Big ol Burban?
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Baby steps. mtmuley
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Rained and cold today, so it’s a good day to work on the interior. Installed the new seat upholstery. I’m pretty sure the assembly line guy was paid by the hog nose clip. The filth of 25 years all hides under the seats, took a few minutes to clean it all.
Turned out well but I need to order armrest covers. They don’t match well with the sun fade. The wrinkles will settle out after a few days. Pretty happy with the Seat shop’s product.
Turned out well but I need to order armrest covers. They don’t match well with the sun fade. The wrinkles will settle out after a few days. Pretty happy with the Seat shop’s product.
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Today, I put the rear air back together. There is a special kind of hell for GM interior engineers. While this may not look bad it was a painful experience. Overall for dealing with 25 year old plastic I only had one that had to be repaired. Once it drys overnight it will be the last panel installed.
It got completely cleaned out of all the old oil and debris. Then a new pressure switch, orings, and new heater core rubber hose. Out of the gazillion different sized screws, I managed to find where they all went back except 1 lonely screw.
It got completely cleaned out of all the old oil and debris. Then a new pressure switch, orings, and new heater core rubber hose. Out of the gazillion different sized screws, I managed to find where they all went back except 1 lonely screw.
CUElk
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My favorite thread of the year. Thanks for sharing
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Can and the desire to are the struggle. I’m ready to just be able to drive it. I’m still months away from that and getting a little burned out.
The end goal is going to be worth it. mtmuley
Sounds like you need a week or so away from home!
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Well, I decided today was the day to put the fenders back on. Upon pulling them out of the barn I realized I should probably start the body work portion. To do all that work on the frame and engine and put ugly fender wells back on was silly. So lots of scrubbing and wet sanding to get them ready for paint. I tried to paint one but it got too cold out.
The paint was pretty rough shape, at some point battery acid had splattered and eaten the paint. You can see both spots in the next two photos.
You can see the difference in a prepped area and what it looked like before in the spot I missed. I ended up going over this 4 different times to get it ready for paint.
Tried to paint, it but the temp dropped so fast I had to move it all inside. I will wait till I can heat up a garage stall in a few days.
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Body man I am not, but I’m learning. The fender is apart so I thought I would try fixing a dent that bothered me. I have to sand the primer down yet but here is my first attempt progress.
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Oh, I got the core support painted and half back together. I am waiting for the fender paint project to be done before I finish installing it. For now it’s just sitting there waiting.
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I just want to clearly prove I am not a body man. Also YouTube is a great tool but doesn’t replace actual training. The fender is repaired and painted. Long enough to get me by until I can afford to have a professional shop paint it the proper way.
From 10 feet it looks good, probably better than the rest of the Suburban. But up close you can see where I taped it off. The YouTube video I watched showed how to do it but I did it too heavy and left a line. I tried sanding it out but the panel needed to be stripped back down and I wasn’t going to do it knowing it would be done later when it gets repainted. It was good enough for me and my needs of keeping it from rusting. You can see the stripe in the last pic.
From 10 feet it looks good, probably better than the rest of the Suburban. But up close you can see where I taped it off. The YouTube video I watched showed how to do it but I did it too heavy and left a line. I tried sanding it out but the panel needed to be stripped back down and I wasn’t going to do it knowing it would be done later when it gets repainted. It was good enough for me and my needs of keeping it from rusting. You can see the stripe in the last pic.
noharleyyet
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Nice work Addicting!
I can't wait to see this thing. mtmuley
CRJR45
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I thought the same thing , looks good from ten feet , we are good ! LOL
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That was my conclusion as well. So, I sanded the whole panel with 600 grit. I hit that line area pretty hard. Then tried putting a heavier pass on the original side and resanding everything with 800. Damn line kept showing up. Finally, that little can ran dry and it is what it is. It got clear coated and sealed into as character.
