45 Cancer Treatment - Expert Advice Requiered (1 Viewer)

[Samuridave]

Give the poor thing to me. I'll put it in hospice care where you can send loving post cards.

Great stuff, about fell out of my chair when I saw this. I really set you up on this one! LOL

 

[wngrog]

Fluid film is the elexir of the gods.

If you can get behind rusted areas with it.

I pull OEM plugs. Drill small holes. Spray the heck out of it. It soaks and coats and kills.

 

[Dizzy]

Fluid film is the elexir of the gods.

How about Boeshield? I must admit that it takes some warmth to get it flowing out of the aerosol can, but the results seem decent, so far.

 

[wngrog]

Fluid Film is my goop of choice. All the Yankees swear by it. My farmers use it. I’ve been on the train a while and am using it for so much.

 

[dodored]

Or if you are real ambitious - blow it apart and sandblast the body to start over. Good opportunity if you wanted a color change.

 

[wngrog]

Or if you are real ambitious - blow it apart and sandblast the body to start over. Good opportunity if you wanted a color change.

Torn apart Cruisers are no fun

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Torn apart Cruisers are no fun

I love torn apart Cruisers, they are like Lego kits for adults.

 

[Dizzy]

Or if you are real ambitious - blow it apart and sandblast the body to start over.

Either way, there will be surfaces that can't be blasted, or blasted and painted. But, if you address these surfaces with a thin waxy film, oxidation will not be as great of a concern, and, you get to keep your factory rivets and spot welds on your frame and body. If nothing else, a little Boeshield, on just about every non-rubber-sealed threaded hole and screw/bolt before disassembly, and Boeshield or even bearing grease during reassembly, will give you less trouble in the future.

 

[Samuridave]

Torn apart Cruisers are no fun

Yeah. I agree if I ended up tearing a thing down it would take me decades to put it all back together. I’ve still not decided total approach yet, but at a minimum going to start attacking the bubbling parts, sand down and treat. Hopefully at least buy me some time and stop the spread. Also, love the color now so total sandblast and going Rambo on her would not be a good idea. Thanks for all the ideas and possible options gents!!! Always learning from the best on Mud!!!

 

[Pierps]

Rule of thumb... If the paint is bubbling, the rust is most likely coming through the panel from the other side, and is probably worse than it looks. This is not always the case, but you should investigate each area with that assumption so that you're sure you're treating the area completely. The bottoms of your doors and the bubbling on your rear quarter panels are good examples... There is most likely decades of road crud and dirt caked up on the other side of those panels (inside the bottoms of the doors and on the pinch welds where the wheel wells meet the quarter panels.

So definitely pull the interior door panels, clean out the insides of the doors as well as possible, degrease everything, and spray rust converter down there. So on and so forth.

Also, for some of these areas, use a wire brush to remove as much loose flakey rust as possible before spraying the rust converter. I dont recommend using a wire wheel on a grinder...too aggressive and will likely turn lots of areas into holes. The rust converter won't work well on thick flakey rust. You want to get down to stable metal.

Agreed with the others... Stop the rust and enjoy. Keep it out of the rain and mud if you can. Keep the underside totally clean, and check up on it every so often (ie, get underneath with a flashlight).

You have a beautiful and rare rig- take care of her for us!!!

 

[Samuridave]

Thanks for the good approach Pierps!