Sleazy's Garage
This the second part of the heater box restoration. In this video I gave the rusty bits a quick rust converter spray, test the heater core and evaporator core for leaks, plastic weld a big cracked corner together, took apart and scrubbed the fan box, and finally glued the heater box together with the new evaporator core in inside. Then we put the thing back together, finish painting some stuff, and put it in storage.
This is the worst thing I ever had to do for this Mustang (so far). I got a replacement heater box used from Ebay and I decided to split it in two to replace the evaporator core. It involved a heat gun, screwdrivers, a deadblow hammer, and way more force than I was comfortable applying to 30 year old plastic. Never again, lol!
In this video I'm welding up all the holes in the strut towers to prepare the entire engine bay for smoothing. I ended up cutting out small plugs to fill the larger holes. This will likely be "part 1" of this section of the engine bay because I didn't do the back sides of the strut tower or the side facing the firewall.
The wiring harnesses are removed, cleaned up, re-taped and put to the side. Where necessary new wiring harnesses are spliced in and wires are inspected for splits and corrosion.
In this video I did a restoration and re-dye of my stock 1989 Mustang GT dashboard. There were some gauges installed by the previous owner which left some screw holes. It was pretty moldy in some spots.
Removing the quarter glass and doors, fixed a cracked seat stud, cleaning, and finally rust remediation on the door hinges, floor pans, radiator support, and fenders.
In this video, I remove the rear taillights, the rear bumper, harvest the lights, and start to tackle some of the rust.
In this video I tackle replacing the stock factory fender aprons that are full of holes with LMR's smooth fender aprons (with mixed results). This was a huge learning experience for me as I've never really removed and replace sheetmetal panels before.
Finally able to start taking apart my car shaped object. I started with the front body work, trim, molding, etc.
With less mold, I'm able to finish removing the interior, hose it out and push the shell into the garage.