Cleaning Day! Let's Roll!
We had a great weekend. The first thing we were able to accomplish was getting that axle nut off. Steve just could not get that axle nut off, so we consulted our neighbor.
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Here he is working on the passenger side rear axle nut...
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Steve thinks if he puts his foot right here, it'll help...
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They finally got that one off, it was difficult, but not impossible, mainly, I think, because Steve had banged on it with his "Persuader". It's a metal rod with a point on it about 10" long.
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So they went around and tried to get the driver's side axle nut off and it was really a tough one. So the neighbor went and got his "Persuader"!
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It's off!
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The rest of the day, we worked on cleaning stuff up. Here's the case...Steve got it very clean using carborator cleaner. (Another neighbor was walking by, noticed we were working on the car and suggested the cleaner...a great tip, it worked like a charm.) Look back at the old pictures of this case and you'll see just how much cleaner it is...it was a MESS before!
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Once we got the axle nuts off, we were able to finally check out why the wheels wouldn't roll. Seems the brakes were fused into an "applied" position, like they were being pushed all the time. So we took off the drums and moved the stars on the inside until there was no brake at all...just so we could roll the car!
I put the wheels back on (that's my job) and for the first time we were able to roll this car! We rolled it outside!
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It was so filthy! People are all the time dropping by to check out our progress, I thought it looks in such a state of disrepair, but it doesn't need to look so dirty! So we gave it a bath.
The change was amazing!
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I also removed the headliner...something didn't smell good and I suspect it was the headliner. Sure enough, here's a mouse nest with acorns and everything in it...
I wore my mask and glasses...it was pretty dusty and dirty...
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Here's what the paint looked like under the headliner...a very pretty yellow! See how it's faded out? We're going to put it all back to the bright color some day!
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Here he is working on the passenger side rear axle nut...
~~~~~
Steve thinks if he puts his foot right here, it'll help...
~~~~~
They finally got that one off, it was difficult, but not impossible, mainly, I think, because Steve had banged on it with his "Persuader". It's a metal rod with a point on it about 10" long.
~~~~~
So they went around and tried to get the driver's side axle nut off and it was really a tough one. So the neighbor went and got his "Persuader"!
~~~~~
It's off!
~~~~~
The rest of the day, we worked on cleaning stuff up. Here's the case...Steve got it very clean using carborator cleaner. (Another neighbor was walking by, noticed we were working on the car and suggested the cleaner...a great tip, it worked like a charm.) Look back at the old pictures of this case and you'll see just how much cleaner it is...it was a MESS before!
~~~~~
Once we got the axle nuts off, we were able to finally check out why the wheels wouldn't roll. Seems the brakes were fused into an "applied" position, like they were being pushed all the time. So we took off the drums and moved the stars on the inside until there was no brake at all...just so we could roll the car!
I put the wheels back on (that's my job) and for the first time we were able to roll this car! We rolled it outside!
~~~~~
It was so filthy! People are all the time dropping by to check out our progress, I thought it looks in such a state of disrepair, but it doesn't need to look so dirty! So we gave it a bath.
The change was amazing!
~~~~~
I also removed the headliner...something didn't smell good and I suspect it was the headliner. Sure enough, here's a mouse nest with acorns and everything in it...
I wore my mask and glasses...it was pretty dusty and dirty...
~~~~~
Here's what the paint looked like under the headliner...a very pretty yellow! See how it's faded out? We're going to put it all back to the bright color some day!
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