Hello Friends,
Today was a play-with-grand-baby-day, except for a couple of hours
this afternoon. In that free time, I removed the driver's door and
began the process of stripping paint. Yea, this work is WAY premature
but please consider it an exploratory experiment. Here are a few
pictures;
Starting off, here's a look inside of the driver's door.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1146.JPG
As you can see, the latch mechanism has been removed. Here's a little
closer look at that end of the door. You can see that the timbers are
in good shape.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1147.JPG
Over at the hinge-end, you can see there's a little more surface rust,
but nothing hatefull or beyond what a wire brushing and a coat of
POR15 can't handle. Same is true of the body and hinge attachment.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1148.JPG
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1149.JPG
The 'stop' is in good shape as are the hinges. They're adequately
tight yielding no door sag.
I removed the bolts securing the door to the hinges. That was a tough
one! The bolts are rusted nastily and will have to be replaced. Moss
sells a kit of all screws and bolts to redo the doors.
I took the door to the workbench and began stripping paint. Aircraft
Stripper was used. Here's how it looks.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1177.JPG
You can see the places where the surface rust has eaten into the metal
- especially at the edges. The metal is NOT perforated and once
sanded and sealed, will be just fine. Here's a closer look at the
lower edge. Please remember that nothing has yet been sanded or
ground away. This is just how it looks with the paint stripped.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1178.JPG
Tomorrow I will finish stripping the paint and go after the rust with
the sander. I'll also flip the door over, tighten the screws and
re-seat or replace the nails, as required, THEN add POR15 to the
cleaned, rusty areas. More pictures posted then.
-rick
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