Sunday morning I got out on the truck and got to work on some outstanding projects. The first was to finish mounting the mirror brackets with some rubber under the flat sections that touch the doors. When that was sorted out on both sides, I got the door panels prepped and ready for clearcoat. I had done some research and moved from the brand I was recommended at the Sherwin-Williams store, which only came in satin, to Duplicolor, which would provide the dull finish the original parts came with—and was considerably less expensive, especially when shipped through Amazon.
The clearcoat went on very easily and flashed quickly; when it was dry to the touch it looked exactly like I wanted it to: there’s barely any shine to the matte finish, which is exactly how the original panels looked. The heater box also looks great, and I’ll give it a couple of days to cure solid before I start reassembly.
I took some time to pull the locks in both doors and clean up the openings for a spray of rattle-can red. I have two new lock tumblers on order which should slot right into these barrels, and that way I can lock both doors from the outside.
Then I went to the barn doors to try and diagnose why the passenger side door won’t close properly. After some investigation I noticed that the bottom hinge was swinging inwards toward the door and preventing it from closing completely. I took some time to loosen the bolts on the hinges and eventually pulled both hinges outwards as far as they would go before tightening everything back up. Then I ground the corner of the hinge that was making contact with the door and tested things out: it closed up much easier than it had before.
With that done, did some more investigating under the dashboard to test out the existing wiper motor on the truck at this point I was pretty tired and wasn’t thinking as clearly as I could have been so I don’t think I was testing it properly. Realizing I had met my limitations for the day, I cleaned things up and made it inside by 5:30.