Cowl removal questions

[stangman16]

How do you get the cowl apart at the corner of the windshields where it's brazed? Is that something I just carefully take a dremel tool to and try and cut inside of the brazing?

Also, how does the fender to cowl extentions come off?


Those spot weld drill bits work rather nice, I already broke a tooth from it slipping, so I guess I need to drill a small pilot hole in each spot weld for the spot weld drill bit.

 

[GT1966]

cowl removal

yeah, there is no real science to removing the brazed ends.....I used a cut-off wheel in the dremel and just cut far enough to free things without plunging through the two pieces. As for the fender extensions, you're going to replace them anyway, so just cut through the spotwelds to the inner fender and then chisel / grind them off the upper cowl bulge. I've got plenty of pix if you wish to see any stage of the process.
GT1966

 

[67 Evil Eleanor]

Use a punch and wack it with a hammer to demple the spot weld before you start to cut. This will keep your spot weld cutter from dancing. I usually break about three cutters per one removal.

 

[enferno]

Use a punch and wack it with a hammer to demple the spot weld before you start to cut. This will keep your spot weld cutter from dancing. I usually break about three cutters per one removal.

or go to harbor freight! they have spring loaded punches for like $5


this made my cowl replacement a whoooooooole lot smoother. you can just go and punch all of the spot welds, then drill. no need to pick up hammer and a punch and switch back and forth.

 

[stangman16]

Use a punch and wack it with a hammer to demple the spot weld before you start to cut. This will keep your spot weld cutter from dancing. I usually break about three cutters per one removal.

Yeah, I used the punch to start, but it still walks around and I broke 1 tooth after 10 or so spot welds that I cut through. This time I figure I'm going to use the punch, drill with a real small bit only through the first layer of metal and then use the spot weld bit. I don't want to keep going to northern tools to get another bit.

 

[stangman16]

yeah, there is no real science to removing the brazed ends.....I used a cut-off wheel in the dremel and just cut far enough to free things without plunging through the two pieces. As for the fender extensions, you're going to replace them anyway, so just cut through the spotwelds to the inner fender and then chisel / grind them off the upper cowl bulge. I've got plenty of pix if you wish to see any stage of the process.
GT1966

I might be sending you an e-mail for some pics...

 

[stangman16]

or go to harbor freight! they have spring loaded punches for like $5


this made my cowl replacement a whoooooooole lot smoother. you can just go and punch all of the spot welds, then drill. no need to pick up hammer and a punch and switch back and forth.

I might have to get one of those!

 

[enferno]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90603

 

[geostang351]

Yeah, I used the punch to start, but it still walks around and I broke 1 tooth after 10 or so spot welds that I cut through. This time I figure I'm going to use the punch, drill with a real small bit only through the first layer of metal and then use the spot weld bit. I don't want to keep going to northern tools to get another bit.

They do sell replacement bits and not the whole assembly.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=14686&itemType=PRODUCT
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=14687&itemType=PRODUCT