Not a fan of the sedan

[brownbear]

thanks priya i will give all your ideas a try and hope i can salvage it the best i can.  i'm going to have paint it no matter what....

[mudkicker715]

After I removed my vinyl I used a stripper but as stated off comes the paint. But it took it off easily.

[Monkeyjoe]

Try the decal remover used to remove vinyl pinstrip and graphics.  It is a wheel you use on your air grinders or dremel.  It is rubber like pencil eraser, it rubs off the vinyl glue and all without damage to paint.  Use with a heat gun somtimes too.

[mudkicker715]

Try the decal remover used to remove vinyl pinstrip and graphics.  It is a wheel you use on your air grinders or dremel.  It is rubber like pencil eraser, it rubs off the vinyl glue and all without damage to paint.  Use with a heat gun somtimes too.

That didn't work.

[brownbear]

Jacked up the eagle and wiggled the wheel and I found a badly worn out pitman arm, so I  ordered and will pick up and put on both the pitman and idler arms and see if that helps.  Very clean underneath except for the quarts of oil that leaked all over for years.  You can tell it's been leaking for a while and bad.  I ordered a new valve cover today as well.   It still has the original tie rods and ball joints and they were still tight and looked clean, just can't grease them.  Only thing that was loose was the pitman arm. I also got a new steering damper, it won't do much for the loose steering, but it might help some.  It's going to need a new steering gear box and I'm not sure how to do one of those.  I did notice the boot was missing on the drivers cv shaft, should I replace just the boot or should I replace the whole shaft?

[IowaEagle]

If there is no grease left on the bearings and they appear contaminated with road dirt, grime, road kill and salt, then I would replace the half shaft.  Some have life time warranties.

[rollguy]

Another way that might work to remove the adhesive is a wire wheel on a drill motor. 

[3 Eagle Feathers]

To remove the glue I would strongly recommend you try Goo Gone before you actually attack it with anything abrasive. You may be able to save your roof paint or at least prevent scoring the metal which would be more work later during paint prep. It won't hurt the paint but will neutralize the glue. Goo Gone is made by Magic American Products and should be readily available just about everywhere. Spray or wipe it on, and leave it for a day or more and then wipe. It may take a little more elbow grease but wont hurt the paint.

[thereverendbill]

what we use at the shop is acrosol (how ever it is spelled) and adhesive remover that we get from our paint supplier.  I removes glue GREAT and doesn't so any damage to paint.  I would call around to automotive paint shops (not body shops) and see what they have to offer

[BenM]

Much nicer then my 87 sedan. It's probably an earlier 87 before they made the aluminum switch.

I too prefer the wagons, but my was cheap and suddenly there right after my girlfriend (now wife) wrecked my Subaru. So it was in the right place with the right price.

Good luck with the vinyl. If I get mine repainted I'm definitively removing the vinyl top too, but mine is still in pretty good condition.

[Whuntmore]

I actually really like the sedan.  that or a 2 door coupe is what I was hoping to end up with.  That's a pretty decent looking one.   typical rot under the driver's feet, but all in all, it looks pretty good.  Nice find.  Paint looks pretty good. 

Yeah, I don't like the rot that they succumb to the vinyl roof.  Mostly around those little 'opera' windows in the back. 

[brownbear]

not sure what rot you are taliking about it looks clean to me.  I haven't been all over the bottom yet, but from what I have seen it's very clean........I may be pussing out, but I think I want to sell this eagle.  Too much work, no place to work on it at..........

[Whuntmore]

That looks like a small hole (rot) by the driver's side foot well.  My mistake if it's not, but it looks like it could be rot.

[brownbear]

rear end sat a little low, so I installed some shackles.  When measured from the bottom of the bumper it was 16 3/4" after intstall it went up to 19".  Pretty qucik install.

[brownbear]

shackles.....