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| nitram17 Member Since: 09 Jun 2014 Location: newcastle Posts: 2260  |
That looks a very good job have you checked the foot wells and air inlet and other usual rust suspects for water ingress from the above area? Pull the carpets back and that liner that does not come off easily and look for rust as i suspect you might have bulkhead measles in that there is never just one spot when you have bulkhead measles.I would also seal the bulkhead seal with captain tollies crack cure or some other sealant. https://www.gaelforcemarine.co.uk/en/Capta...gn=Dynamic Search - UK&utm_term=fillers&utm_content=All Pages The corrosion of the windscreen probably came from the windscreen/bulkhesd block seal and from the windscreen rubber which if you look under will probably be wet ..you have huge metal bulkhead connected to an aluminium windscreen frame by a small aluminium hinge block .its a galvanic corrosion love in if it gets wet and the poor seals encourage this... search for Zagato and rust on here for expert advice...... ps just ignore this if its a granny sucking eggs situation 
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12th Aug 2020 8:44am |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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14th Aug 2020 9:11am |
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| Mr Scrofula Member Since: 08 Jul 2019 Location: Scotland Posts: 8  
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[quote="nitram17"]
Just got it back and looks great ! I knew about the rust, but it was after I had replaced the seat box end on the driver's side and switched out all the floor bolts with stainless, that I turned my attention to the passenger side. The bolts on the floor, particularly the ones at the front were rusty. I inspected the hinge, and all the bolts were rusty on that side. I took them all out and cleaned them with a wire brush, as well as the steel back plate, which I painted with galv/zinv/black paint. I then looked for the source and revealed the cancerous lesion under the hinge. The rest of the bulkhead, and footwells look ok, sound and rust free. With the welding, the foam seal was replaced. There is some galvanic corrosion of the hinge on the passenger side, which I will wire brush, sand and repaint. I have some 1mm rubber sheet from ebay, that I am slowly cutting up to put between all the steel and aluminium interfaces. I have used insulating tape too, in places, but it is not so strong. I will post up my safari door subthreshold cancer and solution shortly ! |
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