Some progress:
All the windows are out except the windshield. Got to order ALL new rubber for the frames etc.
Went to start it and NADA. After a bit of checking I called it as being
a bad starter. Took it off and ran down to AutoZone and sure'nuff, bad.
It had a AutoZone tag on it and they gave me a new one FREE.
Got home with it and having stuffed a Chevy V8 with a starter or two in
my life to say the least figured that in 30 min I would be golden.
3 hrs later of laying under the engine trying to STUFF the starter into
the starter hole and get the bolt holes to line up I figured out WHY
they bolt holes would not line up. The starter was hitting the bottom
of the block and I could not rotate the starter (about 1/4 inch).
So I take the starter back to AZ they check part number and tell me
that it fits. I tell them drag out the old one I brought in. With a
ruler they measure it and sure enough its not the same width as the one
I brought.
They give me a new one and before I leave we measure it. YEP, this one
is ZACTLY the same, get home and 30 min later, starter is in.
But won't start...after some checking: Good battery, good connection to
starter, but NO connection to ignition switch. Guess I pulled on a wire
and some where I have lost a connection. Got to get out the circiut
tester and track it down....more to follow.
Right now I am stripping it down to get ready to pull off the body for paint stripping. Just using a pressure washer at this time.
