Not Yet
Well, I went by to check up on things last Friday, and nope, still not in the paint booth. They said it wouldn’t start–just turns over, but won’t fire. Fortunately, they have a mechanics division of the votec. So it was supposed to go over there yesterday to fix that problem.
I also delivered some OEM side-skirts that I found on the Internet. I paid a little more than I’d like to have for 6lbs of plastic, but whatever. They’ll need to be refinished of course, and I guess they’ll have time to wet-sand and prime them while the engine problem is being checked out. They will have to drill holes in the body to mount them. I’m hoping the holes will be primed properly to minimize chances of rust later on.
Also while I was there, the instructor asked if I could bring over all the parts that I had purposefully removed my self.. Why? I know where all the screws and clips go, and wanted to make sure that none were lost and/or left out in the reassembly. But, I can understand that they guy doing all the work would want the satisfaction of seeing it all pretty and whole once again.. wanting to actually produce a final product (To paraphrase: “And God saw all that He had made and judged it very good..” obviously resonates with us mortals). So, what I think I’ll do is suggest that when all the painting is finished, I’ll take the day off and come over with the parts and we can reassemble it together. I hope he’ll go for this. I really did diagram where things go back on and separated the parts into baggies. 🙂
On another note, I checked again with the Pull-a-Part here in Jackson, and they in fact have recently obtained a ’95. I shot over there, but only found one part to be of any use–the shocks that hold up the hatch-back. I replaced mine for the first time a couple of years ago, and they’re already in need of replacement again. The ones at the junk yard looked original, but worked well. I pulled those and left.
I also ordered from Amazon some glue to reseal my headlights back together after swapping the lenses on both driver side lights. I believe this is a compound that you’d use to replace a windshield, but has all the properties that I’d think would be necessary for the headlights (non-hardening, waterproof, etc.) In this last visit to the votec, I pulled the driver side high-beam to replace its lense too since the reassembly will be done there and not here. I wouldn’t be able to remove the high-beam fixture without taking the bumper off again. I’m still procrastinating resealing the lights.
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