Details... part 3

Finally have my laptop back from the repair shop, so let's see if I can get all caught up with my progress over the past two weekends. I got the floor shifter bucket, floor seal and shifter arm blasted...

the rear suspension brackets and hardware primed and painted...

the front lower and rear upper control arms blasted and rear for paint....

control arm bushing cups removed and blasted (need to get the remaining rubber cleaned out so I can get them yellow chromate plated)

the cowl undercoated and unmasked...

the new stainless steel brake and transmission lines straightened and laid out to transfer the attaching clips from my old lines....

But the wet blanket on the entire past two weeks was when I went to apply the second coat of Chassis Black to the rear end..... the first coat laid down beautifully on the POR15 self etching primer...

but the second finish coat started to "alligator" like it was a wrinkle finish paint or something...

Wish to GOD I had applied the second coat to the backside of the axle first rather than the front.... gonna be a real PITA getting down into the carrier recesses to smooth everything out!

Will be calling Eastwood Tech Support on Monday to find out WTH is going on. I have the frame and underside of the body first coated with the Chassis Black and now I'm a little afraid to apply the second coat until I determine the cause because I don't even want to think about starting over on the frame/underbody should it happen again!!

Until next time.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Details... Part 2

Another productive day...... rear backing plates all painted and ready for assembly. Final silver coat of Dupli-Color applied to inside of rear backing plates.....

"primer coat" of POR15 clear applied to backside of backing plates....

first coat of Dupli-Color Black Caliper Paint applied once POR15 tacked.....

then after an hour baking under a pair of halogen lights, the final cloat of black applied....

 rearend primed and ready for finish coats of chassis black.....
 

cowl area cleaned, masked, painted and ready for a coat of undercoat.....

top boxing plate tacked to rear lower control arms....

I need to drop the arms off to the crew at F3 and have them welded up. Still trying to decide if I need to cap them off completely, partially or not at all. Decisions, decisions, decisions! LOL

Stay tuned... more to come!

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Details... Part 1

Busy and productive day...... got rearend primed,

steering column harness connector reassembled, ignition key cylinders removed from old and replacement columns, steering shaft marked and indexing flat cut,

backing plates painted with POR15 clear and base coat of silver caliper paint applied,

oil pan sandblasted,

rear lower control arms primed inside and boxing caps cut and lastly,

bushing cups pressed out of the rear upper control arms for cleaning, replating yellow chromate and installation of the new Energy Suspensions polyurethane bushings.

Love days when things go smoothly as planned.... could really spoil a guy!!

More to come.....

ZEBRA 3 OUT