Tuesday, July 12, 2011

First Wash



















Finally got the car out of the garage from its hibernation and gave it a good bath.  I had been planning to hit it with the pressure washer for some time now, and just had to make the time for it.  I was really being careful to get my other vehicles far away as to not be splattered with any grease or funk.  It was easy enough to roll out of the garage, but I had to wire up the front of the differential tube to keep it from dragging.  By the way, the differential / rear end unit in this vehicle is huge.  It has a torque tube setup which means that the differential assembly actually begins at the back of the transmission.  It looks like a big "T". Can't wait to get that out so I can put a picture of it here.  I washed inside and out and removed a large quantity of junk from the interior and the undercarriage mostly.  I wasn't quite as pleased with the results of the pressure washing on the front suspension.  The front independent suspension had (has) years worth of dried grease built up on the control arms and knee-action shocks...  pressure washer didn't stand a chance.  Its going to have to be a more manual process getting them cleaned up.  The brakes in one of the drums locked up on me when I tried to get it back into the garage and it took some serious pushing to get it back in.  Now to get the driveway cleaned up.