Front Suspension
I undertook the task of gathering together the front suspension parts (painted and new parts) and putting them into a box in preparation for reassembly. My gathering showed that there are some pieces missing (shocks/ball joint/shock mounting brackets etc) which I will need to locate today. The original disassembly along with the painting and parts cleaning has resulted in multiple containers of parts that have resided in different places in the garage for the past few months. It feels good to be cataloging and getting them gathered into one place.
Primer: I painted the right hand wheel well tub with primer. I decided to drop the paint can into warm water first (a car model building trick I learned for smoother spray painting) which made the paint flow better. I am just about out of primer but I think I will get the other wheel well painted before I run out!
Rust Repair: There was a section on the left hand side wheel well tub (on the opposite side of the body to chassis mounting bracket) about 4 inches square that was fairly rusted. When I primed the engine bay area a few months ago I painted over the rust with primer knowing I would have to go back and repair it at some point. I skirted around fixing it because the area is hidden from view when the car is reassembled. I initially thought it would require cutting the rust out and fabricating a patch panel?? I realized yesterday that it would be straight forward to grind out the area, apply a coat of POR 15 paint to encapsulate any remaining rust and attach a fill in piece using the body mounting bracket as the foundation for the repair. A skim coat of filler would cover over the repair and it would look very presentable and be much more structurally sound...So after about 15 minutes of grinding I had the area cleaned up and I went ahead with the repair. Not on the critical path list but it needed to be done. Total time about an hour. The skim coat still needs to be completed. Interestingly the left hand side is no where near as rusted...
Critical Path Review. I marked off the body related items on my critical path list yesterday. I am about 10 hours over on my original time allocation mainly because I did not include the preparation and primer application for the front wheel well tubs or the repair of the body mounting bracket rust I mentioned above. I am still on track to finish the body related work by January 30th...
Garage Clean Up: I spent some time yesterday cleaning up tools etc...about 30 mins...
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