It's a BJ. Harder to find.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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RevISK
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Have you tried cruiser yard? He’s got some rando stuff. Also, I swear I saw one for sale on Craigslist somewhere in Arizona I think.
TRUTH!
RevISK
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So, you’re married.
RevISK
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Seem to be a few on eBay.
Here’s a repro: Google Image Result for https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VBkAAOSww~1kSx5t/s-l1600.jpg - https://images.app.goo.gl/W2pKoK54E4maRTsS8
Not cheap. Saw several others in a cursory look but I’m not well versed in the differences.
Sucks that happened. Reminds me of the time I destroyed my distributor cap changing my oil filter.
Here’s a repro: Google Image Result for https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VBkAAOSww~1kSx5t/s-l1600.jpg - https://images.app.goo.gl/W2pKoK54E4maRTsS8
Not cheap. Saw several others in a cursory look but I’m not well versed in the differences.
Sucks that happened. Reminds me of the time I destroyed my distributor cap changing my oil filter.
I think proper brazing will be a good fix.
Based on $480….. certainly worth the try
Started on my new cage.
UH WOW. clean as hell.
Green Bean
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Working on preparing recently acquired skid plate, splash guard and rear heat shield for paint. Probably should have had them sand blasted as they were pretty crusty with years of rust and muck. But I'm just hitting them with flap discs for now. I haven't decided yet but I'm leaning towards paining them with POR15. Installation will have to wait until new exhaust goes in.
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Rear Heat Shield Before:
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Driver's Side Splash Guard Before:
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Rear Heat Shield Before:
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Looks pretty clean. Just a respray?
This will likely be counter to what people think but I used POR15 on a boat trailer for a 28 foot boat that had a little bit of muck all over it. after sanding it and cleaning it up, the paint only lasted about two years, I was quite surprised given what I always read is the great success of that Rust inhibitor. I understand that it probably gets blasted from road sand and other debris but so will the skid plate … maybe for an eight dollar can of rustoleum profession black you would be equally impressed. But that’s only my two cents.
I should add…the trailer was only in the water twice in/ out
I should add…the trailer was only in the water twice in/ out
You probably had it too clean. POR Stands for Paint Over Rust. It needs the oxidation in order for the chemical process to work properly.
Being older and a bit tired, there was a bunch of rust still on it.though
But, to be honest... I've never been all that enamored with the stuff either. The last frame off I did (a '72 C-10 short bed Chevy), I had powder coated and it hasn't changed at all since 2014.
Green Bean
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There are definitely a whole bunch of mixed reviews on POR. Some swear by it and others detest it. I believe that I read that POR15 should not be exposed to UV without a top coat of the UV Resistant Coating. Our chassis and axels were done before we purchased the vehicle. For the most part it seems to have held up okay. There were some spots on the frame rails where the POR was peeling away in pretty good size chunks. I took it back to bare metal and went back with POR and a top coat. My impression is once it starts to fail, it can be pretty dramatic. Of course, the manufacturer will always claim it was due to poor surface prep. The other product that I've been sold on lately is Steel-It which comes in spray cans.
When I was restoring American motorcycles, my newest ever was a 1988 FLH that had been crashed. I must have sandblasted 30 other frames, no issues.
I bought the wreckage and bought a frame. Everything I ever did had to be sand blasted or glass beaded.. since Harley had switch to powder coating in 1987? or 88 all the media did was dull the finish. Would not come off no matter how I tried without flap discs
@Green Bean i agree with you with your assessment….as it was failing, we had chunks falling off like scale on a battleship
I bought the wreckage and bought a frame. Everything I ever did had to be sand blasted or glass beaded.. since Harley had switch to powder coating in 1987? or 88 all the media did was dull the finish. Would not come off no matter how I tried without flap discs
@Green Bean i agree with you with your assessment….as it was failing, we had chunks falling off like scale on a battleship