4877 Ressurecting a bad girl...

[Lwanmtr]

I see. good idea to use the column as a jig. Ill have to wait on that then, since my wiper/indicator stalk mounting is bjorked. I dont have a wheel puller so I cant put the new one on yet.

[Rich_NYS]

I see. good idea to use the column as a jig. Ill have to wait on that then, since my wiper/indicator stalk mounting is bjorked. I dont have a wheel puller so I cant put the new one on yet.

Try to remove the wheel without a puller, some come off using an air chisel. Mine didn't, so I had to use a puller and it was a PITA....the threaded holes need to be re-tapped to a bigger size.

[Lwanmtr]

That will be something I'll have done at DMCNW when they replace my 30 year old suspension parts, since they have to do alignments n stuff anyway.
I dont have an air chisel even, though I have a chisel and it cuts through air like nothin' else...hehe.

In addiition to cleaning some parts and painting the connector block cover, I did more taping on the car to get ready to paint the door opening area...sanded the gills cause I noticed some things I missed when I painted them last time. Tomorrow I'll finish up taping and masking the car...and ordering the black paint.

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Only thing Im still worried about is doing anything that will compromise the torsion bar.

I hit the button last night on speakers (kenwood 835c and 415c), so that I dont have to wait too long after I get all the trim peices repaired to put them back in.

The kind of stereo I want to get is something with gps, navigation, media, usb and back up camera and whatever other bells n whistles I can get without spending $1000 on one.

[Lwanmtr]

another day of cleaning..and decided to go ahead with cleaning up the engine bay a little too, so I took off all the things attached to the sides....gonna be fun to cover everything and get it all out of the way so I can clean and paint in there. Have to get some more rust remover for some of the parts.

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Tomorrow (weather permitting) I'll get in there and start taping and cleaning

And yup...I took more parts off...hopefully these can go back on...lol

[Lwanmtr]

Today was hit and miss....

I cleaned up the engine area to get it ready for painting and cleaned and dipped brackers n stuff into rust killer..

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But...when I got under to look for something, I discovered that, even months since I last had the engine runnin, my transmission was still leaking...grrrr..I cant tell where from, cause I cant get all the way under it.

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Could be from the coolant line, drain plug...or anywhere....

[Lwanmtr]

Today I spent a few hours finishing up the taping....well almost...I need to get more paper to finish up. Then I'll be securing all the hoses and lines out of the way so I can the paint all around...probably just use paper, since I dont need to worry about a washer...hehe.

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Havent decided if Im gonna use primer on the engine bay yet...I'll decide when I get there.

[Lwanmtr]

Got more paper today and finished masking up the engine n connections back there..

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Applied primer to the car...

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Storm and rain came in so I couldnt really do too much more. Tomorrow I'll go through and sand the primered stuff...and if its not wet n cold maybe even apply some of the black.

[Lwanmtr]

The weather cooperated today so I was able to get all the painting done (mostly)...I noticed (after I stripped all the paper off) a couple places I'll need to hit again, but those will be easy. Today I went through 2 cans of SEM Trim black getting it all looking pretty.

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Tomorrow I'll touch up the areas I need to and and reconnect all the wires n stuff in the engine
If weather permits, I'll start on repairing the vinyl on the center console and begin sanding and fixing the dash pad.

[powerline84]

Engine compartment looks great !

[Lwanmtr]

Thanks, Just a few touchups where I missed some primer overspray.