The Resurection of 'The Beast' (1 Viewer)

[Southeast Overland]

Just got about an hour in - put one final strip of POR Putty on the underside of the passenger drip rail - sprayed the underside of the roof line from the inside of the cab with a little rust converter to slow the rust hopefully - and sanded the roof to prep for some ODG hopefully Sunday if the weather cooperates.

 

[Luke111]

hinges

Steve, no charge for the hinges, I'll ship them to you as soon as I can.

Lou

 

[n2666s]

Steve, just had the same experience with the POR on the drip rail, it honeycombed like you say and during thursday's rainstorm WATER came in to the floorboard area............any thoughts on a cure?....I shudder at having to take all the drip gutter down again....good news about Luke sending the hinges; let me know how the go,


Lou

 

[Southeast Overland]

Steve, just had the same experience with the POR on the drip rail, it honeycombed like you say and during thursday's rainstorm WATER came in to the floorboard area............any thoughts on a cure?....I shudder at having to take all the drip gutter down again....good news about Luke sending the hinges; let me know how the go,


Lou

I've experimented a bit with the POR Patch. I tried some Friday night and once it stated honeycombing or bubbling I let it do its thing, didn't bother it, and it seemed to cure OK. I have to assume it had a good seal. I'm going to grind it down a bit (this is on the underside seam under the drip rail) and I'll let you know what a semi-cross-section looks like.

I got your vm but I think your connection was bad so I missed the part about exactly where the water was dripping in from. Where was the water coming in on your drip rail? If the drip rail was sealed up well you should be OK...the only place I can think of it coming in from the drip rail into the cab would be the seam on the top of the drip rail...

Did you ever find any spare hinges around your place?

My weekends are pretty packed full until after the Pumpkin Pig Run. I won't be able to make it down to Dearborn's until after that even though I could use some pickin' time.

 

[Kaderabek]

I'll be in Atlanta the first weekend in October. If I can pick up small-ish items (like, will fit in a Golf TDI with 4 people) let me know. I suspect I'll see David.

TJK

 

[Southeast Overland]

I'll be in Atlanta the first weekend in October. If I can pick up small-ish items (like, will fit in a Golf TDI with 4 people) let me know. I suspect I'll see David.

TJK

Thanks Todd - I'll do an inventory tomorrow and let you know. A shoebox filled with a few parts would really help me out. I've been trying to buy a parts rig but have had two not work out so far. I've looked over David's Pigs once and the only thing I didn't check for that might help me out are hinges for the front doors - uppers and lowers - depending on price. I don't want to reattach my doors and f*^$ up the paint the first time I close them.

 

[Kaderabek]

Just let me know. I'll have some cases of NC beer in the car on the way down so that space will open up on the way back. Hadn't thought of that -- may need to take the Audi wagon. Or the Tacoma. In any case, I'm happy to help.

TJK

 

[n2666s]

Steve, will try to get a look at the 71 outside of Birmingham this week........I know there are very good hinges on two of David's parts pigs that we went through, I could kick myself for not buying the hinges.....you are spot on on the hinges, the front drivers side spring hinge slipped out after I had finished prepping and was going to paint that weekend..........number of reasons I think the spring slipped off of the shaft but it did as you feared.........royally screwed up the leading edge of that drivers side door..........now todays chore is to try to track down where the leak is coming from.......suspect the seam in top of the drip rail; will ask my 10 year old assistant?! to gently run water down the drip rail...........any chance we could coordinate a pig picking run to David's?

Lou

 

[Southeast Overland]

Hey Lou - I don't know when I'll be able to make it to David's again. My weekends are chocked full until after Pumpkin Pig Run. I would love to spend a whole day there...maybe come November.

I was able to get about eight hours in today. Its amazing how you NEVER get as much done as you think you can!

A friend stopped by to help out. We torqued down and staked my pinion nut. We considered installing Mudrak's speedo seal but didn't know if we could get everything done so I could pull the Piggie back into the garage so we passed on that. Instead we finished sanding the roof and prepped it for paint - ODG of course. We cleaned out the driver's drip rail (upper side) but not the lower side. I'll put a few thin coats of POR Patch in the drip rail this week and hopefully get the ODG applied so I can move on to the tailgate later in the week.

I am pretty unhappy with some of my results using POR Patch so far. If I apply it VERY thin it sets up solid but if its thick at all it starts 'honeycombing.' I had seen this happen several times on the passenger drip rail so I tried to smooth the POR Patch honeycomb out but it just made a mess. - so it was time to try something new. I put a layer of POR Patch on the underside of the passenger drip rail and didn't smooth it back out as it was honeycombing. It set up hard and appeared to be solid. I hit it with a flap disc on an angle grinder and as soon as I knocked the top off of the POR Patch I could see a big network of honeycombing. Maybe I'm applying it too thick. I'm going to read up on the POR website and see whats up.

I also tried to track down my slow drain on my battery. A neighbor came over who does some sort of electrical consulting for his job. We did the following things:
1) Confirmed that the battery had a good charge.
2) Confirmed that the battery had a good ground.
3) Disconnected the positive battery cable and confirmed that there was a drain. We tested it numerous times and got readings of 0.2, 0.02, 0.0 and 0.5 volts.
4) Pulled all eight fuses and they were all operable.
5) Confirmed that there was not a drain coming to/from the fuse block.
6) Checked the ONLY things that are hooked straight to the battery - winch was not pulling a drain but we got a small reading off of the CB. We took several readings and it averaged around 0.01 to 0.02.
7) We checked two fuses going into the CB and only one had the drain.
8) Checked three possible power lines coming into the CB and did not find a drain.
9) Checked the two fuses again on the CB and didn't find a drain.
10) Went back to the battery and did not find a drain. We checked the battery half a dozen times over about ten minutes and didn't detect a drain.

