So I got the old girl home on Tuesday. Although it needs more work than I expected and I know now that I should have paid more and gone local, I'm still pleased with it. RV gas alone was $650 to go from Baltimore -> Jefferson City -> Baltimore. Yeouch! But it's water under the bridge now. Getting a trickle charger from Pep Boys tomorrow to recharge the refilled batteries. Hopefully they hold a charge. They look decent. Tires and brakes are also very good as is the rest of the body. Spare is new. With a jump it cranks twice and starts right up. Needs belts but that's to be expected.
The first order of business is going to be to replace the passenger side door. It's a much deeper wound than I expected from the GL picture. Then off to the body shop to realign the hood, bumper and front fender (and bang out the edge dent). It looks like it was caused by low speed convoy bump and then a crowbar to open the passenger door. I know my limits and there is just too much fiddling around getting those lined up right for me to do it. My body guy will do it cheap since he doesn't have to paint and it doesn't have to be picture perfect.
Next order of business will be the glow plug and starter relay upgrades.
Then it's on to the back seat. Suburban seat with head rests are the order of the day and I'm going to have to figure out a way to get shoulder belts in before the wife will allow the kids to ride in it.
Then it will be time to purchase a welder and rebuild the rockers. The drivers side is very very bad and the passenger side has one hole all the way through about the size of my thumbnail. I was very surprised at the drivers side but the price of new metal is reasonable so I'm not too worried. Just got to try and afford the 110V MIG rather than the flux core wire feed welder for 1/4 the price. If I have to go flux core then it will be ugly but that's life and grinding disks are cheap.
Finally, a bit of door alignment or new pins on the drivers side since it drops about 1/8" or so. It's enough to require a slam to get it closed tight.
Pictures soon.
The first order of business is going to be to replace the passenger side door. It's a much deeper wound than I expected from the GL picture. Then off to the body shop to realign the hood, bumper and front fender (and bang out the edge dent). It looks like it was caused by low speed convoy bump and then a crowbar to open the passenger door. I know my limits and there is just too much fiddling around getting those lined up right for me to do it. My body guy will do it cheap since he doesn't have to paint and it doesn't have to be picture perfect.
Next order of business will be the glow plug and starter relay upgrades.
Then it's on to the back seat. Suburban seat with head rests are the order of the day and I'm going to have to figure out a way to get shoulder belts in before the wife will allow the kids to ride in it.
Then it will be time to purchase a welder and rebuild the rockers. The drivers side is very very bad and the passenger side has one hole all the way through about the size of my thumbnail. I was very surprised at the drivers side but the price of new metal is reasonable so I'm not too worried. Just got to try and afford the 110V MIG rather than the flux core wire feed welder for 1/4 the price. If I have to go flux core then it will be ugly but that's life and grinding disks are cheap.
Finally, a bit of door alignment or new pins on the drivers side since it drops about 1/8" or so. It's enough to require a slam to get it closed tight.
Pictures soon.