Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon
2/19/24:
Everything I can remove, clean or easily upgrade on the firewall / engine bay is getting that process done. Including the master cylinder, steering column, the associated mounting plate and brackets etc.
Included in that list is the voltage regulator, ballast resistor, horn relay, bottle cap windshield pump check valve assembly, bulkhead connector, battery feed and alternator charging wires which were burnt to a crisp. (I am not sure how the car did not burn itself to the ground before I owned it, and prior to myself rebuilding the main engine bay harness that housed these 2 severely over heated at one time wires)
I have already rebuilt, cleaned, and rejuvenated the heater box, heater valve and horns last year if you have been following along you knew that.. If you haven't that's okay, I am sure there are more ridiculous things that I will put here.
(I may need to visit those horns again because only one works, but they look fantastic.)
The previous owner had a body shop cut in the paint work under the engine bay, but the shop did a 1/3ass job and painted all of the wiring and connections seemingly everywhere, so that bothered me a bit, I had to make it right.
I cleaned and abrasive blasted the wiring connectors, yes I glass beaded the plastic and the brass connectors along with re taping/ re wrapping the 2 engine bay harnesses. One is the main wiring going from the bulkhead to the engine, horns, and everything starter/charging related.
The other is a small harness that runs the entire front end lighting. I suspect I had high resistance on some of the circuits due to the cruddy connections (green brass) that I uncovered. The abrasive blast cabinet solved that in a hurry.
I also got the front parking / turn signal lights rejuvenated.
They were not totally trashed, but can always be improved on. I broke one connector that was really corroded when I tried to disassemble it, so I have that to fix, but the lenses need replacing, so I found some new ones and the gaskets, well were 62 year old parking light gaskets so I ordered new ones along with some other supplies from DMT.
Firewall trinkets that got redone.
Many should be done with cadmium or zinc plating processes, but I do not have the kits for those yet, so abrasive blasting and painting will do for now.
Yuck, I hope to get this sorted out.
Bottle cap before blasting and respraying:
Firewall trinkets ready to be reattached:
Ruh Rough.... These wires got a little steamy.
Just the 3 high current wires needed replaced - all of the lower current wires appeared to be unaffected.
2/19/24:
Everything I can remove, clean or easily upgrade on the firewall / engine bay is getting that process done. Including the master cylinder, steering column, the associated mounting plate and brackets etc.
Included in that list is the voltage regulator, ballast resistor, horn relay, bottle cap windshield pump check valve assembly, bulkhead connector, battery feed and alternator charging wires which were burnt to a crisp. (I am not sure how the car did not burn itself to the ground before I owned it, and prior to myself rebuilding the main engine bay harness that housed these 2 severely over heated at one time wires)
I have already rebuilt, cleaned, and rejuvenated the heater box, heater valve and horns last year if you have been following along you knew that.. If you haven't that's okay, I am sure there are more ridiculous things that I will put here.
(I may need to visit those horns again because only one works, but they look fantastic.)
The previous owner had a body shop cut in the paint work under the engine bay, but the shop did a 1/3ass job and painted all of the wiring and connections seemingly everywhere, so that bothered me a bit, I had to make it right.
I cleaned and abrasive blasted the wiring connectors, yes I glass beaded the plastic and the brass connectors along with re taping/ re wrapping the 2 engine bay harnesses. One is the main wiring going from the bulkhead to the engine, horns, and everything starter/charging related.
The other is a small harness that runs the entire front end lighting. I suspect I had high resistance on some of the circuits due to the cruddy connections (green brass) that I uncovered. The abrasive blast cabinet solved that in a hurry.
I also got the front parking / turn signal lights rejuvenated.
They were not totally trashed, but can always be improved on. I broke one connector that was really corroded when I tried to disassemble it, so I have that to fix, but the lenses need replacing, so I found some new ones and the gaskets, well were 62 year old parking light gaskets so I ordered new ones along with some other supplies from DMT.
Firewall trinkets that got redone.
Many should be done with cadmium or zinc plating processes, but I do not have the kits for those yet, so abrasive blasting and painting will do for now.
Yuck, I hope to get this sorted out.
Bottle cap before blasting and respraying:
Firewall trinkets ready to be reattached:
Ruh Rough.... These wires got a little steamy.
Just the 3 high current wires needed replaced - all of the lower current wires appeared to be unaffected.