[DeTomaso] Fw: On the importance of chassis drain holes....

Will Demelo wdemelo at cogeco.ca
Tue Feb 17 05:44:22 EST 2009



Buy a rusrproofing wand and blow oil inside the channels.  Moisture alone
will cause unprotected metal to rust.
Will

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: <davel at emspace.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] On the importance of chassis drain holes....
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 2/16/09 18 32 31, davel at emspace.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> Say Mike,
>>> I found quite a bit if crap in mine when I drilled them.
>>> Enough to make me want to check the metal gauge around the holes.
>>> I've got them all cleaned out and now I'm thinking if running some rust
>>> convertor through them.
>>> Think it's a good idea?
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely, and for sure it can't hurt.   The early cars have an oval 
>> opening
>> on the inside of the inner wheelhouse, which is a direct routing for 
>> water to
>> enter this crucial area.   On the later cars, there is an oval stamping
>> there, but it's not opened up.
>>
>> I blow compressed air in the drain holes, which (when the car is bone 
>> dry)
>> normally results in a cloud of extremely fine dust in the garage. Because 
>> this
>> car was soaked, the dust has turned to mud (which causes rust).   I did 
>> use a
>> hook to try to remove as much of it as I could.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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