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Posted by: jgiroux67 Jul 20 2004, 06:11 PM
Is it common for there to be a lot of rust at the front jack stand donut(or whatever its called) on the drivers side? I did some rust raiding today and found that it is almost completly rusted through.
What is the best way of repairing this?
I'll post some pictures as soon as I can
Posted by: Jeroen Jul 20 2004, 06:19 PM
Yep, the donuts rust easily, cause they are basically open cavities that will fill with crap and trap moisture
Also by using them, the paint gets damaged, so that's a win-win situation (for rust)
Best way to fix them is to grind off all the rusted metal and weld in new pieces
Dunno if these are available, so you may have to fab new donuts...
cheers,
Jeroen
Posted by: jgiroux67 Jul 20 2004, 06:23 PM
Thank you, thats good to hear.
Posted by: crash914 Jul 21 2004, 05:58 AM
Yes new ones are available from restoration design.....easy fix...not so easy to fix the rust under the other side (battery)
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:42 AM
Hello,
this is what my driverside donut looked like. 
the donut is strong but the panel was rusted through.
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:44 AM
cut the whole shit out and fixed it with fresch metal
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:46 AM
...fresh... 
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:47 AM
doing some welding 
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:47 AM
metallwork 
Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:49 AM
metallwork
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Posted by: michelko Jul 21 2004, 09:50 AM
and again welding
greetings 
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