Dug into the last part of the power delivery system tonight - the box that mounts at the rear of the cab that the power cord plugs into, and then the 3 wires run from this box to the main power box.
It's an interesting challenge. First off, it's rusty in some hard to reach places. Specifically, the innermost bends of the box. I've done some paint removal on the outside, and even the easily accessed parts on the inside with scotch brite - but the rust is in places that are very difficult to reach with the pad. Hard to bend the material to contact all surfaces, and even if you can make it contact all surfaces, it's difficult to apply pressure.
If I had a media blasting rig, it would surely be easier.
My choices right now are pretty straightfoward, either I find a way to clean this guy up, then repaint him, or I put a nice used one from my parts supply in. I've got a nice used one sitting on the bench, could be clean and good as new in a matter of 15 minutes. However, it's the same steel as the power box, not painted black. I'm not sure how a guy could paint the box black and have it look decent, at least on the inside, as it's not flat. It would be like painting the inside of a box, and trying to get a nice even finish with no globbing up etc.
So, I am going to sleep on it. No pics tonight. I start my job tomorrow, having been let go 17 weeks ago. Time to go to bed at a decent hour, for once.
It's been hard to find a job!
