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Silverspyder
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- Nov 18, 2002
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Lakeville,
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Well, was going to replace the alternator and PS pump belts and get that all finished up, but I was sent the wrong belt for the PS pump. Sooo...back to the workbench to see what I have to work with in my pile...been sitting on a new hood release latch for awhile. The original one is quite gross. 30yrs of gunk built up.
Upon removal, I noticed some surface rust...remember the name of my build? Gotta take care of it while I have the latch off...I just wire wheeled it and primed it for now. I need to order some more base color as I'm all out. And see that corroded bolt in the center? Yeah, if you've been following along you know that shit won't fly.
So, that means time to remove a bunch of stuff (here we go down the rabbit hole again) to see how far it goes...
That's better...and with that I noticed the upper bumper support bracket was getting kinda rusty again. I know I prepped and painted it when I installed my FMIC...so that was about a decade ago.
Just wire wheeled and Ospho'd it for now...I think this time around I will POR15 all the upper bumper brackets. Now, back to the original item...
Removed the rusty bolt from above (astonished it didn't snap) and decided I'd just better remove and treat this entire bracket before it get's too bad, but of course, I spoke too soon...the bottom bolt snapped. These small bolts up here are all class 4 bolts. Blows my mind they would use such crappy bolts in areas that see a lot of moisture like this. If they were bigger and more stout I would understand, but these are tiny 10mm bolts.
You know the process. Drill out, retap and use higher quality fasteners.
That was enough for today. It's a long process to prep and POR15 all these pieces so that will be for next time. Hope you guys all had a great weekend!
Upon removal, I noticed some surface rust...remember the name of my build? Gotta take care of it while I have the latch off...I just wire wheeled it and primed it for now. I need to order some more base color as I'm all out. And see that corroded bolt in the center? Yeah, if you've been following along you know that shit won't fly.
So, that means time to remove a bunch of stuff (here we go down the rabbit hole again) to see how far it goes...
That's better...and with that I noticed the upper bumper support bracket was getting kinda rusty again. I know I prepped and painted it when I installed my FMIC...so that was about a decade ago.
Just wire wheeled and Ospho'd it for now...I think this time around I will POR15 all the upper bumper brackets. Now, back to the original item...
Removed the rusty bolt from above (astonished it didn't snap) and decided I'd just better remove and treat this entire bracket before it get's too bad, but of course, I spoke too soon...the bottom bolt snapped. These small bolts up here are all class 4 bolts. Blows my mind they would use such crappy bolts in areas that see a lot of moisture like this. If they were bigger and more stout I would understand, but these are tiny 10mm bolts.
You know the process. Drill out, retap and use higher quality fasteners.
That was enough for today. It's a long process to prep and POR15 all these pieces so that will be for next time. Hope you guys all had a great weekend!