the latest, so hopefully I’ll get the headliner redone this weekend. #fingerscrossed#
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Old 07-12-2019, 08:48 PM   #158
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I finally got around to replacing the belts (4 D@mn belts) tonight. What a PITA!!! Whoever came up with the serpentine setup should get a Nobel prize!!! Only the p/s pump belt looked bad...but it’s the most inboard belt!!! So I replaced them all. The new Gates belts seem to actually fit the 3 v-groove locations better than the previous belts. The alternator is actually a 5-rib serp style belt and it was fine, but damn not replacing it.
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Old 07-13-2019, 12:50 AM   #159
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I also got the fabric for the headliner and the adhesive. So my mission for tomorrow is gonna be getting the headliner redone.
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Old 07-13-2019, 03:48 PM   #160
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I got all the upper trim piece out and will give them a really good cleaning before reinstall. I also got the headliner out, old fabric stripped and cleaned all the old adhesive off, but the “board” is a bit fragile, so I’m going to do some repairs around the interior light, visor mounting locations and a few thin spots before I recover it. I need to get some resin and fiberglass matte to fix ‘er up.
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I got all the upper trim piece out and will give them a really good cleaning before reinstall. I also got the headliner out, old fabric stripped and cleaned all the old adhesive off, but the “board” is a bit fragile, so I’m going to do some repairs around the interior light, visor mounting locations and a few thin spots before I recover it. I need to get some resin and fiberglass matte to fix ‘er up.
I have to do this as well. Would love to see how you fix the areas around the visor holes (mine is torn up as well.) I'm using your truck as inspiration to get mine done!
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Old 07-14-2019, 09:18 AM   #162
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I got all the upper trim piece out and will give them a really good cleaning before reinstall. I also got the headliner out, old fabric stripped and cleaned all the old adhesive off, but the “board” is a bit fragile, so I’m going to do some repairs around the interior light, visor mounting locations and a few thin spots before I recover it. I need to get some resin and fiberglass matte to fix ‘er up.
Mine was like this too, around the visors. If I remember right, I used foil tape to fill the gap and to give the headliner material something to stick to. And also folded the excess material around the edges, to give it more stability. Once it is back in the truck, with the visors & trim installed, it’s just fine. There really isn’t that much headliner that is exposed in that area.
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I have to do this as well. Would love to see how you fix the areas around the visor holes (mine is torn up as well.) I'm using your truck as inspiration to get mine done!
I don’t have any pictures yet, but I’m doing fiberglass matte across the back where any cracks or weak spots are. I did the first pass last night, and most of the spots “cooperated”, but I decided the areas around the visors needed another layer. I’ll reassess tomorrow night and decide if I got enough on or more is needed.

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Mine was like this too, around the visors. If I remember right, I used foil tape to fill the gap and to give the headliner material something to stick to. And also folded the excess material around the edges, to give it more stability. Once it is back in the truck, with the visors & trim installed, it’s just fine. There really isn’t that much headliner that is exposed in that area.
I know there’s not much in that area, but mine was actually broken off on both sides. It was broken around the interior light too. My thought is: I have $60 in materials so far...if I can end up with a good headliner, GREAT! If it is a fail, I have enough extra material, so I’ll get one of the ABS plastic replacement ones and recover it.
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I know there’s not much in that area, but mine was actually broken off on both sides. It was broken around the interior light too. My thought is: I have $60 in materials so far...if I can end up with a good headliner, GREAT! If it is a fail, I have enough extra material, so I’ll get one of the ABS plastic replacement ones and recover it.
I think you’ll be fine. Even with the dome light area, once the trim & light is back in, there’s hardly any headliner that shows. I was afraid of that too, with mine, because of those areas being broke. I also thought the same thing, if it didn’t work, I would get an ABS headliner. But it came out just fine.
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I think you’ll be fine. Even with the dome light area, once the trim & light is back in, there’s hardly any headliner that shows. I was afraid of that too, with mine, because of those areas being broke. I also thought the same thing, if it didn’t work, I would get an ABS headliner. But it came out just fine.
Tina, that’s GREAT news. I’m going to work on it again tomorrow night.
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Well, I had some time last evening before the Brad Paisley concert to get the headliner material placed. I went out this morning and trimmed the visor and interior light holes and got the headliner installed. It looks like new! I’m really very pleased with how it turned out!

Another big shout out to Tina (aka TKCR) for the help & motivation to tackle this, as interior work is not my favorite.
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Now all I’ve got left to do is clean, detail and such under the hood. Then I’ll either drive it or sell it for the next one...
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headliner looks great Carter..!!
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Well, I had some time last evening before the Brad Paisley concert to get the headliner material placed. I went out this morning and trimmed the visor and interior light holes and got the headliner installed. It looks like new! I’m really very pleased with how it turned out!

Another big shout out to Tina (aka TKCR) for the help & motivation to tackle this, as interior work is not my favorite.
What adhesive did you use?
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What adhesive did you use?
After some experimenting, I liked how the 3M headliner adhesive worked.
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Thanks Greg. I’m really very pleased with the end results
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Well, I had some time last evening before the Brad Paisley concert to get the headliner material placed. I went out this morning and trimmed the visor and interior light holes and got the headliner installed. It looks like new! I’m really very pleased with how it turned out!

Another big shout out to Tina (aka TKCR) for the help & motivation to tackle this, as interior work is not my favorite.
Looks great! You did good! How was the concert?

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This is what I use on all my headliners.
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Looks great! You did good! How was the concert?
It was really great! That skinny little fella can put on a show!
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It was really great! That skinny little fella can put on a show!
Sounds like you had fun then. I’m not much of a Country fan, but there are a few songs that I hear, from time to time, that I like from Country singers. I know Kid Rock is not really considered Country, maybe a little of the “new” Country. But I really like this song & video. Probably because of the old trucks & cars, lol.

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Sounds like you had fun then. I’m not much of a Country fan, but there are a few songs that I hear, from time to time, that I like from Country singers. I know Kid Rock is not really considered Country, maybe a little of the “new” Country. But I really like this song & video. Probably because of the old trucks & cars, lol.

https://youtu.be/WTCnno-3EGE
It was a good time. I can listen to any kind of music...well, almost. I’m not much on jazz or classical. We’re going to see Jimmy Buffett in a few weeks and that’ll be quite a ShOw. I like the Kid Rock video too.
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