Wheel well cleaning

DON'T USE A WIRE BRUSH!!! Nylon or horse hair ONLY!! Old tooth brushes will work ok, but they are mighty small! Here is what can be done with a wheel well! This is about 4 hours work per wheel well...or close to it!

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wow!!! now that is encouraging

Wow James, And I thought mine looked good. Hell, they look about half as good and I thought I had done a fair job. Shown up again by the master. I guess it will be a project to re-visit sometime soon. I thought I had done a pretty good job. It would appear that my elbow grease is lacking.

Thanks for the lesson my friend.

Robert, you can show this one off as your own work anytime you like!

hey guys, can i bring you my car?

I'm in the midst of doing just this process, thinking that I'll get the undercarriage restored and then move to the engine and the source of some of the fluids draining down and coating everything in it's path.

I elevated the rear of the car and scrubbed using Simple Green and huge elbow grease, but there appears to be 24 year old cosmoline over, well, everything. I took to it with some acetone, which works to a degree, but a brass brush seemed to work best with removing it. All of the alloy suspension casting is coated with the stuff.

So, I hauled the car in the garage and elected to do it right, so wheel well liners are removed, suspension and brakes disassembled and restoration and repair are underway. The brake lines are being replaced; bleeders replaced with Speed Bleeders, and new brake wear sensors installed. Wheel hubs are off and new bearings installed. I'll replace tie rod ends once I pull the rack down. I've pulled the shock/springs and disassembled, cleaned and reassembled. (see the photo)

I'm using Eastwood's ( www.eastwood.com ) amazing coatings on parts. They offer an 'Underhood Black' that I semi-gloss and perfect in appearance. They also have a 'Chassis Black' that is gloss and it is an amazing, near powder-coat finish. In fact, I've used it as a touch-up on the Brembos and the gloss finish is amazing. (see the photo below; the backing plate is chassis black, and the bracket is underhood black)

A long way to go, but once you're 'in', there's no turning back!

Bob

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