Some Odds and ends to keep moving things along. Somehow in driving the Gladiator home, I broke the front right shock tower (the bracket that holds the top of the shock absorber) which also dented heavily the shock itself. Seems from the forums that happens. So I cut the bolts off of the one on my donor truck, pried it off, ground down and treated the rust. Here it is prepped and painted to put on.
I can't say enough good about this POR 15 product. A 3 part system - a cleaner/degreaser, a "prep" solution (that converts surface rust), and the actual POR 15 paint. I had a pint, and it has done all the floor in the cab, and as you can see here, about 1/3rd of the truck bed flat section and still some left. It is really tough, body shop guys say it is a favorite for really dealing with rust.
I take a sander and angle grinder with a flap disk to get to bright steel and surface rust. I grind out cuts, dents, etc. Prep the heck out of the cuts and pitting that remain to convert any rust in crevices. You can see the truck bed in the foreground is done with POR 15 (I am using as a primer). You can contrast that with the front 2/3rds of the bed where I have only welded up holes so far, no treatment.
Finally, i noticed a missing body bolt that holds down the pick-up bed to the frame, so put one on.
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