Jaime,
There should be bolts between the fender and the grille surround and a bolt
behind each interior kick panel.
Use a penetrant on anything rusted. You can use Marvel Mystery Oil or better
yet,
"Busty" from JustBrits.
Two of your windscreen screws have exposed nuts while the other two are secured
by captive nuts. Try soaking them with penetrant, whacking them with a suitable
phillips screwdriver every now and then. If necessary, try a hand impact
screwdriver on them. If you don't have one, either make friends with someone who
does or visit your local tool shop, hardware store, etc. These screws are
usually
difficult to remove.
If that doesn't work, you will need to use a screw extractor. This would most
likely also be available from the person you befriended for the impact driver.
You will need to drill a pilot hole to insert the extractor. Remember to keep
soaking the screws with penetrant.
If you don't already have the above tools (and lots of penetrant) you will find
they will be needed more than a couple of times when dismantling a car for
reassembly.
jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
BritishCarMan@aol.com wrote:
> Hello list. The time is getting near. I hope to start dismantling the body on
> my Sprite this weekend. The question: Where are all the bolts located that
> hold the front fenders on? I see the bolts on top but I am not sure how many
> bolts to look for underneath and inside the engine bay and so on. Once the
> fenders are removed I will need to remove the windscreen. I tried it already
> and I could only move one set screw. The other three are in solid, very
> possibly rusted in. These set screws bolt into the body. Keep in mind this is
> a 1962 (or 1961) and has been sitting since 1977. The past 9 years it has sat
> in Florida weather until recently. Any suggestions on how to free up the
> other three set screws? I have rust breaker in a can, maybe it will help. I
> await the lists knowledge and advise in this area. TIA.
>
> Jamie
> 1962 AH Sprite MK II (under restoration)
> 1979 Trans Am
> Web site links: <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/darkside/mycar.html";>
> Welcome to my british car site</A>
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