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 Post subject: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:07 am 
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if say you own an au ford and you catch a glimpse of what seems to be rust in behind the drivers side front guard ! just to the right of the door hinges !right were the stupid door rubber runs down to and dribbles every bit of moisture straight past your door hinges !!!! this is all hyperthetical ! RUST ON A FORD ! NEVER ! but if you did ! is there any product that someone may be able to squirt on the for mentioned area to stop the problem getting any worse!
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:10 am 
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thats where they all seem to go first, that and the bottom of the bootlid...

you think thats bad, you should see the rust on the EL i just bought :lol:

 

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:16 am 
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and they said that holdens were rusty ! damn !
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:18 am 
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thats one of the spots on the Wagon... cant be helped when the poor things lived in sea air all its life.

 

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:52 am 
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if say you own an au ford and you catch a glimpse of what seems to be rust in behind the drivers side front guard ! just to the right of the door hinges !right were the stupid door rubber runs down to and dribbles every bit of moisture straight past your door hinges !!!! this is all hyperthetical ! RUST ON A FORD ! NEVER ! but if you did ! is there any product that someone may be able to squirt on the for mentioned area to stop the problem getting any worse!


You can buy some spray fishoil and give that a try.
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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:22 pm 
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christ !! i hope mines not that bad ! i just opened my drivers door the other day ! sitting there admireing my car !! as you do after washing her ! and noticed something brown near the drivers hinges ! i almost cried ! im to scared to take the plastic wheel arch panel off to have a look ! and have also noticed a little bit of rust up behind the rear fibreglass bar i think thats what you call it ! if i can slow down its progress somehow ! when i win lotto i then can get it fixed !and get that manual conversion as well !
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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:29 pm 
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im getting mine sorted out by getting it sand blasted, the only worse spot on my 99 au is the battery tray, where the battery would spill acid over it,

or just take it to a panal beater and get there opinion on what to do

 

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:31 am 
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I can't say i've seen fords rust in those places before. Not the E series anyway. My EB has a tiny hole in the top of the sill under the drivers door, due to dodgy panel shop badly fitting my side skirt after a repair only a few years ago, they damaged the paint & it was hidden under some sikaflex! I'll fix it up with a new steel piece soon.

Usually I only see rust in the battery trays, dog legs, around the tail lights. Sometimes in bootlids.

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:02 pm 
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Mates series 1 au forte

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:47 am 
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WOW! My torana had less rust in it than that, and it's a 74 model that spent it's who life outside, before i stripped it & repaired the rust.

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:14 am 
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well, ya want rust pics? here ya go.

Front drivers side guard.
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Passenger side sill panel.
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drivers side sill panel.
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back passenger side guard.
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All fix now though.
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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:38 am 
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the biggest thing that causes rust is the salt in the air and the smelters i bought my 95 ef nt a single bit of rust none wat so ever but in saying that its always been sprayed in fish oil i can smell it in the boot
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:49 am 
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Salt does cause rust, but leaving your car dirty to then get wet, and not cleaning the dirt off also makes them rust.

I have seen AU's rust around the top of the boot lid seal, where the cabin air ducts go. On the outside the AU looked really clean, not a single dint anywhere, but lift the bootlid & you found cancer!

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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:13 pm 
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are there any eas with the original wheel arches left :roll:
ef and el cop it in battery shelf ,front doors a few spots ,also sills and where the front guard bolts at the bottom.
have seen 4 yo well looked after country ef station wagon with rear arches rusted through both sides.
i thought my el fairmont had no rust till i dismantled it and the front doors and sills had bad rust.
basically if you park outside or improperly wash your car
you will have some sort of rust within 6months no matter where you live .
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 Post subject: Re: !! rust !!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:37 pm 
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I am starting to see rust spots on my 2007 BF turbo. :cry:

All I can say is I shoulda got the elec rust prevention!!

But we live and we Learn!!

 

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