prwillard2
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Found an FJ60 locally for a great price. No rust except for the roof. How expensive is this repair? Is it even worth it?
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Thatfinding a donor FJ60 that has a rust free roof and have someone cut your existing roof off and replace it with another one that is free of rust
I vote for fixing it yerself. We can't see the extent of damage to the outer gutters though with the chrome strips on. They did this repair in Nepal.
I have to say. I have no idea how the headliner didn’t catch fire.You’ll notice the guys in Nepal removed the headliner and insulation. That’s an absolutely critical step to avoid the high risk of burning your cruiser to the ground. That insulation is very flammable.
@HemiAlex Alex…you were very lucky ma man .
Mine did…. Remove the headliner people!!I have to say. I have no idea how the headliner didn’t catch fire.
I hope everything worked out ok and you were able to contain it and minimize the damage.Mine did…. Remove the headliner people!!
Okay, so I don’t remember if I have posted about this - mainly due to embarrassment , anger, and a feeling of stupidity on my behalf… so…I hope everything worked out ok and you were able to contain it and minimize the damage.
For info, here is a pic of a cross section cut of a 60 series roof. This cut is through the rearmost side window area.
Rust here usually isn't from failure of the external gutter seam-sealer (though that won't help), but from moisture settling onto the unsealed/untreated metal inside the roof section where there is a sandwich of at least three pieces of metal. Sweat, moisture from your breath and condensation drip down into the area marked in red (humans are filthy creatures......).
Orange points to the gutter section which is a separate piece of steel inserted and spot welded in place.
If you are squirting in a rustproofing agent, make sure you get it into the right place. I've seen a few where the gunk was only applied over the lip shown in blue. From memory that's only there to hold the headliner tensioning wires.
And when I had my 60 repainted, I had the shop cut a piece out of the roof gutter at each rearmost corner to help with drainage when parked slightly nose-up. It was covered by the chrome strip and probably completely unnecessary given what I've written above........
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what a huge design flaw and why we see soooo many 60s with roof drip edge rot. Nice detective work!For info, here is a pic of a cross section cut of a 60 series roof. This cut is through the rearmost side window area.
Rust here usually isn't from failure of the external gutter seam-sealer (though that won't help), but from moisture settling onto the unsealed/untreated metal inside the roof section where there is a sandwich of at least three pieces of metal. Sweat, moisture from your breath and condensation drip down into the area marked in red (humans are filthy creatures......).
Orange points to the gutter section which is a separate piece of steel inserted and spot welded in place.
If you are squirting in a rustproofing agent, make sure you get it into the right place. I've seen a few where the gunk was only applied over the lip shown in blue. From memory that's only there to hold the headliner tensioning wires.
And when I had my 60 repainted, I had the shop cut a piece out of the roof gutter at each rearmost corner to help with drainage when parked slightly nose-up. It was covered by the chrome strip and probably completely unnecessary given what I've written above........
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I should apologise for not being able to attribute the source of that photo. Got sent to me many years ago.what a huge design flaw and why we see soooo many 60s with roof drip edge rot. Nice detective work!
This was my old cruiser!! Sold it cause I snapped the transmission bearings. Glad it finally ended up in good hands. Previous owner knew what he was doing I did not.Found an FJ60 locally for a great price. No rust except for the roof. How expensive is this repair? Is it even worth it?
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