While the gas price thread melted down, I was busy installing my hinges. They really came out nice. And I really didn't get a sense of quite how ugly the old ones were until I compared them to the new ones As a side note, the hood remover attachment worked like a charm. Neat tool and it held the hood perfectly. I took the opportunity to clean the fender behind the hinge area and hit it with a little polish. I wire wheeled the 10 bolts and gave them a coat of eastwood phosphate paint. Thankfully that stuff flash dries fast. And the finished product I have the new hinges and the underside of the hood a light coat of wd-40.
I used a trick JW taught me- I left the hinge to fender bolts loose and lifted the hood as far up as it would go, then socked down the bolts. It lowered the rear part of the hood.
Jason you are quite the inspiration I tell you! For good and bad reasons actually. The good, you've inspired me to spend some time with the small details under the hood before putting the engine back in. The bad, I'm now storing Buick parts in my basement of my townhouse since I moved. I told the wife (while she was glaring at me bringing car stuff indoors) that my new name is Jay Cook. She doesn't get it ofcourse but who cares, I laughed. I'm sure this is nothing to what the real JC has going on in the basement .
Your well on your way! Yeah, the basement, the garage I rent, the overstock in the trailer.....I've actually downsized a little. I can see the floor now
Brett, I know many years ago R&M had a problem with their urethane clear. Two coats your good the third coat it would blister as you described.
I was kinda tired from work and I managed to get alot done in the past few weeks, but I really wanted to get something done on it today. So I cleaned and detailed out the overflow tank. It always looked "dark" inside. When I popped the top it was disgusting. The inside was covered in black scum. I popped the top and scrubbed it in hot water and some soft scrub. It looks like brand new! I should of taken a before pic but I was so anxious to clean it. Here's the finished product!
The tank came out great and I like the hood holder tool. I’ve used a product called Salon 40 on yellowed plastic before, and it worked great. I had yellowed boat speaker covers, you remove them, paint the Salon 40 on, put them in ziploc baggies and out in the sun they go/went for a couple of days. Rinse and reinstall. I’m not sure if that would work on yellowed overflow tanks or washer jugs. Yours came out like new!
I actually make my own solution. 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and oxy clean. The uv from the sun is the trick. It works with the bromide in the plastic. The ivory T handle in the aquamist car looked like it came out of a bag of cheetos. After 8 hours in the sun, it came out bright white
Your first post to where you were going to make it look "well aged"??? OCD 1000... Jason 1... and I love it!
I admit there was a little bit of mission creep... Need some opinions- the bucket seat plastics, they could use a little sprucing up. I'm thinking about give them a coat of Sem landau black along with the kick panels. Theyre not bad, just showing thir age a little. I'm torn...
