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| pupwag |
 Mar 30 2006, 08:43 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 19-March 06 From: ATL GA Member No.: 5,739  |
1-10. From rear of the battery tray to the firewall along the top of the frame rail there is a one inch wide groove rusted out of the top of the rail along with the inner fender well adjacent to it.The forward lower part of the inner trailing arm mount (where the sheet metal does a 180 wrap ) is part way rusted thru.The sheetmetal that holds the engine compartment gasket is gone in that area of course. Is this a repairable instance?Typical?
I'm a newbie to this vehicle.I had not looked into the engine compartment of one since 1971 when the next door neighbor bought one.So I have no basis for comparison.Seems like the afficianados here have seen a hellhole or two. |
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| Rand |
Mar 30 2006, 11:43 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
If there is a one-inch wide opening in the top of the frame rail, below battery and forward, there is going to be serious rust inside, and probably through the bottom of the longs. You need to get behind the rocker panels and poke with an ice-pick or screwdriver all over the place underneath between the jack plate and under/inside/rearward/below firewall/etc. Also do this test: Top off, passenger side window down. Notice the gap between the top/rear of the door and body. It should be equal all the way down to the bottom. Face the rear of the car, step your right foot over the door and plant it on the long/frame rail so you can stand on it. Watch the door gap. All your weight on your right foot, bounce your weight up and down to try and flex the car while watching the door gap. If that door gap changes visibly, it will need a lot of cutting/welding/fabbing/welding/mondo repairs. |
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