63 Pinner Hightop

[John ED Renstrom]

Most have touched on this post; here are the rest. We use the 8-inch 36-grit pad on the big sander; with it, you only use about the first couple of inches. So you can transfer it to the DA and trim the paper down for the small places. And you get to use it all.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

It sounds like the weather is going through another change for a while, and we might even get a freeze on Sunday. Been getting into the 40s at night and 80s by afternoon. So we need to get this rear door jammed so we can get it back to gather and move the car. If we do it inside, we have to move the car out, don't want to do that in the rain, so it's now or wait for the rain to pass. First, let's get some primer on the bare spots and sand the door down. Then the jams. Then run some paper to control what gets red. The big thing is the plexiglass windows. Then we can spray some red. The hard part is that first pour out of that full gallon can. When you get done mixing red, the place looks like a butcher shop. The rest is easy. Got painted what we wanted to and the hinges. Don't forget the screws. We can touch up what we scratched after we go back together.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

Snuck in last night and applied the white to the door, so it's ready for the weather seal today. Got it on and started bolting the hinges in place. I worried about mixing them up. Even marked them, it's kind of a metaphor of life worrying about something that can't happen. I didn't notice this until I put them back in. They had shims in them on the jam, but not under the bolt inside the pocket. So we dug around and found enough to buy them all in 1/8 on the bottom and 1/16 on the top. Had to lower the car to get the door high enough to slide it back on the hinges. The tricky part is getting it off the sawhorses and onto the jack. They had a set of shims on the lower hinge; we'll try it first without them. Swing the door closed, and it hangs over on the top left and is tight on the bottom. We removed the shims from the top hinge and inserted a set between the mount and the hinge on the lower door side. Kick the bottom out and pull the top over to the right. Now we get the door to go into the hole with a good seal. Surprisingly, a 1/16 of an inch can throw you off. Put the latch back in, the striker on, and the door closed!! Now, what? So, I opened it again, picked up all the tools, and put them away, then went in to fix supper.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

The first thing we did today was check the weather seal.is riding on the jam. Across the top and around the corners, it is falling inside the jam. So we taped the lip up and shut the door, then cut the tap loose. Looking in with the light, the lip is now lying flat against the flat of the jam. All the way around. We can give it a few days to settle in. Now for this center door. Some strange construction here. I wanted to take the latch out to clean it up, but I found out I couldn't without removing the top of the door. Found all the bolts holding things together easily enough. And it was loose, but I could not remove it with the glass in, so I needed to get it off to get the glass out. Realized the front post is tapered so that as it went up, it got tighter on the glass. Therefore, the glass must be removed along with the frame. Found out they held the glass to the riser with clips. The face came out instead, where you could see them; they were pried out, the glass was pulled up, and things came apart. Normally, a glass like that is rolled all the way down, the frame is pulled off, the glass is raised until it clears the door, and then it is removed. This one has to be up in the frame. The other door will be easier. We need the door off to paint the jam that needs it. Look at the door under the lower hinge. You can't save them if you don't do it all. So, might as well use up all the paint I bought.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

So today I decided we had best do it now if I'm going to sandblast the door jam. It would go a lot faster if I had repaired the discharge hose the last time I used it. A trip downtown and a half hr work for a 5-minute task. But it cleans things off slick as can be. We have a small spot to repair before we can prime the area. If we have time, I'd like to run the skin over with some 80-grit and re-prime it. We'll work on the door opening between things. Just to keep busy.