To the bottom: Removing Tectyl

Now the 142 is on the bridge and on it's side, I can get to removing the tectyl. This is what it looked like before I got to it. As you can see I left the fuel line and break lines in place until the car was on it's side, so I could remove it easily.

To remove the tectyl, I was told to get some Fluid Film Liquid A and to soak it with it. So I did. I covered all the tectyl by putting the Fluid Film on with a big brush, repeating it a few times with a day in between. After that, the tectyl got a bit spongy. With a paint scraper I could scrape of the tectyl, or at least a lot. After scraping a lot of, again I put the Fluid Film on what tectyl was left.

It is still a lot of work, and it is still not totally done. But I think the Fluid Film makes the job a lot easier. The photo above is not how it is right now. I have done most of the bottom, most of what is left is the rear wheelhousings and the part under the sheetmetal of the rear.