My employer just purchased a 2005 GEM 2dEL Longbed and the aluminum bed welds are cracking at the stake attachment locations. I’d like to clean-up and repair the areas. What is the protocol for welding on one of these? When I weld on dino-cars from the 90’s and newer, I disconnect the battery. Should we do the same here? I thought about removing the bed entirely. I don’t want to be the hero, then wreck the thing. Thanks much!
Bed is only held in place by 4 bolts that are easy to get to. Tail lights have plugs on the back of the light. License plate light is a single wire. Bed can be lifted off by two people.
Weigh that vs cost of controller ($500 used give or take) and PSDM (hard to find). Although blowing up the T3 and installing a T4 instead might be worth it
While its off, add some underbody tool boxes just forward of the wheel wells… that would be cool…
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