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junqueyardjim · #6 08-06-2005, 05:39 PM

Well, central Indiana cooled off just a little the past few days. I do hate it when it is too hot to work and if I stay in all day, bare foot of course, then with the AC on my feet get cold. Sometimes I just go out on the deck to warm my toes.
Yesterday, I finished cleaning grease, and when that was finished I began removing a large section of the right rear fender that I need for a rust repair. I borrowed son in law's battery powered sawzall and I got it off pretty nice. I cut it big enough so that my bodyman can trim it up the way he wants it He is also going to paint my front fenders, (from the 83) and at fall break I am going to install them along with POR repair at the front of the left rocker panel. Not much damage there yet, but it has to be repaired, now. After that I removed the exhaust, and since my boy was home, we hung it up in the garage. Last night, in the cool of the evening, I gently cleaned the engine of the 85. It wasn't very dirty, but I had a spray bottle of "zap" that I was supposed to use on the garage floor, but I used it on the engine. With a nice water bath following, it really looked nice and clean.
This morning it was pretty warm again and I still had the garage to clean up. Oh yes, also yesterday, I was going to take out he rear window of the 83. I almost had it out, yet it was sticking at the drivers side upper corner. I gave it a smart "waack" with the back or bottom of the fist and it went hissssssssssss and instantly turned into a large gravelly mess of glass. What a mess! But the garage needed a good cleanup anyway, so it got done. Also washed that beautiful maroon towncar which made the wife very happy. I used that "Zap" on the grill and headlight covers which had a lot of bug debris remaining from our big trip in July and it really cleaned the front end very nicely. But by then it was almost noon, actually I PM, and I was tired, hot and dirty. Then to come in, take a nice shower and live in the comfort of a home cooled and dehumidified, watch the Cubs loose to the Mets and check what might be new on Mercedes Forumn. By the way, after washing my diesel last night, on about the 5th start this morning, nothing - nothing at all. Good battery, everything is hot, but no cranking, no cranking at all. Well, I suspect it is a ground, and I am going to let it set tell evening and hope with a lowering of the temperature it might crank up. If it doesn't, we will just give it a gentle tow. I just don't like working on my car except here on the driveway or in the garage, and these old Mercedes are capable of a towing start. So we will do that this evening. (Car is at the Hamilton County Fair grounds)