Been driving Toyota trucks for years but just got my first Land Cruiser. (FJ62) It's out of California (TLC) and pretty much rust free...except for...this...
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For right now, I need to patch this up and prevent any further degredation. I have zero experience in body work (obvious?) and am currently buying a house so I certainly need to keep it cheap. So I pulled the loose stuff, pushed through a couple small soft spots and ran a wire cup over it...
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Then I cut out what was no good, wire cupped it again and put a couple coats of rust reformer top and bottom. That's where I'm at right now. I have no garage right now and daylight abandoned me at that point.
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I absolutely cannot afford a welding machine and a bunch of new tools right now, nor can I pay a body shop to do it, so my plan is to use some of that woven fiberglass cloth and resin to get it all closed up and keep the water out. I will likely use hardware cloth to give the fiberglass the correct shape.
In the next year or two, I plan on cutting it out and having it all replaced with steel, like it should be, but I need to get it fixed now.
I just want someone to tell me if there's any reason this won't work for what I need right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
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And here she is looking pretty!
---"Wait Master, it might be dangerous.....You go first."--
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For right now, I need to patch this up and prevent any further degredation. I have zero experience in body work (obvious?) and am currently buying a house so I certainly need to keep it cheap. So I pulled the loose stuff, pushed through a couple small soft spots and ran a wire cup over it...
View attachment 636444
Then I cut out what was no good, wire cupped it again and put a couple coats of rust reformer top and bottom. That's where I'm at right now. I have no garage right now and daylight abandoned me at that point.
View attachment 636449
I absolutely cannot afford a welding machine and a bunch of new tools right now, nor can I pay a body shop to do it, so my plan is to use some of that woven fiberglass cloth and resin to get it all closed up and keep the water out. I will likely use hardware cloth to give the fiberglass the correct shape.
In the next year or two, I plan on cutting it out and having it all replaced with steel, like it should be, but I need to get it fixed now.
I just want someone to tell me if there's any reason this won't work for what I need right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
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And here she is looking pretty!
---"Wait Master, it might be dangerous.....You go first."--
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