IH8RUST: FJ60

[RDub]

Mine leaks along the A-pillar for sure. Very common.

 

[RDub]

Old door gaskets also leak in heavy rains. Mine was originally bought in Portland, OR and many years later spent many a day in Montana. Not much rust, but definitely A-pillar and driver’s side rear wheel arch. Also noted water comes through the door gaskets. No wet weather use until mine gets the same treatment as yours.

 

[IH8RUST]

Did I make the right choice in purchasing new gaskets for all the doors and the windshield? Will install after the paint job.

I'll definitely run it through some tests to see if I can identify the problem area.

 

[MDH33]

Is there any way I can debug this? I guess just run water outside and identify problem areas while I have it bare bones?

Look through Tim's @nakman 60 build. I believe he re sealed his when he painted. Requires removing the front fenders. Check that the cowl drains aren't clogged too.

 

[IH8RUST]

Will do, and right on, those are going to get removed for repaint, so what better time? I have to make sure the shop tells me when they do so that I can inspect.

 

[SteveH]

Yes - behind the front fenders are either seams that leak, can leak, or are rusty. My truck was parked under pine trees for years and I had huge wads of needles to clean out. Only because my truck wasn't driven on salty roads for many years did it survive - the behind-the-fender parts were in surprisingly good shape and the caulk was intact. My leaks are at the windshield corners (no matter how many times I have caulked...)

 

[IH8RUST]

Things that were accomplished in 24 hours.

The driver side patch is tac-welded in place; there is still more to do. It was time to figure out what to do with the front radiator core support, since mine is completely rotted, presumably from battery leaks. I already have the inner-fender well, the choice is to pay someone to fabricate or... eBay!! OK Parts had a completely intact, non-rusted, non-corroded radiator core support for sale. And look at that packaging, Man-a-Fre could learn a thing or two from them. This reduces labor since it's now mostly cosmetic work with no fabrication required.

 

[IH8RUST]

Nothing. It's way too cold to work in the garage, but I did buy myself an electric jacket to fix that.

This morning turned out to be a treat. @RDub dropped by my place, and we got to hang out and talk shop. It was awesome!

 

[RDub]

I had a great time hanging with Will, highlight of my day. What a project, he’s doing some serious work, learning and getting it done!

 

[IH8RUST]

I sure could use a break right about now. We cut through the rear right fender to find the sloppiest Belogna ever. A big, beautiful wire mesh patch with plenty of Bondo to cover the mess. They would have been better off not covering, letting it just rot instead of doing this. I'm upset, and kind of mad at myself for being ripped off.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Where was that hiding? I remember how I felt when I found a good spot of rot in my frame....

 

[IH8RUST]

Here. Typical, right? Like they went out of their way to do a shitty job, and for what?



Two theories now:

1. I'll find more down the line when it goes through body work; any other spots that haven't yet shown will appear right as they sandblast, so more dollars spent.
2. Whoever worked on it, approached it the same way elsewhere, and my hope is the rust has had enough to rear its ugly head to let me know where it is, which means these are the only bad spots and I'm OK, but I'm also not very hopeful right now.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Looks familiar....

 

[IH8RUST]

I remember seeing how much work yours had. Also, I guess I had the right idea when I picked up the donors from Cruiser Corp.



Those are 18 gauge, original is 16.

 

[Crash]

I bought the Cruiser Corp over the wheel pieces for Bart’s project and Gonzalo made me send it back to them. He judged them too flimsy for the location and cut and formed thicker gauge metal for less money than the CC cost.

 

[IH8RUST]

I should know more people, who is Gonzalo? I’m not happy about the CC parts being thinner, but I also don’t have the resources to roll metal, and I’m very much on borrowed time with the equipment I have.

 

[Crash]

Gonzalo Villalpando was introduced to the club by Mike Simpson and Mike Davidson, @simps80 and @treerootCO, when he worked on their project 40 quite a while ago. He then did an incredible job on my project 40 including body and paint. Since then he has worked on probably close to a dozen other Rising Sun rigs, all with great results. Gonzalo isn’t a Rising Sun member or even a Toyota guy, just someone who does superb work for reasonable prices in an old school manner. Phone number is 720 312 2014

 

[IH8RUST]

Driver side monster done. Fender is getting there.

Fender was a lot more work than initially thought.

 

[LARGEONE]

I just went through some of this on my 80. I feel your pain. You will love it when it is done!

 

[IH8RUST]

Tacked and grinded down, more to go. Cutting out the wheel well, using the CC patch to create an inner-fender well patch to go along with it.