Hell Hole Rust discovered, go me... |
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Hell Hole Rust discovered, go me... |
VaccaRabite |
Dec 9 2005, 04:18 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
So, I had thought that spot through the firewall was isolated. I was wrong.
(IMG:http://static.flickr.com/35/71884394_abb0fd7653.jpg) (IMG:http://static.flickr.com/34/71884388_3b4916eb8b.jpg) I took out the battery tray, as it was looking ratty. After I had it out, I started probling with a screw driver and a hammer to see what was surface rust, and what was problem rust. It seems like the inner fender has issues in the hell hole, as does the engine surround. But the long is solid. I was really whaleing at it with the hammer and screwdriver, and nothing went through. Also, above the hell area, there is surface rust, but I could not probe through that either. How do I fix this? Do I need to take off the outer quarter panel? If so, exactly how do I go about doing that? At this point, should I fix it and weld in a new battery tray there, or move the battery to a box in the back? This is not the first time that the battery box had been replaced. It looked like the top to the tray had been rusted out, cut out, and a new top welded in a long time ago. The person who welded it in, also managed to burn through the inner pass-side quarter panel on one of his tack welds, so that area was weak too. maybe a waek spot the size of a quarter. And, I went out into the garage tonight with the intentions of pulling out my crumbly old fuel lines.... Zach |
VaccaRabite |
Dec 14 2005, 06:22 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I was thinking about this last night, while putting winter wheels on my finace's mazda. Would a cutting torch or a plasma cutter work well for this? Or would I be creating too much heat and just warping the metal.
Perhaps I should just buy a sawzall, and make some sorter metal blades? I've never drilled out spot welds. Anything in particular involved there? Admittedly, it has been too damn cold to go out in the garage today. Just the idea gives me shivers... Zach |