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Rust (Access) 200 1986

posted by  Brendy on  Sun May 22 21:45 CST 2011
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Hi Everyone,

I've got rust from the front edge of the seat trestle on back to the rear footwell on the driver's side. I'm not sure how wide the damage is, but the only hole is a small one--so far. I'm considering the POR-15 repair kit.

Trouble is, much of the affected area is underneath that rock-solid seat trestle. It looks to me like I can only work from under the car, thus only doing half the job.

Your thoughts, experience and suggestions would help tremendously. This is a very good car otherwise, and I would hate to give up prematurely.

Thanks very much!







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    Rust (Access) 200 1986

    posted by  flood on  Mon May 23 04:33 CST 2011
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    Hi Brendy,
    The seats are very easy to remove (just four nuts, and unplug the seat warmers if you have them). Pry off the plastic thresholds at the doors, and you can inspect/repair the floor, clean out the rust inducing debris from the rockers, and shampoo the carpet all in one fell swoop.








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    Rust (Access) 200 1986

    posted by  83GLT on  Sun May 22 21:53 CST 2011
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    POR 15 is a very good product and I've been having success with it on areas treated that were accessible. For non-accessible areas, such as what you're describing, or in my case rust that's started in the rockers, I was thinking of using a product suggested in the 700/900 FAQ's:

    "Corrosion-X MaxWax (http://www.corrosionx.com; dries to soft, pliable wax; eventually wears off when used externally, but is good substitute for POR-15 when you can't reach areas for thorough preparation
    # NOTE: I order my Corrosion-X stuff on the East coast through: Bill Brown, TownDockCX@aol.com, 1-888-746-5679"

    I haven't tried this stuff yet, so maybe someone else could chime in.







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      Rust (Access) 200 1986

      posted by  1990Volvo240 on  Mon May 23 13:33 CST 2011
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      Hi,

      Couldn't get the corrosionx website to work.

      Don't know if the Por 15 Putty on the Por 15 website would work for hard to reach areas or not.

      Travis







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