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^if you are talking about the parcel shelf that round hole (at the top of the photo) is for the defroster wiring. A small rubber grommet pops in there. When installed, that end of the panel will be on the driver side.
^ Oh, I see what you are talking about. That is the seat back/rear bulkhead and the hole was for the wiring for the super sweet 1980's Clifford alarm that was installed in my car before I tore it all out.
Put my e-brake assembly back together. The housing was media blasted and refinished in 2k ceramic. Levers chrome plated and hardware refinished or replaced with new.
Here is the puzzle for my latest after work fun.
Assembled and adjusted. The white plastic bracket for the throttle lever was partially disintegrated and laying in pieces in the tunnel when I removed the assembly.
Moving parts lubricated with lithium grease.
Rubber boot covers all the pretty stuff. Looks a lot better than the 47 year old rusted part I removed.
Haha some of this stuff is fun and some not so much. I will update my progress on the shift assembly soon. Definitely not fun. Replacing this piece is easy as it is held on by just a small circlip.
Good, I'll take the seat out to do new carpet anyway - I guess the real question is how hard is it to pull the handbrake assy out and replace it all lined up and adjusted correctly....
I never had a problem rebuilding or hot-rodding a motor but can't stand to think about working on a transmission...
You shouldn't have to completely remove the assembly to replace that part. You should have enough slack in the heater cable and the e-brake cables to pop it up and tilt it to get to the single c-clip that holds it on. Good luck!
Andy was using his dry ice blaster on my car to show me what it can do. In this photo you can see how the engine compartment is showing the original yellow paint. This was just a few minutes of cleaning time. The thick layers of 47 years worth of grease and the layer of black paint were removed all while not damaging the factory undercoating or dealing with media being packed into crevices (sand, walnut shells, etc). Also,the wiring harness is still there and is not harmed by the blasting. If you recall the effort I put in to do this same work in my rear wheel wells - it was a ton of work using cleaners and wire wheels and made a huge mess. I have given the green light to clean the rest of the engine bay, front wheel wells and undercarriage of the car.
You can also see the paint along the right edge of the engine compartment. He quickly showed how the machine can remove material by layer. You can see how it was able to go several layers down to the metal (you can see some of the original lead work in the corner where the fender joins the cross-member/latch panel). I am giving the green light to remove the paint as well. This will be much easier on the panels as traditional media blasting creates heat and can put waves into panels with large flat surfaces.
11-02-2019, 04:29 PM
