Since most of my work is going to be under the hood at first I decided to take off the hood to get better access to everything.
I decided to work from right to left under the hood. I am an aircraft mechanic by trade so in all of my refrences to positions it will be looking from the rear of the vehicle forward as I would on an aircraft. There is a lot of surface rust that needs to be cleaned out and treated. I plan on putting on all new hardware on anything I work on. It is probably not needed but it is the little things like that that will make the job look great in the long run.
I was shocked,well not really, to see a big hole under where a makeshift battery tray was. The battery cvable looked a little scary as well. This all will have to be fixed.
Next was to take off the right hood bracket. The bracket will be cleaned up and freshly painted.
I pulled the blower motor next. If it is salvagable I will clean it and paint it. If not then I will search for a new one. Good thing I did pull it as there was a wasps nest inside. No wasps were present though thank goodness.
The routing of the under hood light made it look like it was just thrown in there. I am sure this is not how it came from the factory so it will be rerouted and put in wire loom as it should be.
Next I pulled the heater hose. These will be replaced with new hoses. The clamps used here were either too big or just plain junk. These will be replaced with the right clamps. It looks like there was a seal that has deteriorated that will have to be replaced as well. As I was pulling these hoses off antifreeze started coming out.This is a great thing because when I looked in the radiator I didn't see any antifreeze.
Next I pulled the solenoid and moved it out of the way, and that is when I ran out of time for the night.
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