HMX: Rear Brake Lines, Rear Axle

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Keep pecking away at the components for the rear suspension and rear axle swap. On the axle front, I spent a good part of the last three weeks scraping caked-on grease from the pumpkin, then went at it with some Simple Green and a scrub brush until I felt that primer and paint would actually stick to it. For a paint color, I was thinking bright yellow, just like the monster trucks of the 1980s. Continue reading at Hemmings

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Posted at 8:18 am in AMC, AMX, Dan Strohl, Hemmings

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1746639
Aug 4, 2009 at 6:16 am

3 weeks to remove grease? LMAO!
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Took me about 30 minutes with GUNK and a scrub brush on the T/A rear I swapped into my ’94 V6 Firebird. Even had time to wire brush the whole thing, hit it with isopropyl alcohol and give it a nice Enamel candy coating. Check it out:
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3129658/2

PureBusiness
Aug 3, 2009 at 11:07 pm

wonder if it’s a little scary with brake lines you made yourself.tHe

Monk73
Aug 3, 2009 at 8:44 pm

Screaming yellow would have been sweet! But diggin the grime and sanding is a pain in the ass.

oldscoob
Aug 3, 2009 at 10:58 am

I had this chore on my fathers rigs growing up. grinding down hoping the rust bubble of iron wasn’t a hole through it. there is a trick for the high temps, cars won’t need it…although if the first layer is crystaline silica based, then the oxide red stuff, then black stove paint..you will notice chemiostry nearly ,mastered. cars are thin enough to respond, unless aluminized or titanium, or subaru type/bimmer/infiniti, they never need this stuff.