6 week timeline to complete car - What am I missing?

[kortensi]

Day one of Sabbatical

Not much to show in pictures but here is my checklist for today.

Clean out the garage - done
Cut down and install transmission dipstick - done
Install speaker wire and baffles to dash speakers - done
Hook up speedo and tach and bulbs and reinstall dash - done
Reinstall dash pad - done
Reinstall gauge cluster - done
Remount steering column - done
Sand filler on rear window curve - done
Sand filler on lower rear end - done


Let's see what I get done tomorrow.
:cheers:
KO

 

[keith]

Remember we need pictures. I bet you are excited, I sure would be with a 2 month paid vacation to work on my personal car. I'm jealous.

 

[Chad.S]

Yes.. Yes....

Pictures or it didn't happen.. lol

 

[kortensi]

As you wish.
Some pictures from day one.

 

[kortensi]

Day 2 - Yesterday

Day 2 - Yesterday

- fought with the sandblaster way too long. :smash:

- Sand blast hood latches and hinges and rear vents and wiper door vent
- partially done - I had some issues with the blaster.

- Strip paint/primer from hood, T-tops, wiper doors, egg crates, Door interior, door sills
- T-tops done, door sills done, egg crates still working on

- Sand under side of hood - Done

- Align hood frame to latches - having issues with the passenger side sitting to high.

 

[kortensi]

Mount rear bumper brackets - Done
Mock up front and rear bumpers - Turns out when I glassed in the exhaust covers, I also filled in one of the mounting holes for the rear bumpers

Bring everything down from attic - only got some necessities

Sand hood frame - Done
Fix hood frame alignment - Still messed up. I'll post some pictures.

Fill trans reservoirs - Done
Power steering reservoirs - Done
Re-tune engine - Done - currently set at 34 degrees
Test for trans leaks - all good there too


Test drive - forgot to close the radiator cap all the way

http://youtu.be/1whUSp_CPcw

[video=youtube_share;5Y2FGwJ8Xig]http://youtu.be/5Y2FGwJ8Xig[/video]

 

[old soul]

"I'm singing D-A-D-D-Y, singing Daddy!" Love it! Will probably be her car one day.

 

[keith]

OK, back to work!

 

[kortensi]

Sabbatical Day 4

As you can see above, the weather here was a bit cold today. The ice and sleet hung around all day.

The good things I got done today:

Clean up and polish windshield molding and other trim
Install rear deck tray and test for space for sub
Finished striping paint from egg crates, wiper door, corner moldings.
Blasted hood support
Fixed hood frame alignment

The bad things:
I broke the original dash pad today. Anyone know if this can be fixed?

Noticed that the trip odometer is showing mileage, however the main odometer is not moving. It looks like I'll have to drop the steering column again and pull the dash again and see what's wrong with it.

Here are some more pics of what I got done.

New sub-woofer fits with the rear window tray installed.

Parts cleaned and stripped of paint.

Working on getting the hood frame aligned and fixing the hood.

I've been using Citri-Strip to strip the paint from these parts and panels.
Supposedly, all I need to do to neutralize it is wash it off with water. Does anyone have experience with using it before applying SPI products?

Thanks

KO

 

[kortensi]

Sabbatical Day 5

I volunteered at my kids school all day today. I got to hang out with them in their classes and have lunch. It was a great day.

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Day 6
Glass hood edge for strength - done
Glass broken drip rail - done
Sand new glass - done
Sand blast hood vent panel - done
Install rear wiring harness - done
Find missing bolts for rear bumpers - done

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Day 7

Gathered all parts to take to chrome shop for estimate - ended up just dropping off bumpers. I can't afford to do all the little pieces.

And I had 3 Doctor appointments
- No cavities
- Eyes still work
- No new skin cancer

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Day 8

Wash and degrease hood frame
Wash and degrease hood frame latches
Paint hood frame latches
Mount hood to hood frame
Re-seal door skin to door frame
Drill holes for rear bumper through area that I glassed over
Gather all parts for paint from the parts bins
Find corner windshield T-top parts - these are in worse shape than I thought and need to be re-chromed
Something is leaking. Find and fix it. - turns out it was just the transmission pan and the valve covers. I tightened both down. Let's see if that works.

