Part 16: Front End Disassembly, Wheel Well Un-Gooing, Dash Removal - My 76 Cosmo RX-5 Restoration

I finally present part 16 of my Cosmo restoration! Has it really been over a month since the last update? I guess I've been busier than I thought and haven't had as much time to work on the car as I would have liked. Regardless, work has been slow and steady when I could find a few minutes here and there to spend in the shop. The work that has been accomplished lately has mainly been grunt work, as shown. In this episode I disassemble the front end, revealing the need for more rust repairs. The front subframe is removed before the wheel wells are cleaned up in preparation for media blasting. Then since I've been putting it off for months, the dashboard is removed as well as under dash components. Included in this episode: front fender removal, nose cone removal, front subframe removal, stabilizer bar removal, scraping wheel well undercoating, undercoating removal with kerosene, rust, dash board removal, heater core removal, heater components disassembly.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mazda
• rx-5
• cosmo
• ap
• restoration
• rebuild
• modding
• rotary
• wankel
• engine
• custom
• 13B
• 12A
• 20B
• front
• end
• nose
• cone
• fenders
• subframe
• member
• drivetrain
• removal
• disassembly
• bumper
• stabilizer
• sway
• bar
• wheel
• well
• tar
• undercoating
• stripping
• scraping
• cleaning
• kerosene
• media
• glass
• bead
• sand
• blasting
• patch
• panels
• dashboard
• instrument
• cluster
• heater
• core
• box
• air
• conditioning
• wire
• harness
• rx2
• rx3
• rx4
• rx7
• rx8

[Javierm0n0]

LMFAO "time passes" nice transition. enjoying these vids man.

[aaroncake]

@Javierm0n0 Finally, someone noticed. "The Doctor? Doctor who?"...."Just The Doctor".

[Javierm0n0]

@aaroncake yeah dude love that show hilarious and well written. whos your fav doctor?

[aaroncake]

@Javierm0n0 On the new series, David Tennant. In the old series, call me crazy but Colin Baker. I like an offensive Doctor.

[aaroncake]

@strandwolf What makes those cars any more worth restoring than any other? And what's the point of starting off with a car that just needs a new paint job and a little interior work? If one is restoring a car, they should start with something that's going to offer a bit of a challenge. Plus when I'm done I'll have a car that I like, know every corner of, and will be absolutely unique on the road. Unlike the 50 Mustangs, Novas, Camaros, Chevelles, Vegas, whatever I see at every car show I attend.

[aaroncake]

@jefa1234 Episode 17 is about 60% edited. It will likely be posted soon, though I make no promises of exactly when. Remember, I'm one guy doing all the work to the car on evenings and weekends, plus dealing with the rest of my life and editing the videos. :-)

[Javierm0n0]

@aaroncake I'd have to go with Tennant and Tom Baker. I haven't gotten to Colin's episodes yet.

[jsupra]

@ 12:37 "Well,this is about at much fun as choreographing a Justin Bieber vs. James Earl Jones strip-off" that brightened up my day.

[aaroncake]

@muchogoocho Well, I didn't want to create an environmental disaster by legally allowing all the junk washed off the engine bay to enter the storm sewers, ending up in the river that runs right past my house and on to the lakes which supply our drinking water. I'm not that irresponsible. Additionally there was the issue of not being able to move the car outside due to the shop door being blocked by a 1st gen undergoing an FC subframe swap.

[aaroncake]

@muchogoocho Until I got the fenders off, there didn't seem to be a need to remove the dash. Plus, I had space concerns in the shop and didn't have anywhere to actually put the stuff once removed.

[muchogoocho]

@muchogoocho also do you know what a pressure washer is? and the outdoors? the two work well together. lol sorry its the internet i gotta troll you.

[muchogoocho]

your seriously retarded for not fully disassembling first..