] Getting back to doing some work on the Mav, started cleaning up the engine bay removed the emissions, had to get the torch out to get the EGR connections out of the exhaust manifold. Going to repaint the inner fender wells in some POR15, chasing rust spots to clean up and I've ended up taking the grille an bumper off, just can't leave things to rust up, got a pile of cleaned and painted parts to go back on
got the front bumper off and took it apart today, talk about some rust, going to have to find some new mounting brackets
That bracket may be bad....but that impact bar is NICE!! Send me an email if you need a bumper bracket.
Found some NOS brackets at greensales, and miller obsolete , price wasn't to hateful, got the bumper apart going to give it a coat of POR15, it's not to bad solid but the surface rust is pretty heavy but it's cleaned up good
New parts arrived today, one day shipping , got the center section and the NOS parts coated with the POR15 , and theses should last forever
Got the floor patched on the passenger side, and the engine bay ready to paint , now it just needs to stop raining
ridding the emissions, cut the EGR valve off the carb base and threaded the hole 1/4 NPT, thread carefully or it will crack, also when putting in the plug don't try to go to tight or in may crack
got the engine finished up , and all the emissions removed, install new a/c compressor flushed all the a/c lines condenser and evaporator, going to stay with R12 freon had 1 can and ordered some of ebay wasn't to hateful price around $30.00 per can delivered
removed the old tires and wire wheel the rims and repainted, didn't know it was going to be that hard to find a 195/75R14, no one in town had any, had the local Firestone who now owns Toyo tire order some of the toyo's for me. need to get another set of rims so I can use one of the old tires as a spare and then remount the two snow tires that came off
installed hush mat on the interior floor, sanded and painted the interior panels, got the carpet installed, didn't get the mast backing on it, got the 80/20 loop, not real happy with the fit, needed lots of trimming side to side and the molding isn't real exact
found out that the ebrake cables were all froze and the rear wheel cylinders were leaking, cleaned the backing plates and complete rear brake job, the drums only needed a resurfaced and a good painting, replaced the front, & both rear cables, will finish adjusting once I bleed the brakes
Seats in, interior is in great shape execpt one tear in front seat as you see the duck tape and one of the headliner seams has rotted, need a stock radio thats am/fm
