Introducing - Project 1/2-TRAK

[Damn True]

I dunno. I'd guess the combined weight of the interior stuff and the stuff under the hood to be 20-25lbs.

[Damn True]

I've put it off long enough. Tonight and tomorrow the undercoating will be removed from the tub. Dreading it, but it's gotta be done before I can start the 3-link install.

[Alan66ss]

True,

I like it - I used to wonder if you had a car - now I know. I wish I could move as fast on mine as you are on yours. Keep it up.

Alan

[Damn True]

Had the car for YEARS. Didn't start working on it until last Aug.

Probably for the best. This way I've had tons of time to plan and evaluate different options. Hopefully that'll mitigate having to do and re-do stuff a bunch of times.

[Damn True]

Mercy sakes this is a miserable job! The best (worst) part is that when the car is done, nobody will ever, ever say, "Gee, you did a really nice job removing the old undercoating. Completely thankless labor.

I'd scraped for a while and swept the floor when the debris got too messy twice before I took this photo. This is the third cycle of mess from the fourth circle of hell. Nothing but a heat gun, various scrapers and a wire wheel......and beer......and the Giants on the radio.



Looking from the drivers side rear toward the front. I left the bottom of the trunk pan alone, that'll be cut out. The dark bits forward of the back seatbelt mounts are just grease/dirt. That'll come off with simple green




I made it to the front seatbelt mounts and had to stop.



I hope to finish the scraping tomorrow and start with the de-greasing. I have a plan in mind for that. Not sure if it'll work. Good thing the wife will be away. It's going to be messy.

[David Sloan]

This is were you can really appreciate a rotisserie.
It still Suck's but its not as bad as laying on your back an doing it.
You can be proud of it even if most people want know what you went thur.
Keep up the good work!

[NOT A TA]

I've done some cleaning on jackstands like that lately. Brake clean, a wooden paint stirrer to scrape with, lots of rags, nitrile gloves, and a sheet to catch the debris worked pretty well.

[Steve1968LS2]

Mercy sakes this is a miserable job! The best (worst) part is that when the car is done, nobody will ever, ever say, "Gee, you did a really nice job removing the old undercoating. Completely thankless labor.

I'd scraped for a while and swept the floor when the debris got too messy twice before I took this photo. This is the third cycle of mess from the fourth circle of hell. Nothing but a heat gun, various scrapers and a wire wheel......and beer......and the Giants on the radio.

Looking from the drivers side rear toward the front. I left the bottom of the trunk pan alone, that'll be cut out. The dark bits forward of the back seatbelt mounts are just grease/dirt. That'll come off with simple green

I made it to the front seatbelt mounts and had to stop.

I hope to finish the scraping tomorrow and start with the de-greasing. I have a plan in mind for that. Not sure if it'll work. Good thing the wife will be away. It's going to be messy.

We used laquer thinner to get the underside clean after scraping.. there is no fun way to do it, but the end result is nice.

[venturabeachpup]

I can sympathize with you right now True. We're actually doing the same thing on our project. Iv'e been setting daily goals by the square inch. Happy cleaning and don't let up! LOL

[mach1stang]

I did the easy way.

I took a grinder with a wire wheel and made a 10 inch by 10 inch square.

Then had a guy give me $400 buck to get that huck of junk truck out of there.

And at the end of the day... I was pleased with what I got done.


Real nice project you got there!!

[Kenova]

Your pictures bring back memories. I did the same thing with my Nova. Oddly enough, I didn't mind doing it. I guess I'm just a little . Now that I think of it, the wife didn't bother me while I was underneath the Nova .......

Ken

[David Pozzi]

Gee, you did a really nice job removing the old undercoating...


Feel better now?

[MrQuick]

man the memories...I don't even go there anymore. $400 trip to the blasters and its a done deal. Glassbead makes quick work of the grime and under coating.

[LateNight72]

Hmm... You missed a spot.

[Damn True]

Gee, you did a really nice job removing the old undercoating...


Feel better now?

Wiseguy eh?

[Damn True]

Well, I got the whole thing scraped down and about 1/2 of it wiped down with lacquer thinner.

What kind of gloves will hold up to that stuff? Latex and Nitrile both dissolve in pretty short order. I had to change them every few minutes. Gotta be something that will hold up to that solvent and allow some degree of dexterity.

[poormans69]

My god do I feel for you. You had to listen to the Giants on the radio? I bet your glad that's over.

[Damn True]

They've won 9 out of the last 12.

[BonzoHansen]

Looking good.

They've won 9 out of the last 12.

I like listening the baseball in the garage - the Yanks, of course, lol.

[Damn True]

Looking good.



I like listening the baseball in the garage - the Yanks, of course, lol.

Baseball on the radio is just good.

I like the Yankees, but that new park is a freakin joke. 25 games in that park with over 100 home runs. That is absurd. It's like a little-league field.