How do you take off the tailgate?

[O'Rattlecan]

It's a T-50 if anyone was wondering...

Ryan

 

[TazDevil07]

Wow, its that easy to remove?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Also whatever year this bed came off, the tail light wire harnesses aren't quite compatible. The main one fits on and I have left tail lights, but the right one didn't work. So I just ripped out all the cables from mine and converted it over.

Ryan

 

[surewhynot]

Good thing you still had yours.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

My last 'obstacle' for this bed conversion is that the previous owner had locking fuel filler caps. The fill necks and caps are all locked so I have to figure out whether I want to shear off the screws from the back that hold the harness in, or if I want to bore out the locks and see if they come free after it's destroyed.

Ryan

 

[surewhynot]

Alot of locking caps are cheap and don't have very many different key cuts. See if you can find a friend with a locking cap, and try their keys.

 

[flareside_thunder]

If the bed's off you can pry on them and usually the centers will will pop out....a guy on a three wheeler did this on my 78....boy did he get an ass whoopin...he was stealin gas and a three wheeler may be fast but I know I got him with the rocksalt loads because I never saw him again!anyways yea you could either drill out the lock cylinder (most are compiled of brass and light steel) or ....wait.....did i miss something did this guy pull the bed off by removing the hose clamp on the fuel fill instead of just taking out 3 little machine screws?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

or ....wait.....did i miss something did this guy pull the bed off by removing the hose clamp on the fuel fill instead of just taking out 3 little machine screws?

Yes he suuuuure did.

Ryan

 

[flareside_thunder]

wow musta been the first time the guy has ever pulled a bed....he went the difficult route on everything he did.....hey..where's pics of this new bed anyways?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Ta-Da.

Ryan

 

[surewhynot]

Hey Ryan, it's dupside down.

 

[flareside_thunder]

Are those your taillights or the ones that came on the bed?

 

[TexasNomad]

Ta-Da.

Ryan

EFAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan you just got cooler
What did you use to paint the bottom of the bed?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Those came with it. I'll probably keep them for backup. I'm a parts hoarder.

And I painted it with Valspar metal primer colored 'red oxide' and then I painted with Valspar Metal Expoxy in Black. It's designed for "Truck and Tractor" from Tractor Supply.

Ryan

 

[tomtoc]

EFAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan you just got cooler

or warmer

 

[TexasNomad]

Bite me ....

 

[surewhynot]

I really like those truck and tractor enamels from valspar. It's tough as nails.

 

[flareside_thunder]

That's why you had to swap the harnesses then..that's an older bed. those taillights were run factory from 87-91......They actually throw more light out around the back when you're in reverse so you might think about throwin those on instead of your factory tails...

 

[john112deere]

I really like those truck and tractor enamels from valspar. It's tough as nails.

They level nice if you brush 'em on, too- brush strokes hardly show up at all.

 

[TexasNomad]

I've never heard or seen Valspar tractor paints before....