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| ghuff |
 Jun 16 2009, 09:56 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here.  Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
I have metal rivets in my car, and I also just discovered that my rocker was rotted and someone broke it in half and bondo'd it together while on the car.
I broke it in half after unscrewing the bottom. I found my long is solid, but my jack thing has a nice 2" long horizontal rust hole -- it looks liek the exact build up in the first pic in this thread sat against that nad caused it! Fortunately it is all very solid inside..... Can I get away with por15 under it, cut the rust out, leave it open, por-15 all over where surface is starting and go? Passenger side is next, and I guess I have to drill the metal rivets out to get these rocker covers off that have never been off. Better to find/fix now than later! EDIT! Thec ar is a 2/75 build date, original california car with the rockers never removed.... super clean aside from this. There is no hell hole yet, just light surface and original metal. |
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| ghuff |
Jun 19 2009, 04:13 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Ok I can guarantee this is *the* first time ever the rockers have been unscrewed from the bottom of this car.........
The passenger side had a literal 5lbs of dirt, rocks and crap built up in there. Here is a picture of what came out just from under the rocker! (IMG:http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/244/p6190027y.jpg) |
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| Pat Garvey |
Jun 19 2009, 07:19 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(ghuff @ Jun 16 2009, 09:56 PM)  I have metal rivets in my car, and I also just discovered that my rocker was rotted and someone broke it in half and bondo'd it together while on the car. I broke it in half after unscrewing the bottom. I found my long is solid, but my jack thing has a nice 2" long horizontal rust hole -- it looks liek the exact build up in the first pic in this thread sat against that nad caused it! Fortunately it is all very solid inside..... Can I get away with por15 under it, cut the rust out, leave it open, por-15 all over where surface is starting and go? Passenger side is next, and I guess I have to drill the metal rivets out to get these rocker covers off that have never been off. Better to find/fix now than later! EDIT! Thec ar is a 2/75 build date, original california car with the rockers never removed.... super clean aside from this. There is no hell hole yet, just light surface and original metal. Replace it. Have a decent shop get rid of the old & weld in the new. I'm not saying this just fom a CW point of view. Let's say you have a flat. Pull out the factory jack, hook it up and start to lift. As the car rises, you'll probably hear a crunching sound & as you watch, the jack will destroy your rocker cover as the rocke cover becomes the strongest jacking point. Yes, it happened to me. Had to have the recievers replaced, as well as one rocker cover. Horrible things happen inside those covers, which is why I recommend removing them every 3-5 years for cleaning. It's broken - fix it! Pat |
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| Pat Garvey |
Jun 19 2009, 07:21 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(ghuff @ Jun 19 2009, 04:13 PM) Ok I can guarantee this is *the* first time ever the rockers have been unscrewed from the bottom of this car......... The passenger side had a literal 5lbs of dirt, rocks and crap built up in there. Here is a picture of what came out just from under the rocker! (IMG:http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/244/p6190027y.jpg) Impressive, isn't it? Just think about how many times that crud has been wet - for weeks! Pat |
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| Tom_T |
Jun 19 2009, 08:31 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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QUOTE(ghuff @ Jun 19 2009, 03:13 PM) Ok I can guarantee this is *the* first time ever the rockers have been unscrewed from the bottom of this car......... The passenger side had a literal 5lbs of dirt, rocks and crap built up in there. Here is a picture of what came out just from under the rocker! (IMG:http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/244/p6190027y.jpg) You could plant a little garden in it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ...maybe your 914 was like Woody Allen's Dad in "Love & Death" & just wanted "...a little piece of land...." of it's own!??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| ghuff |
Jun 19 2009, 10:30 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I will try to get pictures tomorrow of the rockers.
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