This Week's Work
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![]() Shows wrong curve on passenger side rear 1/4 panel body work. |
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![]() Old A/C compressor. The bearing was very loud, and it was about to blow. |
![]() Lower control arm damaged from having made contact with something stronger than it's self. |
![]() Original shocks. Dark one has "leaked out". It's like "bleeding out". |
![]() Head light relay. Note the corrosion, which comes from the inside. Now the high beams work. |
![]() This drive shaft center bearing made a sound like air craft taking off. It's quiet now. |
![]() Normal wear and tear for this kind of torque rod bushing. They get replaced with a solid urethane one which doesn't wear out. |
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![]() Broken motor mount worn from age and a hot climate which tends to toll on rubber parts. |
![]() Motor mount cracked from age. |
![]() Front lower control arm bushing shows rubber separated from metal, causing the front end alignment to be anybody's guess. New bushings will allow alignment to be set and stay. |
![]() Succumbed to water inside the protective boot which rusted the ball joint and ruined the joint of this steering rod inner end. |
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![]() Pinion seal. This picture shows the outside of the seal which is oil soaked from leakage.
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![]() Exhaust manifold gaskets were blowing out causing the car to sound like a dirt track racer. With new gaskets it's quiet again. |
![]() Seat heater grid as found. The wires were organized and held in place with thread as original. |
![]() In the process of repairing seat heater grid. |
![]() Rebuilt seat heater ready to reinstall. |
![]() The seat heater grid had broken wires. These seats were completely rejuvenated including repairing the foam and getting all the seat heaters working. |
![]() These seats were taken apart for surgery. |
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![]() The seat back apart. |
![]() Replaced lumbar support. |
![]() The radio "rat's nest" was very challenging. Wires were snipped. To repair required removing much of the dash and all of the door panel.
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![]() Trying to render the car's interior odor neutral with all our tricks. This one being baking soda. |
![]() Replacing the headlight capsule. |
![]() New headlight capsules. |
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![]() Repair to front control arm attachment. Area around nut was cracked. |
| To view Pictures of the car in the process of painting, click here | ||
updated 07/20/10
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