Day 2 - Disassembly continues

I got some inspiration after recieving the manuals I mentioned in my latest post, so I spent a couple of hours in the garage once again. It's pretty darn cold in Sweden right now and I haven't had the chance to install any heating in the garage, shucks!


Anyway, todays post will be about a lot of minor stuff, but it needs to come off anyway, eh? Some of the stuff will ofcourse be very basic, but my intention is to document everything so that this information can be used by anyone wanting to restore their beloved mopar. ;)

With these, chances of me screwing up are smaller. ;)

I went on to remove the trim support bracket
and stabilizers for the glass in the door...

It was fitted with three bolts, two of them secured glass stabilizers
as seen above. The side pushing against the window is coated with a
rubber like substance to keep the window straight without damaging it.

After removing the three bolts, just lift the trim support bracket.

I went on to the fender side marker lamp which was secured with two screws...

...just like the quarter panel side marker lamp.

Both of the above lights hide a light bulb that needs to be turned
counterclockwise to be pulled out from the lamps... Pretty standard.

To remove the chrome bezel around the main lamps, loosen
the three screws found at the top left, top right and bottom
of the bezel. Do not confuse these with the adjustments
(right and top).

This way the bezel will come out without affecting the lamp itself...

The lamp is secured into it's socket with three screws as well.
You will only have to unscrew them a little, and then the lamp
can be turned clockwise so that the screws align with the larger
holes as seen above. The lamp will then pop out of the socket.

You've all seen this, but I thought it would be nice to take a picture
anyway. A standard connection for the lamp.

The cable for the lamp.

I then went on to remove the door steps which I believe are aluminum.
Four screws did the trick and it could just be lifted off.

On the drivers side my steps are damaged. Can anyone confirm this
is aluminum, and is there any method I can use to fix the holes above?

I really should've cleaned the car before this work started, but to make
a long story short I couldn't get it cleaned before winter and I have no
waterhose in the garage. I will have to clean each part after it has come off.
This is the rocker panel which is secured with two screws.

Behind the rocker panel are several plastic snap-in-contraptions,
so once the two screws are removed, you need to carefully push
the rocker panel upwards and lift it off from the top, this will release
it from the bottom as well. I think there were three or four of those.
Some rust hid there as well.

The removed rocker panel. Yeah, I know, I should've cleaned it. ;)
In difference from what the picture hints the rocker panels are quite
nice except for the dirt.

It's getting close to the end of the day...

And the result: I removed main lights, exterior lighting on the fenders
and on the quarter panels, the rocker panels, the trim support bracket
at the windows, and the aluminum(?) steps.

See, I told you it was a lot of minor stuff, but soon it's all gone and I can concentrate on moving further to more advanced disassembly. I'll try to get out there as soon as possible so I can update the blog frequently! ;)