1980 spider Restoration phase 2

[TwinFast]

I am always impressed by the body restauration, as it's the more difficult part of the restauration. Especially when a bad restauration was previously done (e.g some plaster pudding )

Great job !

[DRUMMOND]

Thanks twinfast! Its also the longest and most tedious.

[DRUMMOND]

Rear brake caliper rehab
Started with this


Hmmm things to come?






dissembling hand brake cam lever





cam lever spring plate assembly

full collection of criminals

cleaning ans scraping gunk out of seal groove

all rubber and seals replaced, all internal & external metal parts polished.

[klweimer]

More good work! How did the adjustment mechanism inside the pistons look?
Kirk

[Nanonevol]

Is that area under the rubber cap supposed to be packed with grease like it looks like in your "before" photo? I did mine recently and just used a moderate amount of grease on the shaft and where parts make contact.

[DRUMMOND]

Hi Klwiemer
I did not take a photo of the black slime, before i cleaned it out but it looked the same as this from the master cylinder and fluid bottle



Hi Nanonevol
It was actually packed to the gills with grease, I just removed enough to see the mechanism underneath it all. kinda happy there was so much in there as there was no rust evident. i put in about a tablespoon of grease for insurance from water penetration if the boot gets damaged

[DRUMMOND]

High build primer all sanded down. looking good. That was a lot of work!




A few high spots, but no low spots


Application of the final (hopefully) Primer surfacer. and then do the sanding all over again! Getting excited that color is not to far off!

[Frankd1]

Looking good, the calipers look great!
How did you get them to come out so clean? Did you blast them or wire wheel them?

[DRUMMOND]

Believe it or not wire wheel. Only took about 10 minutes, a lot faster than setting up the blaster

[DRUMMOND]

Wiper linkage rehab.
Very slow wipers and windows. this is what I found out about the wiper problem. windows come later but very similar in nature
This is how it looked before the rehab. all but one of the linkages had seized up. grease had disappeared long time ago






This Puppy was the main villain totally unmovable, I have no idea how the motor even managed to move it!!

the sidekick moved but not by much

Linkage components all dried up.



As both spindles were nearly completely seized I drilled a 1/8" hole on either side of the external jacket being careful not to contact the center rod. I then force fed release agent into the holes and down the top collar I did this for 4 days then I soaked them with lithium grease and then started to twist them to force out the hardened grease and rust, took me about 4 hours on each spindle to get a clear liquid to come out. I then forced grease into the holes and collar. they now are free running. Something to think about when you have slow wipers and blame the electrical system for the woes.

[RRoller123]

That is NICE!

[spider2081]

Nice very nice. I also drill 1/8 inch lubrication holes like you have. works great. But your work is much better detailed than mine. what wiper motor are you using.

[DRUMMOND]

Hi Spider2081
As far as I know its the original motor. I just enameled the outside and cleaned up the inside.

[DRUMMOND]

Back to the body work.
Last week I laid on the primer surfacer then blocked it on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday I layed on the base-coat and then the clear coat. Just have to wet block the clear coat and lay the final clear coat then its done!
I did then engine bay and the trunk first. the florescent lights play with the photos so you don't really see the metallic blue that well. this is the base coat







here you can see the blue better in the sunlight



Its kinda hard to take decent photos of metallic under florescent lights but here is the clear coat application the photos do not do it justice






what took the longest to paint was all the nooks and crannies you cant see

[spider2081]

This is w very inspiring and informative post. Thanks for taking the time to share so much information with us. You do beautiful work.