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**njsteve** · #**431** 07-20-2007, 03:25 AM

Found some of the 3M "Adhesive Cleaner" at the local auto parts store. 3M doesn't make the Weatherstrip Adhesive Remover anymore, and it superceded to this stuff. I guess it was just too effective so they had to take it off the market. This stuff didn't do a whole lot to existing trunk weatherstripping because it can't really get down under the rubber and into the channel, so you still have to rip, peel and scrape your way down to the channel. Once you get the majority of the old weatherstripping out you can then spray this stuff on and let it soak in. I then used a wire wheel on a hand drill and the rest of the adhesive and weatherstripping residue came out.

StriperSS · #**432** 07-20-2007, 03:55 AM

I've been using 3M products for 31 years now, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that they never leave well enough alone. You find a product that works well and get used to using it. The next time you buy a can of it, you find that it doesn't work as well as the previous batch, because they've re-formulated it. I've had that problem with their Wax and Grease remover a few times, and now just lately their automotive grade green masking tape. It's pretty frustrating, because they'll never admit there's any problems with their products, but eventually it'll go back to the way it was.
John

**njsteve** · #**433** 07-21-2007, 07:15 PM

Many, many thanks to Mr70 who sent me a pristine white 8-track housing along with the original cardboard wrapper.

Here is the finished product. I ended up printing the label on a large piece of 8-1/2 by 11 photo paper. I then cut it out and used spray adhesive (the kind designed for mounting photos in scrap books) on the back of the photo and the sides of the tape. It stuck perfectly and the photo paper gloss matches the original label perfectly. Thanks to all who helped during this chapter of the ongoing novel, especially Mr70!

P.S. I am still trying to figure out why the lady in the photo is sitting on a green bench seat in the middle of a tropical rain forest. Where the heck is the rest of the car? or is this some clue to the next episode of "Lost?"

**njsteve** · #**434** 07-21-2007, 07:29 PM

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Dang Mac, given your current progress, when do you expect to have her completed?

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It's all going exactly according to plan: Sometime in Spring of 2005.

**mockingbird812** · #**435** 07-21-2007, 08:51 PM

Mac,

Most excellent! Sounds like your projects "progress" like mine

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VintageMusclecar · #**436** 07-21-2007, 10:09 PM

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Dang Mac, given your current progress, when do you expect to have her completed?

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It's all going exactly according to plan: Sometime in Spring of 2005.

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I think you're gonna need this then:

Eric

70-SS/RS-L78 · #**437** 07-22-2007, 05:00 AM

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Looks Great
Steve it "Looks Great",did you clean or replace the lines?

70-SS/RS-L78 · #**438** 07-22-2007, 05:03 AM

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Steve Nice Job! Did you clean or replace the lines?

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**njsteve** · #**439** 07-22-2007, 06:00 AM

Those are the originals. I just cleaned them with the fine grade wire brush on a bench grinder. Just make sure you have lots of room to twist and turn the lines as you go along.

**njsteve** · #**440** 07-25-2007, 10:48 PM

More bodyshop progress. Discovered some interesting discrepencies in how the underside of the shaker is supposed to be painted. Here is a shot of an original one with the natural finish showing on the fiberglass:

And now the one from my car. As you can see the underside was fully blacked out prior to the metal mounting base being riveted on at the factory. (The underside was lightly glassbeaded prior to these photos so that is why the white base material is showing)

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