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 Post subject: common rust in ea-ed fords
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:54 pm 
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hey guys

just wondering where the common rust area's are in ea-ed fords are, and how easy the areas are to repair as im about to inherit a ea brock falcon and wondering how much im looking it for repairing the rust affected areas in the rear guards.

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 Post subject: Re: common rust in ea-ed fords
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:16 pm 
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Dog legs rust out, they start to rust around the bottom of the front guard if they don't get the crap cleaned out that accumulates there. They can also rust around the rear door strikers, when they get higher mileage & start to crack the welds.....

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 Post subject: Re: common rust in ea-ed fords
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:14 am 
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the rear wheel arches are prone to rust and the sill panels aswell
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:19 am 
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the rear wheel arches are prone to rust and the sill panels aswell



In area's near the sea the sill's are, away from the sea i have not seen many that rust there, without something causing damage to give the rust a helping hand....

The dog legs probably rust because not many ppl remove the C pillar cap's & clean the crap out that collects there very often. I do mine twice a year at least.

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:09 am 
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Also the top of the front or rear wind shield where the rubber meets with the panel. I've seen a few rust there, usually towards the side rather than the middle.

And the tow bar bits inside the boot too, but that isn't a big issue.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:01 am 
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the only place my ebll has rust is the sill panels had a quote to get it repaired and the best one i came up with was for $2000 all up

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:49 pm 
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the only place my ebll has rust is the sill panels had a quote to get it repaired and the best one i came up with was for $2000 all up



That's way too much to cut a couple of sills off & weld on some new ones, then paint them up!

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:27 pm 
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it really depends where you live, i just stripped an eb2 and didnt find one bit of rust
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:41 am 
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Around the wheel arches and underneath on the inside of the sill panels...

Here is one I prepared earlier:

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All the missing metal was badly rusted.. I replaced it all with my MIG welder and it was fine...
Later on I replaced the car with an EL and it was even better. :-)
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:03 pm 
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:06 am 
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Both my sills were stuffed and so was back 1/4. but I had a damaged LTD. so I cut the rear 1/4 lip part out and welded it to the EB. And my bro in law welded straight peicecs of steel in the sills place.

I used Flares and side skirts to hide the different shapes.
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:18 pm 
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i was working on a 2004 Territory today at work, pulled the weatherstrip/rubber seal out from around the boot aperture, and where the panels join along the bottom should normally be about 3-4mm thick, this one was over 1cm thick bulging with rust :shock: not just one spot, but about a metre of the aperture is like it...

 

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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:45 pm 
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cheers guys, just trying to get a rough idea of how much coin i will need to save/loan for this project, and trying to deciede wether it is worth it or not.


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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:00 pm 
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cheers guys, just trying to get a rough idea of how much coin i will need to save/loan for this project, and trying to deciede wether it is worth it or not.


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You could do a short tafe course in panel beating & welding, then do that part yourself, and put it into a shop for the paint job.

Otherwise, get some panels, a panel beating kit & give them a go. I'm getting much better since i started on the rust & panel work on my torana. Still more to do, but the rust is gone.

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 Post subject: Re: common rust in ea-ed fords
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:39 am 
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brocks are every rare and since his death any thing brock is worth big $$$
well maybe not the lada but
just go on evil buy and type in brock
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