in prep for the new bushings i found it easier to just pull the whole thing than fight the old bushings while removing the a-arms. more on what i found later.

k

hard contact.

k

I got the disease too

at least both sides match.

k

new to me used components. al blose is the man. probably should clean things up a bit.

and more. i used a paint called Zero-Rust. all parts were blasted, run through the dish washer, and baked in the oven. painted while still warm.

k

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Mar 12 2005, 06:55 AM)

run through the dish washer, and baked in the oven. k

I really think Marcie would have me by the short hairs if I used her dishwashwer and oven for car parts. Being that she loves her "little car" as much as I love mine, she seems to have her limits.

they went in after blasting and being cleaned with air. the tricks are... put them in the dual purpose g.e. dishwasher/hot tank and oven/drying machine when she's not home. check the filter when you're done, and no joke, put a 1/2 cup of tang in the washer and run it empty. cleans it like you wouldn't believe. no foul, if you don't get caught. this will be a running thread while i do the bottom and front trunk after ac HUGE hole repair.

k

i'll add this. i don't want to lay on the garage floor to take bottom shots. again al, your the man, man!!!!

k

QUOTE (markb @ Mar 12 2005, 08:03 AM)

I really think Marcie would have me by the short hairs if I used her dishwashwer and oven for car parts. Being that she loves her "little car" as much as I love mine, she seems to have her limits.

I have a dishwasher on wheels that I was going to use for a parts washer and never got around to it. Want it?

The trunk repair is looking good!!!

Mine has the same repair in the front trunk.

why the measurement from the center of the tierod end, to the face on the rack end was greater on one side.

k

good looking parts, there, Kevin! cant' wait to see them in action.

it was good to see you this morning. keep us posted on this progress, eh?

As long as you send a SASE, everything will be fine.

forward with a little step back. i got over zealous with the grinder. but still, forward.

k

dude! now what? POR15? paint? you do nice, even, work with a grinder.

"if i just take the light motors off it will make it much easier" . i need an intervention. corners were not too bad at all.

k

asdf

worst of the bunch.

more.

more.

more

Its gonna take a case of rattle cans to paint all that!

the color match paint seems to have a lot of solids. i figure under 2 for the top side of the front trunk. i have one and a half and ordered some more yesterday. i'm not done removing items yet.

k

Mar-Hyde and foil masking. paint today.

k

much better. reassemble tomorrow.

Does it not rain where you are? It rains here, and my car was quite a bit worse two years ago...

Can we get some closeups of the jackstands?




M

wow, Kevin, that looks great! i can't wait to see it up close. i will eventually need pointers on doing similiar things, only much more sweeping and all encompassing...

this car lived in sacramento prior to purchase. . yours must have lived closer to the beach miles . a few corner pictures.

k

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Nice kevin!!

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Beach! Yes! I hate the beach.

Look, anytime you need a place to work on my car.. 4 year minimum active, and then... well, email me if you'd like more details... but it includes no traveling to exotic places, and daily rations of Purina People Chow...



I dunno Kev, sounds like a good offer. I'd take it.



Looks like a landslide.

Actually, just ship me your car, and I'll ship you mine, kind of even it out.


M

if i pulled my rubber seal out, i think the metal track would come with it. kind of neat, how without the rubber your looks all neat and clean. did the car come that way?

i am convinced they built mine out of this interesting crumbly material, kind of a brick color. doesn't hold up very well. i think yours is a better idea.

i am really looking forward to seeing your work in person.

the rust demon gets underneath the seal adhesive and wrecks havok. i was lucky and only minor surface slab areas of the chanel came off when the seal was pulled. there was heavy, hard to remove primer like stuff in the corners. . weld spatter was everywhere. they never bothered to clean it up at the factory. me either . i like to save the provenance . we are officially in a drought. no snow in the mountains to speak of and the dryest winter i can ever remember. washington is going to burn up this summer. everyone's going to pay through the nose for power and there will be irrigation issues with regards to new rules about water flow to maintain salmon habitat and spawnning. back on topic now.

k

just the little ray of sunshine this morning, aren't we?

you are right, though. it isn't just the dry we will worry about. power, irrigation, salmon. at least all the time i would have spent mowing my lush, green lawn i can instead work on my car! every cloud has a silver lining, right?

Kevin, that front trunk rocks! Great job! I can't wait to see the work in person.

one more.

k

missed a spot!!!


hahahah

i hate this.

k

not as much as i HATE THIS!!!!

k

Kevin, Mine are COMPLETLY gone. When the AC lines were put in the entire sill supports were removed AND that entire front portion removed (portion close to the front wheel). I am watching this post close. I will be doing the same

when you're ready for it i'll tell you the cheap and easy way to fix the notch in the engine shelve that's cut for the ac compressor and belt.

k

in their zeal to put in the ac, they just peaned over the edges to not chaffe the ac lines. a little pry bar and hammer action and i have semi flat edges to put the patch on. i'll mar-hyde this area, AFTER repairing.

k

K, this is the same section I'll be restoring on my car this weekend....

Here's the other side...

a heat gun and wood chisel will peel the seam seal at the front hole fast, as in a couple of minutes. this will give you more surface area to work with. you should be able to straighten out the surrounding areas pretty easily. how's the rust inside? i cleaned it out with a pointy bendy tool to get the crud at the bottom seam out.

k

where i live, i would deduct $500 from the price of a car that had ac installed. maybe more depending how butchered up the install was.

k

in sort of a holding pattern. 98% of painting done. this is ready to go.

k