Rust and Holes oh My!
Alright, last Saturday was a productive night for Sue. Set out with a bunch of things in mind, I only got a few done, but it was still productive none the less.
- I changed my coolant.
The stuff in there was BLACK! it was really really gross... like if i were just walking in i would have thought i drained my oil pan. But alas, it came from the radiator. The new stuff went in and now it's a nice pale green. and boy of boy my heat is hot now... actually burned my toes.. still not sure if this is good....
- Replaced the 6th and final spark plug. The last time we tried this it took us about an hour and half to do the spark plugs. i finished the passenger side, the really hard one in just under 45 minutes, and then i went to grab the other three to move over to the driver side, and alas... i only find two.
We're not entirely sure, but we think the kid's dog that i was working at ate it, not sure how or why... but that's the only conclusion that we could come to, because it was not ANY where.
- the tupper ware is gone! My original plan was to take it off the truck, wash it down, sand it down and bed line it like i had with the front and read bumper. However. once i had both sides off completely i took a step back, and i loved the body lines so much more. I've always had a complaint that the rear tires have a bad offset with the body of the truck and without going to a 12.5 inch wide tire, they look so tucked into the rear. plus the fenders stick out so much that it's just ridiculous.
Now the problems that come along with this... :frustrate
as almost everyone knows the trim is held on by christmas clips and these t clips. both of which have holes in the metal to hold them on. I'm not sure as to why.... but the front fenders have two sets of holes, so i have like 14 holes in the front, and 8 in the back and 10 along the rocker panel. those are fine and all just cover the inside with tape and fill them in with bondo. done. the real problem lies in what i found under that i wasn't expecting (see attached)
The first picture is of the Passenger side dog leg, this one concerns me the most. I have no experience with patching rust, and I've looked around but there are no 2dr dog legs that are available for replacement, nor do i have a welder that i can use of have any experience with the welder. So i'm not sure how i can do this and have it look right at the end.
As far as everything is concerned the first and more important thing to get done, is get rid of the rust before they start salting the roads. otherwise it's gonna get real bad, real fast. Can anyone suggest a way to stop the rust, as well as a way to fill in the dog leg... my first thoughts are to try to patch it like you would a hole in sheet rock... put a mesh screen on it and put bondo over it and sand it down until it looks normal. but i'm thinking this may not be good because i've never seen it done... i don't really care what it looks like persay as i'm going to be hercing around the wheel wells and the bottom half of the truck once the rust has been fixed.
Any and all help will be appreciated.
Justin
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