Make sure to look for cracks in the undercoating as with age it gets
brittle. If it's cracked moisture gets in but never gets out - a rust motel.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>
To: <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>; "'Tom Hendricksen'" <tom@fransfancies.com>
Cc: "'Fred Schroeder'" <roadster@texoma.net>; "'Autox (E-mail)'"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!
> Guys
>
> The undercoating is all intact. I'm just going to clean it up and paint
it.
> As the soundproofing, that is 90 % intact but so far has been easy to
whack
> off with a hammer. Plus, Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell II is more fun to
listen
> to-especially Good Girls Go to Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere.
>
> See Ya
> Pamela Bauman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicki Burrows [mailto:gregnvicki@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:13 PM
> To: Tom Hendricksen
> Cc: Fred Schroeder; Pamela Bauman; Autox (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!
>
>
> The dry ice thing only works if you are playing "No Quarter" by Led
> Zepppelin at
> the same time... far out man...
> Greg Burrows
>
> Tom Hendricksen wrote:
>
> > A friend of mine keeps telling me I can shrink the sheet metal and
remove
> small
> > dents with dry ice. According to him even small creases may be removed
> with a
> > very small tap from the back side.
> >
> > I mentioned this to Gordon when I talked to him in Shasta and he said
some
> > people have learned that if you just poor dry ice on the floorboard and
> wait
> > for things to cool a bit, then give it a tap with a large rubber hammer
> the tar
> > just pops off in lots of little pieces. I bet the same would hold true
for
> any
> > place you can apply dry ice to for removing the undercoating too.
> >
> > Tom
> > 69 2000
> > Portland, Oregon
> >
> > Fred Stirred wrote:
> >
> > > You think that this is a nasty job just wait until you remove
> undercoating
> > > from the body!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Fred Schroeder
> > > '70 2000
> > > SRL311-13359
> > > TDROC
> > > Home page http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest/
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Pamela Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>
> > > To: "Autox (E-mail)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:10 AM
> > > Subject: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!
> > >
> > > > Talk about gross. After we rolled the frame out onto a disposable
> tarp, I
> > > > sprayed down the frame with orange cleaner. Then came the fun part!
> Got
> > > out
> > > > the pressure washer and got up close and personal with that greasy,
> gunky
> > > > piece of iron. When someone talks about down and dirty, this is one
of
> > > those
> > > > jobs.
> > > >
> > > > Left the frame sitting in the sun to dry for awhile. Rolled her back
> in
> > > the
> > > > garage and removed the rear brake lines, the transmission support
and
> the
> > > > E-brake assembly. It all came apart without anything breaking.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > One thing I did discover. Make sure the pants you are wearing don't
> have
> > > any
> > > > holes in them.
> > > > Grease and dirt gravitate towards body parts not covered by cloth.
> Plus I
> > > > will need to get some of those foam garden pads for my knees. OUCH.
> > > >
> > > > Take care and drive safe.
> > > >
> > > > Pamela Bauman
> > > > 67 1600
> > > > Westminster, Ca.
> > > >
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