Feb 25-27 2018 – Passenger Side Lower Valance and Frame Rail part 1

The two black aluminum cover panels running along the passenger side beneath the door cover the fuel lines and the hydraulic line that adjusts the headlight vertical movement in response to rear suspension travel. Time to clean up the cover panels and inspect what they cover. The phillips head screws that hold the panels […]

Feb 23-26, 2018 – Passenger side front suspension cover cleanup

Next up is to clean up and (partially) straighten the panel that covers the front passenger side suspension unit. It has various little dents and dimples from hitting curbs on the bottom… Under all this grime it was originally painted chocolate brown: The bottom was a bit bent up (as they often are): After […]

Feb 21-23 2018 – Passenger side steering pass-thru panel & parking brake cleanup

There are a couple of rubber flaps partially covering the holes thru which the steering control arm and drag link run thru the passenger fender. The steering one (upper one) is riveted to a panel that is painted chocolate brown. The lower rubber flap is held to the inside of the passenger side frame just […]

Feb 19-20 2018 – Battery Box renovation

Time to cleanup and reinstall the battery box: After cleaning, repainting (yes – this really was “chocolate brown” under all that dirt and dust!) and test installation:

February 18-20 2018 – Transaxle Prep (& voltage regulator done!)

Dove back in on cleaning up the transaxle the last couple of days – it looks pretty close to being ready! Here is how it looked last week: And after a bunch of hours of scrubbing and partial disassembly (still have to remount the cross member after repainting): Top view (note the freshly painted shift […]

Feb 17, 2018 – Voltage Regulator Rebuild

Decided to modernize the voltage regulator by replacing it with a solid-state version. I went with a “Ford one-wire conversion” regulator and hid it inside the original regulator housing. Here is the original and the new (very tiny and shiny) regulator: Here is the underside of the original regulator: And the internals: And here is […]

Feb 8 – 15 2018 – Cleaning continues

Been scrubbing and brushing off the grime. Here is what was done over the last week. Front right frame horn cleaned: Started cleaning the transaxle – just a first pass – lots of scrubbing still remains to be done!: Cleaned up and re-wrapped (with cloth electrical tape as originally installed) the brake pad warning light […]

February 7, 2018 – front end removal

Working my way forward cleaning along the passenger side wheel well, I decided to go ahead and take the front of the car apart for better cleaning access. First I removed the bumper and battery box (not shown here) – then, off came the headlight housing now -ready for bench cleaning!: Next came the […]

February 6, 2018 – more cleaning!

Spent a few hours today cleaning the road grime and grease around the passenger side suspension area. This included the suspension arms, the wheel bearing housing, the steering idler arm and the chassis around the area. Also included the headlight bucket height correction mechanism. Here is how the area looked at the beginning of the […]