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This entails some not so good news...
As I was wrapping up body filler on the truck, I got the great idea to take my third brake light off because it would look better. This sounded like a great idea at first, and even now that I did it, I'm glad I did. I just wish I would have chose a different way of going about it. My first method, the method that went very wrong was using a 5lb mini-sledge and a small chisel to break the bracket free from the truck (the bracket was tac welded on). As I started to smack the bracket with the chisel, it was slowly coming off, so I continued. I continued until I was about 25% through taking it off and the chisel flew forward. Since I have not put my hood back on yet, that left a whole engine bay for this chisel to fly into. When I got off of the bed and went to the front of the truck to see what was damaged, I couldn't tell immediately. But, as soon as I saw my radiator leaking coolant, I knew exactly what had happened. This was going to be a couple hundred dollar mistake that I quite literally can't do anything about now. This was very irritating, as I could have used a sheet of cardboard to cover up my engine bay, or maybe even just put the hood back on since there was no reason that it was not ready. After doing a little bit of research, I found a radiator for the truck that only costs about a hundred bucks. This is a pretty good deal, although I could have saved myself from having to spend any money if I would have just been smart and covered up the engine bay. When I told my dad about this, he asked why I didn't use a cut-off wheel. As soon as he said this, I asked myself why I didn't use a cut-off wheel when I was first trying to get the bracket off. With the cut-off saw, I was able to remove the bracket within 5 minutes, and with very little effort. This was definitely a lesson learned.
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