Looking for some advice on this rust I found under the rear quarter panel driver side. I’m newer to the Cruiser world and this seems to be the extent of any rust beyond the typical surface rust. I’ve combed it obsessively since finding this and the other common spots look to be in good shape. It’s not visible from the outside, and it is confined to the interior side of the panel. Is this best suited with a welded patch or would a good cleaning and fiberglass patch suffice? Again, apologies for my newby-ness. Thanks so much
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I'd just cut it out and weld in a new patch.
@Landman2000 recently did this, he posted a few times in this thread:
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-100-series-this-week.609679/page-2082
Scroll down to post #41,636 for photos of him cutting out the rot.
@Landman2000 recently did this, he posted a few times in this thread:
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-100-series-this-week.609679/page-2082
Scroll down to post #41,636 for photos of him cutting out the rot.
Landman2000
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Yea cutting it out and welding in a new patch is really the only way to go. I had to make my patch panel but if you had a piece from a donor vehicle that would be the easy way.
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Gotcha, thank you! Your patch looks great. How urgent of a fix is this? I have a couple other things I’d like to get to first so wanna prioritize those first if this isn’t too urgent.
Landman2000
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Not very urgent at all. It’s not holding any water like it is. Wont get much worse for a while. I wouldn't stress about it in the short term.
Nardulli
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making a steel patch is the right solution - per the photos above. I would clean it and hit it with a good rust converter if you're going to wait a while. I have a 2001 100 that I bought last summer. Was an Oklahoma truck, so I had plenty of surface rust. I blasted the entire under-body / frame / suspension - everything - with dry ice. Then treated the entire thing with rust converter and finally painted it all with a high solids black paint. You can rent the dry ice blaster.
I am guessing it stems from what appears to be a drain tube right there above it? Do people typically extend those to help?
I am just passing through here but was curious.
I am just passing through here but was curious.
Corroseal is the rust converter I used it works great
I was wondering what that drain was also, but not familiar with the layout of earlier year vehicles. On an 05 the rear evap is on passenger side so I assume that is also the location of rear condensate drain. But this is driver side.
I had no idea about dry ice. I have a rusty PA 100 that I was going to tackle this summer. Renting one of these is as easy as point and shoot? Non-abrasive so I won't accidentally destroy parts? Generally just want to get the frame, axles, transmission, all the underbelly bits and recoat.