Getting down to the nitty gritty now, the rear section of the frame is wire wheeled and coated in rust reformer. I need to take the front section to the car wash and hit it with the pressure washer, I scraped most of the grease off, but there is a lot in the nooks and crannies of it.
I tried to clean up the threads on the transaxle, but two of them were boogered up pretty bad, so I ordered a thread repair kit and am just going to do all 4. Been a while since I've bought a kit, I don't remember spending $30 on it. I may ditch the inserts that come with it and use 316 stainless steel ones from McMaster and Carr. When that's done, I can start prepping it for paint.
I tore the Delco/Remy starter/generator apart using the repair guide I found online and cleaned, lubed, and bench tested it. I was going to get a rebuild kit for it, but the brushes and bearings don't look bad, there was some petrified grease in there that I think was causing a noisy bearing. It's currently getting a coat of paint. I still need to take a look at the voltage regulator, but I need to educate myself a little more on what to check while I'm cleaning it up.
Most of the deck stuff is done, I patched the pin holes, primed it, put 4 coats of Van Sickle EZ Slide graphite paint on the underside, and IH white paint on top. I can't get the pulley off of one spindle, but they are all tight, so I really don't need to break them down, I'm going to flush them out with new grease, clean them up and paint them.
More of a "look organized" thing, but I'm putting those fancy grease fitting caps on everything, I usually do a before and after wipe when greasing to keep things clean, but between work and personal equipment, I'm finding it harder to remember every fitting on every machine, and it's nice when a big, yellow cap shouts "don't forget me!".
I still need to purchase quite a bit of stuff yet, drive pulley, steering wheel, seat, seat cover, decals, belts, a few idler pulleys, some miscellaneous electrical stuff, and some other odds and ends.
