slngsht Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 congrats. I'll guess we'll have to chip in and buy you a digi cam to share in the joy http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/wink5.gif
fnmag58 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 Ok--OK--I get the message. Will take a few shots tonight and upload them. Installed the battery box bottom in the front and the two shock tower covers by the gas tank. Wow--25 rivets down, hundreds to go!!
slngsht Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 Sal, as you removed the rivets, did you just push the back side of the rivet into the frame? I don't see any way to recover it. I have to remove a few rivets here and there...
fnmag58 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Posted October 7, 2006 I slowly drilled the rivets in three stages in an attempt to remove as much of the material as possible. But in the end, you do end up with part of the rivets falling inside the frame. I shook the frame and a few more pieces came out but you can tell there is still some left. During the reassembly phase, I plan to add some foam-in insulation to keep those remaining pieces from moving around. Hope this helps--Sal
slngsht Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 I didn't think there was going to be a way around it. Just making sure I wasn't missing the obvious.
fnmag58 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Posted October 7, 2006 Drilling a bigger hole in the frame to clean it out and then welding it closed was not an option in my mind. Filling the tubes with the spray-in foam seemed better--I think it will also help with any internal corrosion. Sal
locostv8 Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Sal I would think that filling with foam would make the rust problem worse. If water were able to get in the tubes the foam would hold the water against the metal like a sponge. There used to be products for coating the inside of gas tanks called sloshing compounds that converted and coated rust. I think Por15 has such a product.
fnmag58 Posted October 25, 2006 Author Posted October 25, 2006 Well I've managed to install the dash panel and the two shock tower covers. So far it going great. Not a great picture but at least I'm making progress.http://www.usa7s.com/forum/uploads/20061025_155233_dash_view.jpg
slngsht Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 Sal, the forum messes up big pics... here's a link to your pic >http://www.usa7s.com/forum/uploads/20061025_155233_dash_view.jpg This problem will be resolved in a few weeks when we upgrade the software.
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