jackpoint rust repaired!, buying this car Options

[BK911]

On wow. Not the way I am doing mine!
IMO the jack plate is superficial, unless you use it.
Its the rocker behind that probably needs attention.
Looks sorta like lipstick on a pig.

[Mike1981]

On wow. Not the way I am doing mine!
IMO the jack plate is superficial, unless you use it.
Its the rocker behind that probably needs attention.
Looks sorta like lipstick on a pig.

I see your point

He did cut out the rusted area
The backside looked pretty good with no rust through

My plan is to use Eastwood green stuff internally for the entire rocker
then eastwood rust encapsulator on all exterior surfaces

[malcolm2]

I learned or should I say that I surmised, during my repair that the hole in the jack support is there to drain water. But what it does is let dirt and water in. Once the dirt is in and packed, the water is absorbed and starts the rust process from the inside.

So it should be on the maintenance list to take a punch and break up the dirt in the jack support once a year. You have either eliminated the access point for the dirt and water, or eliminated a way to get it out by welding a solid plate.

And maybe should drill a hole in your new plate and force the "rust mort" in there. Cause the rust was on the long side too.

I did a similar repair, but left the hole and used a similar product to rust mort. An inner channel spray paint from Eastwood on the inside.

(EDIT) I just realized that in your photo, you can barely see the hole I mentioned. It is on the bottom left of the "pyramid". This photo may be an item that will work on either side. Hole on the top too.

[Mike1981]

I learned or should I say that I surmised, during my repair that the hole in the jack support is there to drain water. But what it does is let dirt and water in. Once the dirt is in and packed, the water is absorbed and starts the rust process from the inside.

So it should be on the maintenance list to take a punch and break up the dirt in the jack support once a year. You have either eliminated the access point for the dirt and water, or eliminated a way to get it out by welding a solid plate.

And maybe should drill a hole in your new plate and force the "rust mort" in there. Cause the rust was on the long side too.

I did a similar repair, but left the hole and used a similar product to rust mort. An inner channel spray paint from Eastman on the inside.

(EDIT) I just realized that in your photo, you can barely see the hole I mentioned. It is on the bottom left of the "pyramid". This photo may be an item that will work on either side. Hole on the top too.

Hello MAlcom2

I did leave out a few pictures

That is probably why some folks are making negative statements

Sequence of repair:

1 Grind off all rust
2 Treat inner and outer pyramid with rust stop
3 cut out rust
4 weld new plate in
5 cover with undercoating

This was the exact procedure I was going to follow.
The only additional steps I see:

1 Fog inside main long and inner long with Eastwood green rust stop
2 Spray Eastwood Rust arrestor on bottom of longs and a few sections under the car

I do not see the issue here

Thanks for the constructive responses


Mike

[draganc]

Congratulations!! You will have lots of fun with the car.....keep us posted.

[Chris H.]

Do we get to see the rest of it or no (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ?

[Mike1981]

sure

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Do we get to see the rest of it or no (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ?

[arsprod]

Nice! Has less rust in the jack ports than mine and I'm guessing less than it's gonna have living in Detroit! Enjoy!