Sunday night-late.
Engine compartment and rear chassis is in green self etching primer...
My fingers ache with every touch of a key.... did I mention I hate sanding? Didn't get done sanding until late yesterday...ugh.
One day behind schedule....was supposed to spend yesterday painting....but when I got into the chassis pieces......there are a BAZILLION NOOKS AND CRANNIES!!!
OK, wife has banished me to the showers before I can get into bed, so here is the Reader's Digest version to catch you all up to speed.
Welded up two tiny cracks I found near the rear crossmember (will post pic's later) and welded the ebrake cable support....of course I found it sitting on the work bench AFTER I had put the welder away from doing the cracks....ugh!
Cleaned the entire bay and chassis with PrepSol, washed it down, went over the entire thing again with GalvaPrep, dried it off, let it sit for a while, blew out the cracks and crevices with high pressure air, let it sit more....and started taping it all off in prep for paint.........
FINALLY, got to put the primer on.
Here we are all taped up: (taken AFTER I was done spraying...)
I did remove the rear portion of the shifter linkage...only a roll pin...drew blood...missed with the hammer...once or twice...did I mention that my fingers are killing me? Anyway, it made for less stuff to paint around....
Hopefully tomorrow it will be nice enough for me to do the following:
Apply seam sealer to the various joints.
Apply new silver (slightly metallic) paint!
Off to the showers....ugh!
Steve
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