RE: (ET) Pop-rivets, body rot

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

Others have had good suggestions, but my repair was 'cheap-n-dirty'.

I bought inexpensive angle at the hardware.  I drilled through the 
rusted sheet at the bottom, and screwed the sheet to angle.  Make 
sure no screws will hit the batteries of course.  I cleaned the 
areas inside and out, and re-placed the battery tray.  I repaired 
the tray with Bond-O.  I repaired the outside of the sheet metal 
with Bond-O.  I repainted with "Old Caterpillar Yellow" from a farm 
supply.  I also made a similar angle fix to the seat hinge.  It 
looks fine.  This was 5 years ago; I do inspect for rust.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Humphrey, Timothy [mailto:HumphreyT neads ang af mil]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:30 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
Subject: RE: (ET) Pop-rivets, body rot



> At 03:37 PM 4/10/00 -0400, Allan wrote:
> 
> > Also, it looks like the
> >box is rusting out from the inside, probably due to battery acid,
> >despite the plastic tray.
> 
> >  Any suggestions on how to prevent this
> >problem in the first place?
> 
        Dave Wrote:
> I am considering a few:
> 
> Waxoyl the inside of the box.  Waxoyl is an automotive undercoat / rust
> preventative coating that does not get hard and crack.  I have had good
> luck with it on my cars.  Even on bare metal.
> 
> Cheaper and messier would be "painting" the inside with heavy grease.  I
> don't really like this one for the fire hazard aspect.  I do have grease
> on
> the battery terminals,  and *no* corrosion there.
> 
> Another possibility is to make a liner out of the PVC shower floor liner
> that I found at Home Depot.  It is about 1/16" thick,  flexible and tough
> enough to survive the batteries banging into it.  The corners would have
> to
> be carefully solvent welded.  Or it might work to wrap it around the
> batteries,  letting the plastic tray catch the bottom edge.  Use a
> generous
> overlap,  and be sure the lower edge laps inside the tray.
> 
> 
Also now available at K and  Wal-Marts (and I'm sure others) is the 
paint-in
truck bed liner kits.