Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I finished cleaning the garage. HEY! It's got a concrete floor!
It's a two stall garage but I was only able to clear room for 1&1/2 vehicles. Way too much stored in here yet. But it seems roomy compared to what it's been for the last several months.
I moved the truck back in and tried to get some work done on it. Tomorrow my son's coming from Des Moines and we're most likely going to have to clear the garage for the tuneup on the Roadrunner.
I discovered that the new paint is preventing my tail light brackets from providing a good ground. I wasn't surprised, - no big deal. I had to replace a few of the bulbs. - Again, I had expected as much. The new right hand tail light works great. The old one on the left side - not as well. There is enough corrosion in the light bulb sockets that (despite cleaning them and using dielectric grease) they tend to be unreliable. There are 3 sockets in each lamp assembly. One for tail/brake. One for back up. - And one for the built in side marker. One of the prongs that holds the side marker bulb in place was rusted off. I went online and ordered a left tail light assembly.
I finished up the tail gate chains.
When it came time to remove the gas tank sending unit I ran into a problem. There's a series of phillips head screws that hold it in place. They're rusty. The crosshairs X head began to strip as I tried loosening it. I gave up right away before I twisted it off or mangled it to the point where I won't be able to use a screwdriver on it. I'm out of rust penetrant. I'll try to get some and hope that it will help me to break these loose.
