Today decided to hold off rain until after sun down. That worked well for me.
With the passenger seat out, I took over the garage as restoration area. No padding upgrade yet, just needed a space to store the thing while I did rust remediation on the back footwell area. With the seat out, I have access front to back on that side. Put the seat on its side and sanded off the rust and sticky stuff. Clean it up and gloss it with rust stop rattle can. It is not hot in there, so I snag a little space heater and aim it toward the chair to at least get it warm enough to put a second coat and then a black color coat. When that dried, two light coats of clear. Hit the tool cabinet and grab the tube of Rail Lube I found at PnP ages ago. I have not been looking at the seat cover, since I have it masked with newspaper to reduce overspray. Let the thing dry and cure for the afternoon while I take the wire wheel to the rear footwell and find it to be fairly sound, except for the angle to the back riser. Rust has eaten through along the crease/seam and will need patching. Prep for POR, then head out to lunch in the sun, allowing the surface to get "bone" dry. Come back and coat the bare metal thoroughly, as well as seams and up the sides where the seat will go back in. Move forward and second coat the area I hit yesterday. While that sets up, I snag a few fiberglass patches and work them over the gaps and pits in back. Saturated, so I head under the bonnet and coat the battery tray. Now the waiting game and musical chairs of who is dry and tacky enough for another coat? I have three total on the front footwell, two at back and two on the battery tray. Time to go inside and figure out if I want dinner. Ended up going through the boxes of fleabay and Rusty goodies that are sitting on the front porch. Got sample of color choices in paint and interior, some decals, and the plugs and wires from Rusty. Second time in as many orders, the box is short. Whiskey Tango? Missing trans kit came today, warehouse did not put it in the box with first order. Now one of the two breather hoses did not make the ride out. At least the packing slip shows it was not in the box. Open the large box that holds the headrests. Old ones are shot. The pointy ends have been worn down and would like to be pointy once more. Head to the garage to grab a headrest and remove the old. Another surprise. The thing is horsehair stuffed. Metal skeleton, horsehair surrounding a foam core. AND THE SKIN of the 'rest is LEATHER! Dang! My seats are leather. This is pretty cool, but going to be expensive to deal with. Not sure I feel up to dragging the old horsehair pads out and putting fresh inside leather. Tex would expand/stretch, but leather that has not been fed in ages is going to be a huge hassle. The "new" pad insert is too fat to allow the cover to go back on. Will need to sculpt it internally to get better fitment. Maybe I let the upholstery fellow do that. I have leather care product, so I fed the head rest cover. Will have to use lexol stuff on the seat tomorrow. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
