The All New, New "What have you done to your Bay today" thread.

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by top banana racing, Aug 27, 2015.

  1. Scraping the whole lot out just increases the opportunity for more rotting.
     
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  2. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    You're hanging this job out! Hurry up, we want a remote servo report.
     
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  3. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    ...its some distance from the brake pedal .. I will get my coat.
     
  4. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    And seam sealant like POR-15 or any other coating is superb for tracking rust and water along underneath it if there was a rusty edge or a crack to start from.
    The wax idea is better. Or getting rid of the massively thick paint job resulting from too many resprays.
     
  5. Day

    Day

    Drove it....

    First time using for moving stuff.... Brilliant.
     
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  6. The panels slightly twist and move mike so any paint work done in the seams without seam sealer will crack
    Vw originally used seam sealer it just wasn’t the same as modern polyurethane sealant
    So after 40 years or so it shrinks and cracks allowing water in.

    If the jobs done properly it will last for years to come
     
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  7. Upol tiger seal
     
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  8. Little Nellie

    Little Nellie Supporter

    So the hot air gun? Is this for removing paint, loosening old VW seal, or as I suspect to dry out your crack :oops: to prep for the wax?

    I guess the last?
     
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    Day 5 of refreshing the engine bay:
    Scraper & brush in hand...meticulous & methodical. It’s like a palaeontologists dig...except i’m quite sure to not discover the decayed remains of a Velociraptor - only yet more rust & repairs than imagined.

    Ok, so it’s mostly frantic-manic scraping - might be time to break out the power tools.


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  10. Soggz

    Soggz An inquisitive supporter

    Nothing. Been far too busy trying to stay alive, working in this hear!
     
  11. Have you pulled out the rear hatch seal and had a look in the corners of the seal channel yet?
     
  12. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    But once the rust gets under any seam sealer regardless of age, it will come back unless it is totally removed back to bare metal.
     
  13. Yes...but it’s too ugly to frighten the good folk on this thread
    Just uploaded images to my Engine Bay Refresh discussion.
    Cheers dude.


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  14. Just to dry out the crack. Just a gentle waft!
     
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  15. Still got wheel arches and sills to paint, and load floor to wax. Belly pan on, then I’ll never have to look at the underside of the blasted thing ever again. I’ll do a write up.

    Will give my pressure bleeder a work out tomorrow.
     
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  16. Still pootling around Southern Brittany, getting lots of attention from the locals. Mostly bemused Frogs trying to comprehend why a hippy bus is riding Porsche Fuchs. Not seen many other T2s out here so far.

    Oh and some bar steward (*pun) stole my Hogs Back Brewery TEA bar mat off the kitchen worktop while parked up in the campsite!
     
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  17. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Changed the horrible LED strip light for a nicer looking light to match the reading lights by the bed. Faffed around for an eternity measuring it all up as I didn’t want to drill any more holes, so opted to use old ones already there from the bunk hangers and old strip light. Balanced it up with a couple of coat hooks for when I’m camping.
    It runs off the starter battery rather than the leisure one, so it’s not like I’m even going to use it much, but hey, it looks nicer :)

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  18. Read the above when I got home tonight which caused my bum to twitch a bit as it's an area I've not checked on my unrestored, slightly crusty 73 for at least a decade and when she was laid up in the council lock-up, untouched for 8 years her rump was exposed to quite a bit of damp. So I've had a quick check and fortunately all is good. Just treating the little bit of surface rust right now. So thanks for the heads up on this one, wouldn't have thought to look otherwise :thumbsup:

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  19. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh..........LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE tell her @snotty...I'm going for a lie down....can't cope
     
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  20. Meltman

    Meltman Sprout Lover

    Nice job
     
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