March 3, 2016

I got the first floor panel out.  I had to cut it into three pieces, but it wasn’t that difficult. DSCF0620

 

And I had a realization.  I’ve been thinking of cleaning the rust off the frame and painting while I’m on a creeper underneath.  How silly!  It’s about 100 times easier to do it now, while the floor is open.  The rust isn’t as bad as I expected.

DSCF0622 DSCF0624Definitely rusty, but only fairly light surface rust.  That must be because (according to the previous owner, who I believe was the second) it was parked and not moved.  So I cleaned the rust off. Mostly I used a 4.5 inch grinder with a wire brush, but I have a small sandblaster and used that where the power brush didn’t reach well. At this point I looked at the welds, and all look good.  Decent quality and no visible cracks. And the first coat of Alumathane is on.

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Tomorrow I’ll get the second coat on.  Not sure if the weather will allow me to replace the floor.  I might have to wait.  I need an hour or so of dry weather, and tomorrow is supposed to be wet.

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