I finally got to sand blast it, and I am VERY pleased with the results. I polished the residue left after blasting it tonight, it wasn't sand actually it was aluminum oxide that I blasted it with, wasn't my choice, just what happend to be in the blaster at the time. The paint just "melted" right off...
I took the lever off too tonight. Cleaned all the parts there, and found the hole on the lever to be all egged out, so I think I might take that to welding class tomorrow night and weld it shut, then re-drill it.
Soon I will paint the bell (gray part) black.
Kevin Bush