Sunday, September 28, 2008

Elbow grease...and a lot of it.

Today we removed the exhaust and muffler from the car. Only a few bolts and one wire were used to mount the exhaust so this was a pretty east part to take off.

On the tail pipe, I couldn't tell if it was rust or paint on the surface, but after giving it a good scrub with some steel wool, the shiny chrome underneath was revealed. With most of the chrome parts on the car, this appears to be the case. With a lot of elbow grease, this car can be pretty.

Removing the steering wheel has been tricky and thus far unsuccessful. After purchasing a 1 1/16" socket from AutoZone (couldn't find this size in the local hardware store), we tried to remove the nut holding the wheel in place, but it does not seem to want to budge. Even a good dousing of liquid wrench didn't help. Going to have to think about this one a bit more.

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