DoneYou da man dave. This needs to be in a thread of it's own and added to the technical index. If you do the former, I'll do the latter.
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Uhm, I might understand what you just said to do.Done
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Uhm, I might understand what you just said to do.
AND, i made it back to the yard today and got the taillights! I also got that funny little trim that's in front of the mirrors (I'll get a picture of them tomorrow).
So, getting to the lights was really, really fun. I removed the insulation between the rear seat back and the trunk and forced my body over the brace. I was thinking that i could just shove a flat tip screwdriver into the latch and turn and pop open the trunk. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy......NOT!
With the old lock cylinder still in place it wouldn't turn, freaking yay!
So i removed the two bolts holding the striker in place and the deck lid opened.
I have had shoulder surgery in both shoulders, reaching overhead and having strength is not really possible for me. I wasn't weeping while doing this, though I may have pee'd myself a little bit. My prostate got a good workout.
Since i had the lid open i went ahead and removed the old lock cylinder. I already have new ones, but, as you know, I already have painted the replacement deck lid. So it'll go in later. A gratuitous photo of the new decklid.
Here's the taillights. I'll pull the lenses off and clean the hell out of them. Then i'll sand them down and clearcoat them. They're in really nice shape! Yay me!
The final photo is of Robby as he sits now. It'll probably take me about two to three weeks to fix the stuff i have, then i'll get the driver's door finally.
AND, i made it back to the yard today and got the taillights! I also got that funny little trim that's in front of the mirrors (I'll get a picture of them tomorrow).
So, getting to the lights was really, really fun. I removed the insulation between the rear seat back and the trunk and forced my body over the brace. I was thinking that i could just shove a flat tip screwdriver into the latch and turn and pop open the trunk. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy......NOT!
With the old lock cylinder still in place it wouldn't turn, freaking yay!
So i removed the two bolts holding the striker in place and the deck lid opened.
I have had shoulder surgery in both shoulders, reaching overhead and having strength is not really possible for me. I wasn't weeping while doing this, though I may have pee'd myself a little bit. My prostate got a good workout.
Since i had the lid open i went ahead and removed the old lock cylinder. I already have new ones, but, as you know, I already have painted the replacement deck lid. So it'll go in later. A gratuitous photo of the new decklid.
Here's the taillights. I'll pull the lenses off and clean the hell out of them. Then i'll sand them down and clearcoat them. They're in really nice shape! Yay me!
The final photo is of Robby as he sits now. It'll probably take me about two to three weeks to fix the stuff i have, then i'll get the driver's door finally.
Don't mean to go on and on about that color but Daayumm, it's beatiful
You're right about the silver being oxidized. I was thinking that chrome paint would be a good idea as well. I'll read your thread here shortly, I'm interested in seeing the difference in brightness.Those taillights are in really good shape.
When you take them out, I bet the reflectors are going to be pretty dull/oxidized. When I refurbed my 83-86 tails a while back, I actually painted the reflectors with chrome paint. Really made a difference in light output.
I had a thread somewhere
EDIT: Wow. 2006. Really reaching into the way back machine here
http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...light-maintainence-today.632177/#post-6101402
Shut up, let the man speak.Oh stop. You're going to hurt his feelings.
Thanks man.I have been following your thread for awhile now. You do some fantastic work thats for sure. You have taken the mentally that I have of fix the parts that you have rather than buying new ones to a whole new level. The blue is awesome looking. I may hit you up when I finally get to the point of repainting my car if you dont mind.
So you have come out of the closet (trunk) now?
Man! You know what though Mike? I want so bad to be at that point someday.Damn, you get more done in a day than I do in a month.
I still have yet to finish bleeding my brakes, and my rack is sitting on my basement table where it's been for 2 weeks