Well, a little cleaning and oiling and the little 99 is running like a jeweled watch.
Unfortunately, the enamel isn’t cleaning up as well as I’d hoped. The pin rash is pretty bad in some areas and while it was coming back with rubbing compound and my smallest DA polisher, there are spots where the enamel is gone right down to the base metal. Other areas aren’t cleaning well and the base has that okd paint cracking everywhere.
So its going to be a full strip down to the frame, ultrasonic for all the bits and then a repaint and new decals.
Oh well. Do it right, do it once.
Pretty sure I’m going to change out the incandescent bulb in the “spot light”. That thibgs gets so hot I’m surprised the plastic body hasn’t melted or burst into flames already…..
Last edited by great white; 02-22-2023 at 07:09 PM.