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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Day 51

Remember this guy?















This is what it looks like cleaned up. . .















Note that in the before photo, the left boot is scrunched up, and the right one bloated.  That is because someone had pumped the assembly so full of grease that the boots were packed solid and could no longer compress.  Every time you turned the wheel hard it would squeeze out some grease, which explains, in part, why everything inside the front wheel wells were covered with an 1/8" of goo!  Note too, the new tie rod ends - no grease fittings!  Keeping things clean should be a little easier this time round.

I also wire brushed the door hinges, seat rails, and several other parts.

And finally, I got the windshield fluid tank and pump working again.  As expected, the motor was rusted solid.  As also expected, a few whacks with a hammer got things humming again.