cucvrus
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After seeing some ill efects of NOT cleaning the old seam sealer out of the seams I went about cleaning the 38 year old seam sealer from my current M1009. ![DSCF7989.JPG DSCF7989.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/597/597415-c14210f5c1d173141bed3ef33b89a892.jpg)
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The seam sealer guy on this unit was drunk.
At the rear it was an inch thick in a ball at the rear corner welds. I started grinding it out but was over come by the smoke and dust. I resorted to using a cold chisel.
I really don't want to use a wire wheel in fear of getting bare metal in the joint deeper then I can reach with sealer. This is the left rear 1/4 panel and it was severely damaged by the antenna bracket hitting something. I remembered that I needed to fit the tail light again before I do the final finish work before paint. ![DSCF7994.JPG DSCF7994.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/597/597420-3e9f062837cc96d49ecda836c5fe3407.jpg)
The tail light did not fit so well. I was able to get the taillight fitting in with some tweaking of the mounting area of the 1/4 panel. That was when the whole job went south. I was outside getting a piece for a lawn mower and decided I wanted to play with bees again. It has been hot and dry and the bees love old metal things. I just built that front end of the CUCV less then 10 days ago. Well I had tenants take up residence in the fender area. I wanted 4 clip nuts and went to take them off and got stung again about 4-5 times in the hand. Same hand that was stung on Sunday. That ended my day. I went in and washed and rested for the night. It was 93* in the barn and I was soaked with sweat. But I made headway and that is what is important. I have mild swelling but I can't recall a time getting stung as many times as I have this year. the bees are getting toxic and stings are not as mild as they used to be. Maybe it is my age. But I think they are more aggressive then I remember. but I did reach right into the nest about the size of a half dollar. OH well I will survive. They didn't. Take Care and Be Safe.
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