Been working on YROG pretty steadily the last few weeks. I've more or less been going over the whole car and fixing small things, and upgrading a lot of little bits. Any glass that was cracked or blemished has been replaced. The blue flathood is now on. I did this by myself, which was a big mistake. I properly ran the older style 245 washer reservoir in the back and plumbed it to the front. I did it with all factory plumbing and bits, and should help clean up the engine bay a little.
I then upgraded my e-brake to the one I found on our resident PYP 245. That car is sooooo clean, so the more I went out there, the more I pulled.
Mine was rusty and pretty ugly. Then I started noticing how shiny all the nickel-plated hardware was at the PYP, so I pretty much went through the whole interior of that car and pulled it, and changed anything that was easily accessible in mine. Lots of torx in there too, which was new to me, but it brightened up a lot of rustier bits for sure.
What's left of the collection:
Rear carpet was changed to a later model one, as it covers more of the rear seat area as well. Some later trim around the tailgate and rear doors was added, which looks a lot nicer, and holds its shape better.
Then on went the white door which I had sitting around for a while. My driver's door had been hit at some point, and was the rustiest of all my doors. So this went on, and will be spray-bombed until a proper paint can be done.
From here I started to sort computer positioning. The later cars mount one computer on the passenger kick-panel, and the other one to the passenger firewall panel. That panel has a holder right on it. I tried pulling it, only to find it was spot-welded on. So I just pulled the whole panel to get the holder. It also had a nasty lump of metal welded to it, which Craig quickly removed for me. Thanks Craig!
The block of metal is at the bottom. Extra weight must be avoided. The extra bonus of this panel is that it has a much larger hole in it, which allows me to run factory grommets and still get my computer plugs through the firewall. The old panel would have required drilling, or the cutting of some wire.
I've got window scrapers on order, and I'm just starting to sort and organize wire in the engine bay. The best news is that this has actually been fun. Almost every day I'm just excited to get out there and do something....even if its just really small. Things are looking up.
