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Sunday, July 13, 2008

top removal part 2 - rusty bolts

So I jumped right in where I left off removing the passenger side aby door. First I have to disconnect the license plate lights. I was pleased to see that they were just twisted together with black tape. No problem... Then started up bolting the door and again having the right size mm socket is the most important. Again the upper bolts were easy but the bottom bolts run through the tub and have rusty nuts on the other side. This took me close to 1 hour to remove the rusty nuts. I went ahead and started hitting other rusty things with WD. I went over all the bolts and looked for any problems. I could tell right off the bat that the upper door bolts were going to be a problem.. Anyway started removing the bottom tub bolts. and all went well only broke one off and it took me 2 hours to remove the other back bolts that went all the way through the tub rail. I dont think they are supposed to be like that. I ended up having to drill out one of the front screws that hold the top to the windshield, that was a long process which I would not want to repeat anytime soon.

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