#5 - Its me again...

I cant believe its been almost 6 weeks since the last post. But what is to post with having a four day party for your friends. That means power cleaning the house for a month prior to visitors and every weekend has been booked until last weekend. So I have been working hard to get caught back up to me schedule. Schedule..yeah right, but it has been fun getting dirty and greasy again. It has given me time to think and organize my next step, I tend to obsess about these things, but what else is there to do? I have been working hard on scraping some dirt and rust of of the beautiful beast.

This nice little pile was about 15 minutes worth, nice huh. But I have managed to remove, grind with a wire brush, de-rust, de-grease, prime and paint the entire front steering and suspension in about a week of late nights. I think I now have the process down to a science. Luckily there is no substitute for American steel, I haven't sheared a blot yet even thought they are 60 years old. Once something is taken apart it is wire brushed with a variety of tools. That would be a beastly bench grinder, key is beastly, a 8" wire brush needs HP to push through steel without bogging down. Next is a Milwaukee 5" adjustable rpm grinder. The 5" grinder holds a 4" wire brush just right without rubbing the guard and bogging the speed down. The variable speed is great. Then there are is smaller ones on a cord and cordless drills and all sizes and shapes of brushes. Once the grinding is done spray a bit of 'Rust Cure' on everything, be sure to gently wipe off right after spraying to keep from puddling up. Neatly fold up a paper towel and leave a even coat. The next day all rust we be done, then just degrease with a scrubbing brush using about 1/3 Simple Green and 2/3's water. Let dry then prime and paint. Here is a simple before and after of the brake shield which holds the brake pads. The master brake cylinder and wheel cylinders have been sent off for re-build, if things go well I will post his name and number. The rest of the week will be the leaf springs and then complete reassembly of everything I have taken off and painted, before I forget what goes where, let the nightmares begin.....