Got the last three parts to the puzzle back from Jeff the painter on Monday. He finished up the inner door panels and reworked and repainted the cowl vent... The cowl vent was stuck shut. (I didn't realize it was paint that was causing it to stick shut.) Soooo, I did the old pry thing on it and bent the corner of it. It was also catching on the rear of the hood when the hood was raised. Jeff used a hammer to bend the front lip back about 1/8th of an inch and straightened out the bent part. He then repainted it and buffed it out. The gasket for it is keeping it raised a little bit and I may have to do a little Mc Gyver on it later.
Meanwhile I got out the side windows and started installing the guides in the doors. I found out I had only ordered one guide and had to call Quinn at Yogi's for a second one. It was here the next day. (Great place with great folks, plus Quinn is my son-in-law. That always helps.) After installing the guides, I took my pattern and was trying to make sure the glass would fit. Well,,,, I had forgotten to account for the space the guides took up in the channels and had to make the glass smaller. I call Barngrover glass in Burlington where I had the glass cut and told them of MY mistake. Mike Conners did a great fix for me and didn't even charge me for the fix. Mike said since I had it cut there that there would be no charge. That's customer service, Thank you very much.
I installed the glass and both seem to roll up and down great. Also while this was happening, I put some Peel and Seal (Sound deadener) inside the doors and inside the inner door panels. Upholstery next, but don't know when that will be.
Now to put some mileage on it.
There is a cruise night tomorrow night which will hopefully be it's first outing. Also it's predicted 80% chance of rain tomorrow. I just have to laugh as I write this. Six years in the making and now it's predicted to rain. Throw your head back and howl. I have a pretty good life.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
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