 

[kortensi]

Day 9

Day 9
The Lord Fusor 127EZ that I had turned out to be 4 years old, but it only had a shelf life of two years.
It was still soft and gooey after 18 hours. I spend several hours on the phone calling every shop in San Antonio. I found a couple that had the Fusor 127EZ, however, theirs was expired also. I finally found one that was still good for another month. Then I spent the next several hours cleaning off the old stuff.

Find new adhesive
Pull apart hood frame and hood - adhesive didn't setup
Clean off bad adhesive
rebond hood frame and hood
Pull speedo console again to fix odometer
Drill door hinges for alignment holes
Pull doors off
Strip rest of primer off of headlight buckets
Sand the top of the engine bay header strip


And new pictures as promised from the last couple of days.

 

[Chad.S]

I've had a few fusor tubes go bad on me as well..

 

[crashtech]

Had it happen to me too... That's why I use SEM now. Not that it's any better, but so far so good.

 

[kortensi]

Day 10
Taking the day off from working on the car and spending the day with my wife


Day 11
Removed old door and installed a new front door for my parents

Day 12
Hood fit/alignment issue. Had to sand out a bit of the hood frame and remove a small chunk and then glass it closed and smooth.
Cleaned up the underside of the hood - removed the weather strip adhesive
Door jams cleaned up where the doors were attached
Doors - removed the weather strip adhesive, scrubbed and degreased inside of doors
T-tops - removed the weather strip adhesive , scrubbed and degreased inside

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Day 13
Build filter and fans inlet stand/holder
Hung cables for plastic to hang to create an enclosure for garage
Washed more parts
Spray painted small parts
Cleaned Spray gun

Day 14
Cleaned more parts. I can't believe how much time this is taking.
Build filter and fans exhaust stand/holder
Sanded down the inside of the doors with 80 Grit
Started hanging the plastic
Rearranged items in garage
Gathered all paint supplies together


I'll post some pics as soon as I get a free moment.

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Day 15

Paint samples ordered from Prospray
Finished sanding underside of hood
Under side of hood painted
Underside of T-tops painted
Finished hanging plastic sheets for booth
Scrubbed rear window area to remove old weather strip adhesive.
wash car to prep for paint
Washed T-tops for paint

Washed doors for paint.

 

[carson5150]

You're doing great man. Keep it up!

 

[kortensi]

Here are some pics so far:

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Day 16

Sealed up plastic sheets to floor and each other
Wax and grease remover on doors, hoods, T-tops and all other small parts
Taped up T-tops and hood for Epoxy
Hung accessory parts for Epoxy
Started to tape up car for Epoxy
Sprayed 3 coats of SPI Epoxy Primer on doors, hoods, T-tops and all other small parts

 

[kortensi]

I had a bubble form under one part of the door. I sanded it down with 180 and was planing to clean it with the water-based wax and grease remover before applying more epoxy.

Is this the correct procedure in this case or is there something else I should do?


Also, when I applied the body filler (Rage Extreme) and started sanding it, I broke through to the fiberglass and metal in some areas.

I'm assuming I should reapply the epoxy over it, correct?

Thanks
KO

 

[crashtech]

Yes, bare steel (and bare fiberglass, imo) should get epoxy before proceeding.

 

[flynams]

I would block everything, clean and apply another coat of epoxy, wait overnight and apply your high build, or just keep applying 3 coats of epoxy as shine does and never use any high build....either way gives long lasting results...just remember NEVER apply ANYTHING over CURED epoxy (3 days max in my opinion) except epoxy....Dave

 

[kortensi]

Day 17
Body filler on parts sprayed with epoxy
Car up on jack stands and started to tape it off for epoxy

Day 18
Sick day and bad weather.

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Day 19
Taped up and sanded the egg crates
Finished taping up the car
Removed the wiper assembly
Removed the headlights
3 coats of primer on the test hood

Day 20
Epoxy Primer on everything
- Car
- Doors
- Hood
- T-tops
- Wiper doors
- Headlight buckets
- Accessories

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more pics

:cheers:
KO