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I began today with the removal of the front seat. The nuts came off with little complaint after a squirt of WD-40. I wished that I had a helper when wrestling the seat out of the car.
I guess that this could be saved, but I've got another front seat waiting in the wings to be installed. I'll just have to transfer the seat tracks to the new seat.
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After getting lower rear seat out, I discovered the car had played host to a renter. When I removed this mouse nest I found it's owner inside having passed away. Bad Omen??
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I had hoped that I would get away with just front floor pans, but after the rear seat was out I discovered some more. This rust started in the mounting bolt pocket and rotted out the floor section and did a good amount of damage to the floor brace underneath. Once I've got the bad metal cut out I'll see how bad the braces really are.
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I've got a lot of work ahead of me. There's some kind of sprayed undercoating on the surface of every piece of sheet metal. Some comes off easily, most is stuck pretty good. I'm finding that the air chisel with low pressure and a light touch is stripping most of it. Anyone with a proven way to remove this stuff cleanly, please speak up.
Here's where I left it today. I'll be ordering some front pans tomorrow. I've never replaced floor pans in a car, this should be interesting.
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