Parts day

Ordered the clutch disc from Auto Zone this morning and the water guage adapter fitting from a NAPA store.  Picked up the extra engine paint that I had transferred to 2 spray cans.  Stopped by Floyd's Electric to have the generator and starter checked out.  Both looked like they had been recently serviced so they only charged me $5 for the inspection.  Nice!  Tried 3 different tire stores for center caps for the aluminum wheels and finally settled on some "Derby caps" from Belle Tire.  They are 5 bolt type so I'll have to drill the 6 bolt pattern.  Stopped by Harbor Freight and picked up a new hydraulic ram for the engine hoist as well as some rachet wrenches.  Dennis called to tell me the bell housing was finished with sandblasting so I shot up to his shop and picked it up.  Then up to More Power to put a coat of primer on the bell housing and on the battery tray after a little sand blasting.  Auto Zone called that the disc was in already so I picked it up on the way home.  It finally warmed up to near 50 this afternoon so I pushed the car outside and scrubbed down the engine compartment and rinsed the winter dust off the car.  Spent the evening cleaning parts with mineral spirits and the wire wheel on the bench grinder when needed.  Wiped the grime off the generator and starter so they can be painted tomorrow along with several other parts and the engine compartment.