Sprayed it with a little wd-40. Then grabbed it by the fan and tapped the shaft with my 4oz ball peen hammer. The trick is to wire wheel all the rust off the shaft before you pull the armature through the bushing. Otherwise it will hang up. Putting the springs and brushes back in is a trick. You need a third hand to hold the one brush in place while you use the two others to install the other one. Clear as mud? Lol. Then you can drop in the armature in the end cap and release the brushes.
Never thought to just hit it with a hammer. I wasn’t sure if it was barbed, pinned, or molded on so I left it in place. Didn’t have a third hand so I bent up some thin wire to hold the brushes in.
I just drilled holes in the end of the housing & used cotter pins to hold the brushes in place. When done used silicone to seal the holes. Easier than 3 hands when your alone. Tom T.
So I have a nice set of phosphate coated hinges I bought from a board member. These should really spruce things up! But how do I replace them by myself? A good excuse to buy a new tool! I bought one of those hood pickers for my engine hoist. Should be here tomorrow. Look forward to a review of that in another thread!
On my way home, I stopped at auto zone and grabbed 2 LED 194 bulbs. The hood tach is ridiculously dim even with 2 brand new incandescent 194s. Its honestly hard to read at night. So after dinner I swapped them out. Here a little before and after- I still like the soft glow of the incandescent in the dash. At least I can see the hood tach now.
I understand completely. Every so often, someone says to me, your car is beautiful, it really deserves a new paint job. I have my share of scratches, and minor imperfections in my paint (it was painted in 1997 by the PO). The bottom line is if I had a brand new paint job, I'd probably be afraid to drive the car. One rock chip would equal untold aggravation. Who needs that unless you want a museum piece?
Mine is covered in tiny bubbles from a 50 year old (exorbitant amount of) clear coat. Under that is original paint. People say the same thing to me (as Larry) and I laugh it off. They're only original once.
Larry's car would really benefit from a paint correction. Brett, I wonder if you could color sand the clear off with some 1500 or 2000?
I had a '69 SS396 Chevelle back in the 80's. It is in my avatar beside my '71 Stage 1. It was original paint except for a small place on the driver's side quarter panel. It had all the warts that a 20 year old car would have - chips, scratches, etc. but it would still shine up nice and looked really good from 20 feet away. Everybody kept telling me that I needed to paint it but I liked it just the way it was. I could drive it anywhere and not worry about someone messing up a perfect paint job. Like has been said before, they are only original once.
Ordered the ball joints last night. Getting here Friday. The plan is to swap out the ball joints, take the rotors off and service the wheel bearings. Then get it aligned. Hopefully at the spring meet!
You can just prop the hood up,..then old tee shirt in the corner then set the hood down on the cowl while you change it,....I change the Hoods by myself doin this,...with some rags on the hinges
Paint correction doesn’t involve actually painting anything. It is polishing the paint to the most perfect it can be, without paint. When you look at the sun’s reflection in your paint, you’ll see thousands of tiny scratches haloing around the light. All of those disappear, along with any other superficial scratches.
