DynoDave
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Motown Mopar-Wizard
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Post by DynoDave on Jun 11, 2019 8:35:44 GMT -5
If it's had mice in it, I doubt it's salvageable. Even if it's not full of holes, it likely smells of urine. Clean really well when it's out...all the metal, braces, wiring. That stuff stinks. Wear a mask when you take it down, and be ready with a vacuum when it's out. Nasty job. My "barn fresh" Charger was full of the little devils during it's years stored in a barn.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 11, 2019 21:26:15 GMT -5
I got lucky the obvious damage is not worse. No wiring damage that I know of. Just minor damage to the burlap under the rear seat along with the upper right corner of the build sheet. Not much debri under the seat and a small nest. I think the mouse must have got into some posion shortly after setting up camp. It did have a vacation home in the hood supports cause I blew alot of insulation from the carpet out of it. The headliner has 3 or 4 mouse holes in it. It is discolored and tears easily. While trying to unscrew something my screwdriver slipped and poked a hole without much pressure. My primary goal, other than the new carpet, was to try to get the stink out of the interior. I have been scrubbing all the pieces as I've pulled them out. Yeah Dave, I'm all about safety. Drives me nuts watching car shows where they're sanding, etc. w/o masks. I wanna wring somebody's neck. I pulled the carpet and immediately vacuumed the debri. At any given time you will find me grinding away rust on something wearing a mask, rx glasses with safety glasses over them and ear muffs. Hot in the summer but hey the time I didn't have the safety glasses on a sliver of metal bounced around and ended up in the eye prompting a visit to the Dr and I have some permanent ringing in my ears already so keeping down the noise helps.
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Post by jeremy on Jun 11, 2019 23:27:01 GMT -5
My primary goal, other than the new carpet, was to try to get the stink out of the interior. Meet your new best friend - Link(Sorry about the link going through TinyUrl, the Amazon link is too long to work) I had a terrible mouse problem for years, than I was told about this stuff. I soaked the crap out of my carpet with it, maybe more than was necessary, but it did the job.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 12, 2019 7:11:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I have sprayed down the underside of the seats w/oder killing products, scrubbed the soft trim and painted all plastics and metal trim. Going with new carpet and headliner. I think I've got a good plan. Wasn't planning on replacing the firewall insulation but don't think I need to. I've always thought this car would be a great restoration project because of the minimal body rust. No holes in the floor with just 2 small areas of surface rust. Only hole in the outer body is the 1 in the roof which I'm sure got under the glass trim. A couple soft areas of rust bubbling at the lower panels. The usual rust hole under the battery. I'll save the body work for the next guy. 😀
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 13, 2019 14:22:52 GMT -5
I'm going in! Gonna peel back some of the headliner in front to take a look see. Don't know how far I'll get cause I gotta quit soon to run to an old school trim shop before they close. He said he might be able to get the color so I gotta look through his color book from '71.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 13, 2019 19:56:42 GMT -5
Well there wasn't any rust or debri of any sort from the mouse. Just pulled back to the first bow and found it was just dried glue making crunching noise. By the way. Anyone know if I need to get all the glue off and how? I figure at least scraping the loose stuff off. Ran to the trim shop where the old guy pulled out an old book from '71 and we identified my headliner color. He's gonna make some calls to some suppliers that provide him with material for cars going back to the 40's. I'm crossing my fingers that he can get it and it won't cost as much as the bay seller.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 15, 2019 18:47:27 GMT -5
Got the headliner out and scraped off the insulation today. Not too bad. Found another small nest in the right rear corner and his food cache in the other. Cleaned it all up. Will clean it up a bit more and put a coat of primer on the roof.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 16, 2019 12:23:54 GMT -5
So got a question. I marked the holes that the bows were in before removing them. Noticed that they were in different holes side to side. There are 3 holes on each side. 2 are on top off each other with 1 in front, centered between the 2. The pass side #1-5 were in the front hole with #6 in the bottom hole. On the drivers side #1,2,3, & 6 were in the bottom hole with #4, 5 in the front hole. I measure the first set off holes from the front and they seem to be the same distance. Was this just one of those "oops" things from the factory? Should I put the bows back in the same holes side to side when the time comes or where they came out of? I found a bunch of extra trim screws and clips that appear to be from the rear window reveal molding under the carpet and the chunk of steel from where they cut the hole for the shifter linkage left there. Ha! so much for picking up after yourself.
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Post by jeremy on Jun 16, 2019 17:06:53 GMT -5
I wish I'd paid more attention when I took my headliner apart, or so much time hadn't passed between now and then, but I was planning on putting all my bows in the bottom holes. One doesn't want to lock into the full upright position though, and I wonder if moving it up will solve the problem. That could be what the upper holes are for - if a bow comes down the line and is just a little short, move it into the higher position. I'm just guessing though. The difference must not have been noticeable to you when the headliner was installed.
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Post by 71se3834v on Jun 17, 2019 5:56:56 GMT -5
Sound theory.
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