Removed paint and sanded to bare metal, the roof, sail pillars and rear end.
Used Nitro Mors Paint and Varnish stripper, it makes light work of each of the layers of paint but doesn’t touch the primer.
Used a random orbit sander to get rid of the primer coat.
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The rear quarters are going to be replaced, so are left untouched for…
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May 2008
Headliner bows and insulation removed.
Pulled out the spring headliner bows, labeling each one as they have specific designations.
Using a paint scraper, scraped away at the headliner insulation. Very dusty work.
Bows and headliner insulation still in place:
The bare metal roof:…
Stripped dash out.
Everything but the ignition switch taken out. Need to work out how to remove the ignition switch.
Radio:
Heater:…
Shocks and leaf springs.
Took out the rear shocks and leaf springs. Someone in the past did a rather shitty repair for one of the rear shocks where it had rotted and fallen through the trunk pan mounts, they made a bodge plate and bolted it to the rear frame. To get the leaf springs out was a little tricky; a couple of the front bracket mount bolts just turned as they had separated…
Took out rear axle.
Took out the rear axle assembly. This was just a case of un-attaching the shocks then unclamping the leaf springs, the traction bar was already unbolted from the body. The leaf springs are being a little stubborn, so I separated them under the car and am going to take them out later.
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Removing upper control arm shaft and bushings.
Pictures say it all. Just use a chisel and hammer.
This metal outer sleeve gets replaced with a new bushing, so the damage doesn’t matter. The edge of the control arm shaft hole is burred, so will need filing down.…
Removing lower control arm ball joints and bushings.
Removing lower control arm ball joints:
Place the old castle nut upside down on the ball joint, and hit hard with a hammer. After successive knocks the ball joint backing plate will fall off and the ball joint will fall through.
The removal process is not finished, it is continued here. Or, see my how-to article.
Removing lower control arm bushings:
If after brute force applied…