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Re: Restoring Rusty
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Re: Restoring Rusty - A.I.R. Delete
been planning on removing the Air Injection Reactor System and finally got around to it
the first pipe plug broke off - go figure, then a second one, although I did soak em in BP Blaster one as always needed a bit of gentle persuasion - vice grips style |
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then it was off to Home Depot (well two of em since the first only had 5 of the fittings)
thanks to the good folks on this forum sharing their know how I was able to determine I needed the Brass Pipe LFA-737 plugs can you see my plug in the red 1/4 inch (8mm) slot I screwed in to the store to show you guys what we need |
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nice progress .... keep up the good work =0)
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Painting the Inner Fender
finally got the fender in the paint booth today ~ LOL, bet you didn't know I was gonna color match that baby, I know it was black from the factory, but I like more contrast in the engine bay, the engine don't stand out if everything around it is also black, just my preference that's all
got some single stage color match paint, (OMNI brand I think it's PPGs cheaper cousin) will most likely need a second spray can too get the color to brighten up cause of the deep brownish red primer under it, note the lame color comparison of the wet fender to the dry glove box on the ground (and in different light) but hey I was impatient to see the results |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Blower Unit
figured if I don't get to the blower unit now I will never be able to reach the bottom bolt after I put the shinny new(er) inner fender back on, so that baby had to come off for a wash and a respray
trying to figure out if there is s gasket between the fire wall and that blower box cause there aint much left of mine if there was one |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Cross Eyed Rusty
while I was literally watching the paint dry I decided to see if I could figure out why Rusty is cross eyed, well the only plastic part in the headlight assembly is what broke, that white little piece that holds the adjusting screw to the radiator support, go figure, darn plastic!
some turn signal bulbs are out too, so making a short list for AutoZone for tomorrow, lol Side Note: very impressed with the heavy duty quality headlight chrome bezels, love working on this truck, easy to take in and out too |
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Your truck is looking good! Is that paint from Jerry's Paint? I used their matching paint on my 87 GMC and was very happy with it.
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Keep it coming dude.
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with a long day ahead of me (needin to wire wheel the driver side frame rail) I started out doing anything but that
first I washed the headlight bezels since I took one off to fix the cross eyed shine, then took the second one to "stare and compare" in order to figure out what the heck was wrong with the first I noticed the bezels were blacked out in the middle, that got me to thinking maybe some 2,000 sand paper and etch primer and we could black out the entire thing, but I am shelving that idea till summer then I just HAD TO figure out why some turn signals worked (driver front good, driver rear bad, passenger front bad, passenger rear good) WTH cleaned and washed the lenses, and after checking the bulbs its most likely the flasher doohickey |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Blower Fan
what else can I do before wiring that fame rail, I know I can acid wash that blower unit housing thingie
first pics are the dirty originial next pic is just washed with a garden hose next pics are rust free using Phosphoric Etch & Prep from Home Depot (that's what I wanted when I bought Muriatic acid last time I was there) so housing is prepped and should get painted tomorrow "Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing. If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error." cute error |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Frame Rail Prep
ok, lets take a look at that frame rail we need to clean and wire wheel and Metal Prep and finally POR15 it
when I painted the front bumper it nearly killed me to bolt it up to that dirty rusty frame rail RoadKill style! lol |
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it was a fogy Sunday morning when a lone man sat in his black T and blue jeans on the garage floor sanding and wire wheelin the frame of his truck, wire wheelin and sanding
eventually sounds of the first football game could be heard from his old boom box from across the garage, and he was still sanding and wheelin and sanding some more for the record I aint gonna paint the drive side till later on, just showing you the contrast of an almost cleaned side and how it used to look |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - POR 15 Time
more time went by, and more dust flew and the man thought to himself:
"wait a minute POR stands for Paint Over Rust not Paint Over Perfectly Clean Metal" so he said enough sanding already it's time to wipe it down and paint bought a quart of POR 15 for $55 bucks, a pint for $32 would have done it, as I believe a quart is enough to brush it on the entire frame of our trucks, one coat at least Last edited by Gregski; 12-07-2014 at 05:46 PM. |
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You are making great progress ,looks gooder .
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LOVE HOW IT TURNED OUT, though we'll see what it looks like when it's finally dry I got the Semi Gloss stuff so hope it tones down a bit
I did mask off the suspension cause I did not want to paint it until I disassemble it and clean it later on, and I didn't want stains here and there on it, that looks tacky. Advice if I may. It is a ton of work to paint the frame with the engine in the car and the car assembled on the frame, a lot of tedious work, the electric tools do not reach in all the places, so a lot of it is manual. |
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That looks great. I can't wait to see it dry and see how it looks then.
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Fire Wall Touch Up
had a bit of paint left over from the inner fender so decided to touch up the fire wall behind the blower unit, it aint perfect but all we are going for is mo better
man the fumes from just shooting this little area in the garage are reduncolous, I did wear a 3M 6001 mask though |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Fire Wall Touch Up
Sure is lookin good!
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Looks nice.
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Undercoating the Inner Fender
finally I got to shoot the undercoating on that inner fender, at this rate I will be done with the truck when I'm 107 years old, LOL, but what do you expect from a paint booth enclosed by nature with organic climate control, hee hee
man this Rust-Oleum Undercoating product covers really well, but it does not dry fast at all, it's been 4 hours and it's still wet as if I just sprayed it last pic is a close up of the texture |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - There's a Transmission Here Somewhere
if they gave out medals for the dirtiest grimiest drive train / undercarriage my truck would get both Gold and Silver medals
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Turn Signal Replacement
got a driver side turn signal lens at the junk yard for $7 bucks so replaced that, did you know GM started using torx screws for them sometime after '75, mine was still phillips so I was totally unprepared at the junk yard to pull this part, had to get a bit creative with needle nose pliers, they also wanted $6 bucks for a used flasher thingie, so I passed they sell for that much new at AutoZone
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Re: Restoring Rusty - You Hoser
just had to replace that accordion style universal upper radiator hose, I can't stand those things, AZ $18 bucks
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