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I've mentioned it before, but I don't think anyone but me has done it- Find the nearest place that does hot dip galvanizing, unbolt everything unboltable from the deck, and give them all the pieces to galvanize. Any pinholes will be filled, the reinforcing angles will get even more firmly attached, and it will never rust again. Some places can even paint it, but there's no real reason to do so. You'll get used to the zinc color in a couple of days. Replace all the old bolts with stainless. Harry Landis > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:43:20 -0500 > From: cz alembic crystel com > To: jjcrmc verizon net; Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > Subject: Re: (ET) A new coat of paint.... > > John J Casey wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > While I can't see that deck and I do not want to lecture, your > > description of rust problems in this and past posts tells me that the > > deck may be unsafe. I have this mental picture of a deck motor with > > spinning blade breaking free of the weakened steel. The baffles, if > > tightly fastened, reinforce the deck. How does it cut grass? I have > > this mental picture of a deck motor with spinning blade breaking free of > > the weakened steel. Very exciting. Please take care. > > Ok, let's put this image in your mind: The motor breaks free, flies into > the air, then the blades cut the wires and the shorted motor stops at > once. :-) > > On a more serious note: I don't think this would be a problem. The deck > is very solid up front, the motor collars are rust free and there is the > factory installed angle iron stiffening L brackets running just behind > the motors. No problem there. > > The issues are twofold: First, there is rust where the rear of the deck > moves to meet the brackets for the rear bar/roller assembly. This is due > to leaves and junk getting in there and keeping water against the metal. > > The second issue is the rust in the baffles. Due to wet grass getting > between the baffle and the deck and rusting out the spot where the > brackets are mounted. > > Neither would be an end-of-earth event, but I do need to do something to > patch it up. I'd love to scrap the deck, but since Bill Gun dumped the > dies, there ain't going to be any more of these coming around. > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Elec-trak mailing list > Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. |