What do you think?

Looks like surface stuff from here. Should clean up real good.

Doesn't look too serious from this angle. Poke around underneath this area and forward with an icepick.

Treat it, paint it...Be happy


KT

man that's a relief! i thought that the hell hole was like way more out of sight than this! i've been all nervous- man mine hardly even has any surface rust.... glad to see yours is an easy fix!

Like they said its hard to tell in a pic but it does not look bad at all. I have

seen some that had no hole just hell....and rust.

I think, if you can't see the ground thru the the hell hole, then you should be a very happy man

I'd still probe it. Mine looked great till I started probing. It still was not that bad, but it required some welding and me learning a lot along the way.

Zach

On my car, I could reach my whold hand inside the long through the hell hole and if my arm was loong enough, continue going and touch ground.

all fixed now

Mine was bad enough that I could put my head through the hole there. And just ask my wife, I have a fat head. Even that one is comming back together.

that would be considered "rust free" IMHO

clean it, use some Jasco rust converter and paint it.

You show me yours, I'll show you mine.......

Cleaned up a little, but still not acceptable.........

Looks like it's a Hell Hole thread! Yippie!

Mine:

Mine was in pretty good shape actually...

Before....

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After...

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I'll trade ya.....



Shane

I consider mine more of a hell canyon.

Look at mine!!

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I win!!!!

Where is it???? All I can see is rust???

Hey Barry, hows it going?

Sorry for the hijack.

Everythings going pretty well. A lot of things have changed, projects have come to ends, new projects have rolled in, and now I have 8 914s, two of which are going to the crusher tomorrow morning. I havn't been on here much the last 3 months or so, lots of stuff has been making it hard to do much with 914's for a while. School is the main one...but its worth it. How are things on your side of the world??

lemme snap a pic of mine. youll be jealous.

eek. never mindddddddddd


i guess i never looked there before...

how do you clean this area?

suggested treatments?

im embarressed

Grasshopper, I'm just curious if you finished the Official Grasshopper "Rustoration"?

Now the picuture above makes me laugh.



Don't be.

The right way to do the job is to drop the drivetrain (45 minutes) and get in there with a wire wheel and lots of elbow grease. If everything is basically solid, then treat with something like POR-15 (read the directions and do all the prepwork) and then topcoat as you like.

If everything is solid, it's not a difficult job, just time consuming. You'll work from inside the engine compartment. (Cover those hanging axle/CVs with baggies to avoid covering yourself in grease.) Wear safety glasses when grinding... you only get issued one set of eyes.