More Electrics, and misc.

It has been a while since my last post, my wife and I have been working feverishly to get our old home that is for sale spruced up, so that (hopefully) it will finally sell. The house is 100 years old so it is constantly in need of maintenance.

I have been working on the car in my spare moments. I finished checking out the front wiring harness and everything there is good. I was initially concerned because the only thing working was a single high beam, and one front marker light. As it turns out I just needed to replace the headlights, and some bulbs. I thought for sure there was a problem with the wiring because what are the chances that almost nothing works? And historically with this car its always been wiring related, so I am beginning to look for monsters where there are none.

I closed up the front end where I had pulled everything apart to work on the harness, which was a good feeling because finally, something is being re-assembled rather than disassembled. I've also started stripping the paint from the front fascia, and also the drivers side front quarter panel. I've been able to remove the paint from the front fascia with just a razor blade and a little elbow grease. It seems the years the car spent baking out in the sun baked most of the paint on the fascia loose.

On the stainless I have not been so lucky. Who ever originally painted the car did a really good job and used a self etching primer, and that stuff is a real beast to get off. I'm using multiple applications of a chemical stripper, and the progress is very slow. The drivers side front quarter is about 40% complete. I have a long way to go in this area!