Not much progress. Prepped some parts for paint.
The starter solenoid screws were frozen. I couldn't get the starter apart to toss in the blast cabinet. Stripped it with grinders and rotary tools, then cleaned it with reducer.
Coolant pipe had a lot of corrosion hiding under the paint. I also found a pinhole. Unsure how the pipe got bent, but the torch, wood blocks and the bench vice fixed it.
It ended up going into the cabinet.
Reblasted headlight buckets that started showing flash rust. The plastic adjusters always end up stripping out. I normally just replace them, but I had an idea and decided to coil them.
The top adjusters have a lot of meat on them and took the coils without issue. The side adjusters don't, and cracked when tapping them. They got beefed up with some Quiksteel, after hitting them with some 36 grit. I'll let them cure then retap and coil.
I noticed the sound deadening on the firewall was soaked at the bottom. I have the deadener sitting on a pinchweld ledge and I have a feeling it's wicking water and the lledge isn't allowing drainage.
I'm thinking I'm going to need to cut it back, allowing a 1" border at all the lower sections. I'm going to need to pull the booster at a minimum. Trying to avoid pulling the engine.
-Todd