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Post by peascreek on Dec 10, 2017 21:55:10 GMT -5
I used all the scrap metal on my haul truck...
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Post by milly on Dec 27, 2017 9:47:24 GMT -5
Switch fitted, lent it out to help someone whilst there van off road and now damn water pump's leaking, still getting to point cam belt needs changing do em both at same time. Unless I can afford the garage too.
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 27, 2017 22:19:04 GMT -5
Damn Milly, do you have a little dark rain cloud overhead that follows you around?
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Post by peascreek on Dec 28, 2017 21:28:16 GMT -5
That cam belt is critical, even if it's a non-interference engine, if it snaps or slips your dead in the water.
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 29, 2017 22:33:29 GMT -5
In KC if your timing belt breaks you just 'Flintstone' it home.
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Post by peascreek on Dec 30, 2017 14:11:14 GMT -5
That would have to be an adventure...
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Post by milly on Dec 30, 2017 14:36:47 GMT -5
Hopefully the timing belt won't break but if it does the car has served it's purpose. I have saved it from the scrapyard once not willing to spend to much on it when other people use it more than me. 😊
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 31, 2017 2:17:10 GMT -5
KC has so much salt that the floorboards are always gone so it is easy to 'Flintstone'. Just put your feet down and Yabba Dabba doo!
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Post by peascreek on Dec 31, 2017 3:11:48 GMT -5
Iowa is all about that salt, I lost leaf springs to it, floorboards and even an oil pan...
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Post by milly on Dec 31, 2017 4:33:54 GMT -5
We have problems to with salt on the roads over here, it seems to be less common on the body of modern cars 2000's on as the undersides and part way up go through some chemical processes to stop that happening so much like it use to on my old motors of the 70's and 80's.
The sumps rotting seems to me due to modern stuff not leaking oil so they got no rust protection on the sump 😊
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Post by FrankenMech on Dec 31, 2017 23:07:30 GMT -5
They keep getting better at corrosion control, but results -vary.
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Post by scooterpimp on Jan 1, 2018 16:48:43 GMT -5
I remember in my younger years we would coat the underside of vehicles with used motor oil to stop/prevent salt issues. But thats a nono these days.
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Post by milly on Jan 1, 2018 17:30:38 GMT -5
I remember doing that too
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Post by FrankenMech on Jan 1, 2018 22:54:44 GMT -5
The trouble with salt is that once the chassis is exposed to salt it can NOT be removed or protected against. Any coatings will just seal it in to cause more corrosion. When they pull artifacts out of the sea they have to submerge them in fresh water baths for years to clean out the salt. Salt even gets on the vehicles while on the transport trucks. Vehicles near the sea get the salt air. Even the vehicles that start life in the southwest can be exposed to salt during transport.
I wonder how the new aluminum Ford trucks are going to last over the years. Aluminum and salt don't play together nice.
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Post by benji on Jan 1, 2018 23:13:13 GMT -5
I remember in my younger years we would coat the underside of vehicles with used motor oil to stop/prevent salt issues. But thats a nono these days. Genius I might try that on my RV. |
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