Spot of Rust

[Muad_dib77]

Sitting on my backside watching "Wheeler Dealers" on discovery Turbo the other day .. One of those all too rare moments of converting the 3seater to a single recliner..

Cuppa in hand and all..

Edd China sands off a bit of rust and applies some "magic fluid" that seals the bare metal, and reacts with any remaining little "pin pits" turning the rust into something hard that doesn't continue to rust..

Light bulb went off..

I remembered seeing a little spot (less that a 2c) on the drives side inside wheel-arch of the fto.. didnt look too too bad, but surely I'd be better off addressing it now while its relatively dry out.

so I did..

30 mins, 6 euros worth of Loctite rust coverter and a bit of wear one dremel later..and Im confident there is no more nasty going on ANYWHERE in my aging Engine-bay.


Total Spend / listing of Items used.

Loctite - 6e
Brush - Detailing type, nicked from girlfriends selection of brushes supposed to be use for painting skirting board and such fiddly things.
WD40 - 8e (Big Can) - Great for getting off mucky film.
New Batteries for Torch - Free, Found some in the utility room.
6 Sheets of kitchen-roll - wipe off wd40 leaving a dry clean surface.
Dremel and a couple of different bits. (Bit of sandpaper would totally have done the job, but I had the dremel at hand so yeah..)
Grey Primer - 5e

Once the Loctite has dried I'll brush on a little primer..let it dry and rub it back with some wet/dry paper..
All I need then is a wee dab of something that resembles the original "steel silver" engine bay paint..presto..

I recon all in I've max spent 20e, and I now have peace of mind that I dont have any nastyness going on in my wheel arches suspension towers or bulkhead, or indeed under the battery tray, fusebox, around where the airbox used to be, engine mounts, crossmember radiator fittings... and so forth..

Highly recommended, really an easy job!

[optical illusion]

Apparently the wheel arches are a big thing for FTO's.

Nice write up. I have to go at mine, like, the whole underneath is terrible. Wire brush and a weekend of hardship calls at some stage or my car will definitely be no more.

[Muad_dib77]

Might not ba as bas as you thing Laur.. I expected my dot to be a sign that the whole thing was rotten..it wasn't..so Im a happy camper

Better safe than sorry and all that applies tho..

[Kace]

Can we see some pictures of the finished product ?

[WelshFTO]

ive had a few FTO's and none of them have had rust problems, ive been to meets, seen loads, the only rust problems ive come across is if the underside hasn't been treated (which is fair enough) and the black ones with the dreaded roof rust

other than that ive never seen rust on a fto

[Muad_dib77]

Can we see some pictures of the finished product ?

Next time im in there I'll get a picture for you..

..I'd rather wait till the colour is a little bit better matched (it's grey primer now) - but if you must see I'll show you..