Week #140

I did a few small things this weekend... barely enough to post but something none the less.

I thought I try to finally install the rear side glass.  It ended up being a bit easier than I thought.  The glass is held to the aluminum up-down mechanism with two unique bolts with unusual captive washers.  Also, there are insulators between the glass and the washers and the glass and the frame.  After 30+ years the original insulator material, whatever it was, is unusable.  I went back to the few pieces of left over bicycle inner tube rubber to make some simple replacements.  With the frame rolled down just a bit in the quarter, I was able to get the rubber insulators and bolt in place one at the time without dropping anything down in the bowels of the quarter panel.  Next was to secure the inner "window fuzzy" to the interior metal panel that screws in place above the rear door panel.  The original fuzzy that was attached to this piece was stapled in place.  The replacement fuzzy is meant to be attached with screws so it's up to you to line it up and drill the holes.  This wasn't much of a job and took all of 30 minutes.  I couldn't actually mount the panels in the car as the headliner and related panels need to be installed first.

A lot of the parts I have were bought 2-3 years ago and have been just sitting on the shelf waiting.  Funny thing about all that time passing is that you forget what you have.  While rummaging through the shelves I found that I had both the under dash insulation and headliner/roof insulation.  This seemed like a good time to get these things installed.  I found the spray adhesive that I had used for the heater box foam and got to the task.  I first scraped clean as best I could the areas under the dash and at the roof that would get glue.  After figuring out how the insulation was supposed to fit I did a quick spray of both the insulation and under dash.  The can says wait 2 hours before sticking them together so that's what I did.

In the mean time I got to a repair that I should have done earlier.  One of the studs that hold the emergency brake bracket to the firewall was broken off.  I just plain overlooked it when I restored the bracket and now I have to get it fixed.  I first ground off the remaining threaded portion of the stun that was sticking out.  I then drilled out the rest of it completely.  I found a bolt with the same thread that was long enough to stick though and have some to weld on in the back.  This little repair presented no problems and took up a good hour of the two hours waiting on the glue to get tacky.

The only other thing done was to replace the crank at the end of my wiper arm arms.  Back when I was cleaning it up I had noticed it had a crank for a 2-speed motor.  I had picked up the correct crank from my parts guy and used this time to get that swapped out and ready to be installed.

By now the 2 hours was up and the insulations went up without and stick mishaps.