Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

[ckessel]

Caliper is hanging up somehow. Look at the slider areas for burrs, wear, lack of lube etc.

 

[Coelacanth]

When I pulled out the pins, there was no lube to speak of. The car hasn't been driven in over 20 years, mind you. I gave the shafts a polish with 400-grit and will get some proper lube on them when the rotors go back on.

 

[Coelacanth]

Some parts came in from RockAuto and Amazon (!!) so I was able to tackle the sway bar bushings and end links. The nicer ACDelco Gold link kit ended up being cheaper than RockAuto after factoring in shipping and USD-to-CAD conversion, and shipped next-day. This kit looked noticeably beefier than the original ones I pulled off.

I removed the bar, 2 retainers and 2 mounting brackets and cleaned off all the guck, degreased all the parts, nuts & bolts, gave everything a thin coat of Fluid Film for rust prevention, and reinstalled everything. Eventually I'll get around to cleaning much of the undercarriage and spraying on some Fluid Film.

 

[Coelacanth]

Surprise, surprise...more rust found.

While I had the front wheels off to replace the rotors, gazing up into the fender well, I saw some rust-through on the passenger side splash shield, at the top outer corner and near the bottom. What is that upside-down U-shaped rubber thingy called? Fortunately the driver side is good, I'll just need to replace one splash shield, but both rubber things need to be replaced.

Installation question: It looks like this part mostly just pops in with push-pins, but what's the process to replace it? Is there welding involved?

 

[MWbirdLOVER70]

Surprise, surprise...more rust found.

While I had the front wheels off to replace the rotors, gazing up into the fender well, I saw some rust-through on the passenger side splash shield, at the top outer corner and near the bottom. What is that upside-down U-shaped rubber thingy called? Fortunately the driver side is good, I'll just need to replace one splash shield, but both rubber things need to be replaced.

Installation question: It looks like this part mostly just pops in with push-pins, but what's the process to replace it? Is there welding involved?

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The rubber is the upper seal of the splash shield and the clips just hold the the rubber to the sheild

 

[Coelacanth]

It's almost spring time in northwestern Canada and I got around to cleaning up some used front sidemarkers and restoring my original reverse lights. As Grendel will be a driver, I'm mainly concerned only with visible appearance of these parts, I won't be replacing with brand new repros. The sidemarker chrome had the usual crud and decades-old wax remnants inside the grooves. I cleaned that up with 0000 steel wool, now they're presentable again and ready to reinstall. My reverse light housings were a tad more work but at least the visible stainless parts clean up nicely with the steel wool. Here's a before-after showing one of them; the other will definitely need more attention.

 

[MWbirdLOVER70]

It's almost spring time in northwestern Canada and I got around to cleaning up some used front sidemarkers and restoring my original reverse lights. As Grendel will be a driver, I'm mainly concerned only with visible appearance of these parts, I won't be replacing with brand new repros. The sidemarker chrome had the usual crud and decades-old wax remnants inside the grooves. I cleaned that up with 0000 steel wool, now they're presentable again and ready to reinstall. My reverse light housings were a tad more work but at least the visible stainless parts clean up nicely with the steel wool. Here's a before-after showing one of them; the other will definitely need more attention.

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Looking good brother!!!