Fixing the rust on my 2nd gen Dodge Ram "Part 1" 

I appreciate this. I'm no professional by any means and don't claim to be. I just took it upon myself to do the job because every place I took my truck to made it seem like it was a piece of junk that wasn't worth working on. I was learning as I went on this.

I was surprised as well smh. Hopefully I did a good enough job to make the repair last. Thank you I just went for and started welding to do this all self taught other than watching videos. Appreciate it man.

@@nicholasbrokemond9880 I too need to fix some bad rust on my 97. What type of welder are you using, flux? How's the inner rockers holding? My are pretty bad too

@@twinnmann Hey yes I did use a flux core welder. It's a Chicago electric welder. They are holding up well. The only thing that I see is a few little spots bubbling up where I guess I didn't get the rust completely on the outer rocker.

Thank you very much! Thanks for watching. Yeah it's sad how they designed these trucks to where they rust like they do. They are such good looking truck and the rust issue is just sad.

You're welcome. Trust me there is a lot more work to be done on my truck. As soon as I get the time I will be posting more videos.

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Thank you! I want to get a new one so I can really fix it and get it looked really good. Can't do that when it's my daily. Appreciate the compliment.

Thank you very much! I appreciate it tried to do my best.

There are some opening at the bottom of the rockers and cabs that allow you to do that which I never noticed until doing this. I did spray some fluid film in the rockers and cab corners the best I could. You're right you would think they would figure out how to stop cars from rusting away. Smh

The fenders are shot I've done my best with them I have new ones just don't have the inner fenders and the doors I have a really good passenger side door but no driver side door and the bed I've sprayed all kinds of stuff in there to slow down the rust on the bed sides but I have patch panels for them as well.

Thank you.

Fitzee is #1.

@@stick9648 Thank you.

Smh that's terrible he did you like that. Glad you were able to get it fixed that's all that's important. Yeah I decided to do the job myself because all the places I took my truck to they made me feel like my truck wasn't worth fixing so I said I'll do it myself. I can't make it look any worse than it does with all these rust spots and holes.

Yeah people see some rust and instantly think they’re junkers. As long as they’re running strong they’re worth fixing the cosmetic issues.I watched all the vids. You did a really good job and I bet it cost you way less to do it yourself. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

I used a Chicago welder from harbor freight. I couldn't afford a $1000 dollar weld and I'm still a beginner so a cheap Flux core welder from harbor freight was the best option for me.

Yes lol the unwanted speed holes.

It's amazing how they haven't done anything to combat the rust issue in these trucks. I have seen new trucks with bad rust problems and I'm so confused as to how the manufacturer did not try and solve this problem.

With my little knowledge I'd say get some quality wire. I used the Flux wire that came with the welder and then switched to the Vulcan brand and it was so much better. Also make sure you clean the metal really really good and then when welding sheet metal spread out your welds meaning don't weld in one spot to long or the metal will warp because of the heat and you don't want that. The same goes for when you grind down the welds don't grind in one spot to long because of the heat and it will warp the metal as well.

Hope this helps.

I got the rockers and cab corners from rockauto.com

These were the only bad spots.

2nd gen was ‘94 to ‘01. 1st gen ‘81 to ‘93. 3rd ‘02 to ‘08.

No I have a 2nd Gen same body as his 2002 I have documentation and pictures if you want

Again 1st Gen from 1974 to 1980 and 2nd Gen was from 1981 to 1993 in the USA and to 1995 in Canada. I know because I have worked on them before you because I have worked on them since they were new .I don't understand stand how you or other people can't get it right the body line change is how you tell the difference stop listening to people that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. And hasn't worked on them since new and for 21 years I have been a paint and body man starting with those trucks. Even LMC truck shows the Difference in the years as what I said.

@@garyjohnson801 your wrong

@@garyjohnson801 A simple google search to dodge will prove you are wrong. I don't care what you have or haven't done, what you spew here shows you complete ignorance on 1st through 4th gen dodges.

JK! Nice work. I have a similar problem on my truck and I'm trying to decide on DIY vs professional repair.

I wanted to get professionals to do my truck but they all made it seem like it wasn't worth their time to work on it so I said I'd do the work myself because my truck isn't junk and it is worth being fixed. I got a welder from harbor freight and got to work with no welding experience.

@@nicholasbrokemond9880 That's awesome. More people need that "can do" attitude. I talked to a body shop and they told me the same thing. "We only do collisions. We don't do rust." SMH. My truck has a cummins diesel with 140k miles, and no DEF nonsense to deal with. I will keep this truck going until 300k at least, one way or another.

@@FarmCraft101 Yep I heard the same thing we don't deal with rust. My truck has 267 something thousand miles on it and I pray it keeps going. I do the maintenance and prevention things to it to keep it going strong. It's not a piece of junk like the body shops made it seem.

Keep it as long as you want I bought the shop owner manual from Genos garage three thick books pm me if you need something looked up .

Not worth it? What's not worth it?

@@nicholasbrokemond9880 fixing that metal scrap

@@chapolomas4581 I can understand that. Money is tight so I had to make do with what had and plus this is my first time even doing this kind of work.

Great job bro keep it up was just messing with you new subscriber good looks!

@@chapolomas4581 Thank very much! I really appreciate it. I have more work to do so more videos to come soon once I get the pieces of metal I need.