Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2011/9/26 22:57:01

Started the process today of stripping down the door jams and prepping the insides of the door for primer and paint. Most of the spray in insulation in the door is flaking off and was clogging the drains in the bottom of the door. So I need to scrap out as much of that old insulation as possible from all the door before painting. Then I need to vacuum out the door cavities to remove all the debris. A couple of my doors had the beginning of pin hole rust at the bottom of the door skin. This is from the clogged drains. The actual bottom of the door structures are solid.

I used 2" rolok discs on a right angled die grinder to get into all channels where the weather stripping was. This made short work of removing all the old glue and surface rust. Need to pick up some more discs tomorrow to finish the other doors.

I backed the car out of the garage to clean underneath it. There was enough dirt under the car to fill a 5 gal bucket. I guess all the vibration from the pneumatic hammer shook it all loose from the underside of the car.

Also I am seeping tranny fluid from around the rear of the pan, so I need to get back under there and tighten the pan bolts up a little more.

I let the car run for about 20 mins to warm it up thououghly as it had been a couple of weeks since the car was run last. The accelerator pedal feels really good now that it firmly bolted to a new solid floor. Just need to replace the rod gasket.