So - apparently I have a drain somewhere. Some of the drain is coming intermittently from the CB and there might be a slow drain coming from somewhere else...who knows. I'm going to try this out a few more times but I am far from an electrician. I am going to try to install a kill switch sometime this week. I would like to install something inside the cab (neighbor said he had seen this before) so I don't have to pop the hood everytime I want to park the truck or start the truck when it might stand for more than a day....shesh!

Anyways - .

 

[n2666s]

Steve, checked my drip rail and the leak does not seem to be coming from there, have to figure another source for the leak wanted to access the door hinge screws and in taking off the drivers side panel and release for the hood broke off two screws :whoops:and ended up having to drill and tap them hand tapping head down sux..............understand about things taking always a lot longer than expected with our rustbuckets........gotta love em

Lou

 

[Kaderabek]

I have one of these units that I'm not using.

https://www.batterymart.com/p-prioritystart-12-volt-standard.html

You can have it if you want it. Won't solve your slow drain but it will stop your battery from fully draining. Sounds like time for dual batteries to me!


TJK

 

[Southeast Overland]

I have one of these units that I'm not using.

https://www.batterymart.com/p-prioritystart-12-volt-standard.html

You can have it if you want it. Won't solve your slow drain but it will stop your battery from fully draining. Sounds like time for dual batteries to me!


TJK

I just checked out that link. That seems like exactly what I need. You are . If you want to give me a ring when you are passing through the Greenville area from ATL I'll meet you...w/ beer of course. Truthfully, I or anyone could spend forever chasing a slow drain and might never find it.

Dual batteries are in the future. My brief list now is to paint the roof, fix rust on tailgate and paint, install Mudrak seal and rebuild e-brake, paint hood/A,B,C,D pillars, straighten rear bumper (frame shop - BFH, chain, hi-lift, bottle jack and floor jack didn't work - should have taken a picture of that fiasco ) and fix rear body mounts, then off to a dual battery set up. I think David has some of these at his shop but that job is probably going to have to wait its turn until sometime in the winter. I'm trying to focus on one or two things at a time so I don't get bogged down in a ton of half-done jobs.

I'll PM you my #. Thanks!

 

[Southeast Overland]

Steve, checked my drip rail and the leak does not seem to be coming from there, have to figure another source for the leak wanted to access the door hinge screws and in taking off the drivers side panel and release for the hood broke off two screws :whoops:and ended up having to drill and tap them hand tapping head down sux..............understand about things taking always a lot longer than expected with our rustbuckets........gotta love em

Lou

So where exactly is the water showing up? Is it in your pillars? Let me know and I'll do some looking on my Pig to try and see what might be going on.

Oh - and I checked another application of POR Patch. This one started to honeycomb but I let it do its thing w/o any interference to see if it would fix itself. After it dried it appeared OK but I ground into it w/ a flap disc and it was allll honeycombed. I/we must be applying the POR Patch too thick. I need to contact POR and see what they recommend. That stuff is hard as a rock but I need it to be solid too.

 

[Kaderabek]

Send me your address and I'll drop it in the mail. It's just sitting in my shop.

tkaderabek@gmail.com

TJK

 

[n2666s]

Steve, got my 10 year old to dribble water on both drip gutters but no evidence of leakage..............thing it might be coming from the hood vent area or ??

Lou

 

[Kaderabek]

Probably coming from the air conditioning drain tube under the passenger side dash....

With apologies, Steve, my 38 second window to locate the battery saver did not yield results. No soccer tonight so I'll try again.

TJK

 

[Southeast Overland]

Probably coming from the air conditioning drain tube under the passenger side dash....

With apologies, Steve, my 38 second window to locate the battery saver did not yield results. No soccer tonight so I'll try again.

TJK

No worries - thanks Todd.

I didn't get any work in last night (had to do work-work) but I did smear a THIN layer of POR Patch just above the driver's drip rail where I had some roof rust trying to poke its head through. I've already attempted to treat the rust from the inside the best I can without cutting metal. I'm going to spray a little POR15 from the inside now. I'm not cutting any metal right now b/c I'm looking for a donor roof. If i can't find a donor roof I'll cut the rusty metal out this winter.

 

[inkpot]

I also tried to track down my slow drain on my battery. A neighbor came over who does some sort of electrical consulting for his job. We did the following thing
Anyways -

Howdy! I feel your drain. I went thru this twice on my Piggy. The first time it turned out to be my CB had some kind of internal fault, causing it to have a small short. It was hard to track down due to the way I had it wired. The second one was several years later. Turned out to be inside my Delco alternator. Apearently, there is some little gizmo in there that can create a slow bleed. I have heard this is much more likely to happen if you are running a "one wire setup", which I am. It took over 10 years to become a problem, so;p I am still using the same setup, just swapped out the alternator. Unfortunately, I have seen batteries do this all by themselves on rare occasion. When that happens, I just suffer the cost of the prorated $$$ to replace it. Out here it is sort of a toss up, whether to buy a good battery a 36 - 48 month warranty, or a great battery with a 72 - 84month life span. The $$$ comes out about the same in the long run, as our record heat usually kills them in 3 - 4 years, regardless. I ran one of the 5 watt solar panels from Harbor Freight in my front window whenever it was parked and it helped a lot, but I got tired of moving it around all the time. John

 

[Southeast Overland]

Inkpot - it might just be my CB - if I got a stronger reading at the CB I would be more sure. I'm going to try unhooking my CB and see if I can get a reading over several days...

 

[Kaderabek]

With apologies, Steve, I can not find that battery tender. I suppose I must have given it to someone else. Maybe it went in the parts box with my 80. My shop is really clean though as a result of the search!

Sorry.

TJK