135sohc
02-11-2009, 02:40 AM
Noticed a telltale rust bulge around the rear jack pin. Where there was rust growing in between the rocker skin and the separate piece of steel spot welded on that makes the jacking point/nub. :(
anyways giving it about 2 seconds of thought (first mistake) and not completely drilling out the spot welds (2nd mistake) as I was removing the spot welded piece I managed to rip two small holes in the rocker skin.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/135SoHc/th_shadowinterior_exterior553.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/135SoHc/?action=view¤t=shadowinterior_exterior553.jpg)
and also as the picture shows I managed to F-up the whole area pretty good.
I know the ultimate proper fix would be to cut that entire area out and weld in fresh unbent/stretched sheet metal but I believe that would do more harm than good in this case as it would just rust out faster because of the damage the welding would do to any factory applied E-coat or primer inside the rocker. Where its not accessible for proper finishing.
So I'm thinking I could get an aluminum plate with an aluminum pin welded to it and using panel bonding adhesive. Bond the plate over my 'oops' area. covering the holes and the entire area around it where I distorted the metal.
The adhesive would seal the entire repair area against moisture and provide corrosion protection to the bare metal. and for good measure put a few cherry rivets through the plate and help lock it into place.
other ideas, questions or comments ?
anyways giving it about 2 seconds of thought (first mistake) and not completely drilling out the spot welds (2nd mistake) as I was removing the spot welded piece I managed to rip two small holes in the rocker skin.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/135SoHc/th_shadowinterior_exterior553.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/135SoHc/?action=view¤t=shadowinterior_exterior553.jpg)
and also as the picture shows I managed to F-up the whole area pretty good.
I know the ultimate proper fix would be to cut that entire area out and weld in fresh unbent/stretched sheet metal but I believe that would do more harm than good in this case as it would just rust out faster because of the damage the welding would do to any factory applied E-coat or primer inside the rocker. Where its not accessible for proper finishing.
So I'm thinking I could get an aluminum plate with an aluminum pin welded to it and using panel bonding adhesive. Bond the plate over my 'oops' area. covering the holes and the entire area around it where I distorted the metal.
The adhesive would seal the entire repair area against moisture and provide corrosion protection to the bare metal. and for good measure put a few cherry rivets through the plate and help lock it into place.
other ideas, questions or comments ?