Hi George,

That's a pretty good story. It makes me wonder if, with that environment, keeping a car together is the same challenge for every driver. You must have seen every evil face rust can portray in such moisture. I can tell you the challenge I had with the 240 trailing arm bushings was nothing in comparison. The rust was no worse in that spot than any other under the car, and the tool was reasonably designed to handle what I encountered, despite what the close up photography shows.

http://www-ese.fnal.gov/People/wilcer/volvo_trailing_arm_bushing_tool.htm
--
Art Benstein near Baltimore

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.