I bought my old 93 Z28 back, now it needs some TLC

[MunsterZ28]

Wish I had your skill set man. Looks awesome

[JoeliusZ28]

Agreed still amazes me how well you match that color everytime

[mcalus]

Agreed still amazes me how well you match that color everytime

As long as I make the same color sealer and make the basecoat exact everytime, I should be good.

[mcalus]

Well it's been a crazy shitty week, first lose the chance on a house of my dreams (someone put in an offer like 2 days before me and the bank stopped taking offers just as i got pre approved, my car got backed into and my shift knob showed up 5 days late, at least it showed up...

[mcalus]

I have been wanting to get my a/c system back on the car as a selling point.

Untouched, since I pulled the motor. What? 3-4 years ago?



A little bit of wax and grease remover and a gray scotch brite cleaned the grease off well. I haven't ever polished aluminum but I'm going to start at 600 or 800 and work my way up.

[mcalus]

Ain't no Brent polish job but I can't complain for an hours worth of work

[meissen]

Looks good! I was trying to talk my dad into considering your car but his main turnoff was the A/C being deleted.

[birdie2000]

At the pace he works the A/C will probably be back on by the end of the week, then no more excuses!

[mcalus]

Looks good! I was trying to talk my dad into considering your car but his main turnoff was the A/C being deleted.

stay tuned

At the pace he works the A/C will probably be back on by the end of the week, then no more excuses!

Took the words out of my mouth



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Im going to put all new o-rings on while the parts are off now is the time to do it. Ill probably have it all back together Wednesday. Hopefully charge it Wednesday night or Thursday if all goes as planned.

[mcalus]

[birdie2000]

Looks good! What process are you using?

[mcalus]

Looks good! What process are you using?

600, 800, 1200, 3000 then I used some compound and a mini buffer. Probably would of had better results with some aluminum polish but it was a last minute decision to polish it.

[Blue04ss]

Looks great man!!

[mcalus]

Attempted to install the ac tonight. What a pain in the butt! So much crap in the way. I couldn't line up the lines to the compressor. The top has the header in the way from the bottom the k member is in the way.

frack, she's on jackstands for the night, I threw in the towel.

[mcalus]

Got the ac working. The compressor keeps kicking on and off. A quick google says its low on freeon. I put 2 12oz cans in. I don't have my buddy's gauge usually use. How many cans does it take approximately?