My goal was to start putting the dash and interior back together. but as i was installing various parts i was noticing there were empty connectors.. then remembered the wiring harness was out, and i cant connect it back tilll the engine bay is painted otherwise it would be a pita to paint around it. Day 2 of failure, needed to find busy work..
Im not a fan of rust. I spotted minor surface rust on the support bars for the dashboard. therefore i stripped it out and painted it. used por15.. starting to love this stuff..
In the process of gutting it
Gutted
gross
Wiring harness removed, and the most amazing part is i didnt break any clips!
Support bar
getting cleaned up (preped with por15 marine clean, metal ready, then rinsed off)
After preped and dried (slightly better)
Painted!
Also with the dash apart, i took this time to clean out the AC vents. im sick of the dust blowing in my eyes when i drive, NOT safe.
Also the e-brake stuff finished curing so i got to install the ebrake and cables back into the car.
E-brake back in the car
Cables back in
Also started to run wire for the battery relocation to the rear pass bin
Start
then run it along with the body harness (when finalizing it i will add the wire in through that gromet pictured
From the gromet it comes through and i plan on running it along the driver side
then towards the end feed it through the lip? of the rear dr bin, ontop of the trans tunnel then cut a hole in the pass bin and there the wire will end
pic w/o bins for better understanding (top view)
Side view (this is where it ends)
I decided that stripping the undercarriage down to bare metal to coat with por15 then spray the undercoat would be a pita, take too much time, and waste money. so after having the undercarriage already cleaned, i sprayed duplicolors ruberized undercoat
The product
The result (only did rear undercarriage-trunk area) this took 2 cans, the fender wells have not been touched yet so they are still dull and dirtty
Money shot YAY no more red!
Front view (ran out of paint for the sides)
After that ran out of things to do. everything is on hold since i need my sandblaster to proceed. the electrician should be here tomorrow @ 6pm to hook up my air compressor. then things will get moving after next week (finals) sooo to keep busy i tidied up the garage a bit and some random pics..
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