Prepping frame for painting

[Nausea]

Looking good! I wish I'd had your sense and hung the frame too - its a real pain to clean and paint laying on your back
I second your opinion on mineral spirits... even just for cleaning pre-paint, it seems to leave a little bit of residue behind.

If you haven't already done so, you *really* should get those body mounts removed to clean under them. For example, one of mine had over an 1/8" of rust scale under it... then you could paint the whole frame at once. Replacing that rubber is definitely worth it as well. To remove, insert a punch from top of the mount and catch the lower part's lip (you'll see what I mean). Both halves are basically a washer with attached tube going into the rubber - the bottom one is just smaller and slip fits into the upper with a locking detent. Soak with penetrating oil (like PB) 1st. Energy Suspension makes a very nice poly set - just be sure to salvage all of the original metal as it gets re-used with most of the aftermarket sets.

[Georgia71]

I hate the idea of taking those cab mounts off. The rubber looked ok and I didn't think about removing them to paint under. I didn't want to replace them. Maybe I'll remove them and put some paint on there with a brush. Today I turned the frame over and finished painting it.

Larry

[Nausea]

Whoops! The back two cab mounts are a bit different to remove. Inspect them closely - the lower part (at least on mine) is threaded, so you should be able to run the matching bolt into it and then hammer out. I used a punch on those in haste, but may have messed up the top end of the threads doing it that way - easy to fix, but avoidable.