Yesterday morning I remembered to charge the battery for the portable Dremel tool. Last night I spent a few minutes working with a skinny cutting bit to get closer in to the spindle. I then broke out a large cold chisel and a 2 lb hammer, took a deep breath, whacked - and the crank arm popped right off. Yay!
It takes a village (idiot) ....
After that I spent a few minutes cleaning the worst of the grime off the frameset with strip of an old sheet and Meguiar's cutting polish. There is a lot more rust than I initially thought, but I think all will be okay.
This morning I found I couldn't get the headset locknut to budge, so I liberally soaked it with Liquid Wrench - we'll see what that does for us. Then I attacked the BB. The cups are in good shape, the bearings acceptable, and the spindle will do for now, but there are some pits. I remind myself that this is the Clunker Challenge, and perhaps afterwards I'll pop in another spindle, or perhaps even a whole cartridge unit. It all went back together smoothly with fresh grease.
Finally, I remembered to take a photo for the great serial number collection -
1987 for the 1988 model year?
My side challenge - can I get this bike assembled and shaken down in time to take it with me on the family beach vacation next Saturday?