{"id":3205,"date":"2023-10-10T09:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:31:33","slug":"just-puttering-on-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3205","title":{"rendered":"Just puttering on parts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1469.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1469.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1469.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1469-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two have OK dark centers &#8211; correct for &#8217;79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1468.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1468.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1468.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1468-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1467.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1467-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And two have the paint blistering.  I&#8217;m using a mild household paint remover to get the old paint off.  It&#8217;s a bit of a chore. Seems the automotive paint is tough stuff. I think I should have used heat to remove the paint, but my heat gun just went south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1470.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1470.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1470-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The nuts cleaned up nicely.  Five are a little worse for wear and I&#8217;ll replace them on my next parts order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1471.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1471.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1471-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally got my reman power steering pump. Looks good, but the paint is likely minimal so I&#8217;ll sand it down and give it another coat of semi-gloss black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two have OK dark centers &#8211; correct for &#8217;79. And two have the paint blistering. I&#8217;m using a mild household paint remover to get the old paint off. It&#8217;s a bit of a chore. Seems the automotive paint is tough stuff. I think I should have used heat to remove the paint, but my heat &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=3205\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Just puttering on parts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3212,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions\/3212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}