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Re: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!

To: "Tom Hendricksen" <tom@fransfancies.com>
Subject: Re: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!
From: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@texoma.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:46:35 -0500
Considering the alternative, it is certainly worth a try.

Best regards,

Fred Schroeder
Denison, TX
SRL311-13359
TDROC
Reg e-mail  sitsinwest@texoma.net
Home page  http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hendricksen" <tom@fransfancies.com>
To: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@texoma.net>
Cc: "Pamela Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>; "Autox (E-mail)"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!


> A friend of mine keeps telling me I can shrink the sheet metal and remove
small
> dents with dry ice.  According to him even small creases may be removed
with a
> very small tap from the back side.
>
> I mentioned this to Gordon when I talked to him in Shasta and he said some
> people have learned that if you just poor dry ice on the floorboard and
wait
> for things to cool a bit, then give it a tap with a large rubber hammer
the tar
> just pops off in lots of little pieces. I bet the same would hold true for
any
> place you can apply dry ice to for removing the undercoating too.
>
> Tom
> 69 2000
> Portland, Oregon
>
> Fred Stirred wrote:
>
> > You think that this is a nasty job just wait until you remove
undercoating
> > from the body!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Fred Schroeder
> > '70 2000
> > SRL311-13359
> > TDROC
> > Home page http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pamela Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>
> > To: "Autox (E-mail)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:10 AM
> > Subject: Clean the Frame- YUCK!!!
> >
> > > Talk about gross. After we rolled the frame out onto a disposable
tarp, I
> > > sprayed down the frame with orange cleaner. Then came the fun part!
Got
> > out
> > > the pressure washer and got up close and personal with that greasy,
gunky
> > > piece of iron. When someone talks about down and dirty, this is one of
> > those
> > > jobs.
> > >
> > > Left the frame sitting in the sun to dry for awhile. Rolled her back
in
> > the
> > > garage and removed the rear brake lines, the transmission support and
the
> > > E-brake assembly. It all came apart without anything breaking.
> > >
> > >
> > > One thing I did discover. Make sure the pants you are wearing don't
have
> > any
> > > holes in them.
> > > Grease and dirt gravitate towards body parts not covered by cloth.
Plus I
> > > will need to get some of those foam garden pads for my knees. OUCH.
> > >
> > > Take care and drive safe.
> > >
> > > Pamela Bauman
> > > 67 1600
> > > Westminster, Ca.
> > >
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