Friday Fiddling

Joe (the champion) had the day off on Fri so headed north to do some Impalage. As we were unable to open the boot lock, the rear seats came out to give access to the boot interior. Joe removed the lock from the inside, so it is back to old HR days of opening the boot with a screwdriver.



A set of keys were on the floor of the garage when I got home... from the boot I guess?

A side discovery in removing the seats was a whole bunch of (what looks like) cotton waste stuffed under the seat base and back. Previous owners attempt at sound deadening perhaps? Anyhows, it looks like mice/rats had taken up residence at some stage in the Impala's past as there were nut shells and seeds all through the cotton waste. Not nice.



The interior is beautiful! Really good condition floor metal.



The axle stands were pushed into action and the Impala now sits off the floor with the LS wheels off.



There is evidence of the LF wheel brake cylinder leaking, so that we'll replace both front brake wheel cylinders. The front brake assemblies will come off and be cleaned in brake cleaner.

An inspection of the front suspension shows the ball joints to be pretty good, with a smidge of play in one of the LF ball joints.

The sway bushes are shot, so they will be replaced (both D-bushes and ends).



The worst wear was in the steering draglink. That will need to be replaced.