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     Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 544 Registered: 02-2002 |
I went in to replace my fuel pump and when I pulled up my rear carpet I was greeted by a nice surprise of rust. I'm sure the absolute best solution would be to take it to a body shop and let them take care of it. But what can I do to stop or repair the damage? I ground out the areas with my dremel, and got a lot of the rust, but there still seems to be some underneath where I just can't get to. Will grinding out as much as possible, then rustproofing it work? Or is it just putting off the inevitable of cutting out the rear and putting a new floor down? This is on a 95 DI. Some pictures of the area are below. Here is the right side:  here is the seam on that side  here is the left side, where i ground out some of the rust  | ||
| Andrew Homan (Andy) New Member Username: Andy Post Number: 40 Registered: 01-2004 |
Robbie, get a air powered die grinder with a 3m "whiffer" Wheel, mac snap-on or just a cheap one. napa will have the pads that go on the wheel, probably want the 1 1/2" diameter one with ruff texture. buy or borrow a compressor. and go to it. it will make short work of the rust you've shown. then go to the auto parts store again (cause you forgot to get this the first time when you were getting the die grinder) and buy a can of spray on bed line. About $7.99 a can here in Oregon. Grind the rust down to metal clean with rag and brake cleaner. and spray bed line on affected areas or the whole darn thing. I use the stuff on everything it's awsome and tough, and will not let water on the areas you painted. I'm a member of a SWAT team and we painted both our armored trucks with the stuff at a body shop after we upgraded the armor plate. it looks great (not that anyone will see yours under carpet) and is very tough. Ours was painted over rusty bare armor and worked excellent. The "whiffer" wheel also works great to remove old gaskets when doing engine works. good luck. if you need pictures of the tools let me know. Cheers, Andy | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 545 Registered: 02-2002 |
thanks Andy. already have a good size compressor and been meaning to pick up a die grinder as well. i'll hit it like you recommended then check it in about 6 months or so to make sure it's staying away. appreciate the advice! | ||
| Joe M. (Little_joe) Senior Member Username: Little_joe Post Number: 307 Registered: 11-2002 |
Robbie, I used POR15 and Herculiner for my cargo area, it was rusted much worse than yours. http://www.por15.com/ I used the floor and trunk repair kit. Follow their instructions carefully and you wind up with a very solid long-term repair. Feel free to email me for more info, plus I have some pix. joe | ||
| Bruce Potier (Brucep) Member Username: Brucep Post Number: 139 Registered: 06-2003 |
I had little traces of rust, but stripped entire floor, front/rear, then POR15, 3 coats, mats and carpet back in... no more worries about rust. |
