Thread: Paint

The car also gets hot as hell in the transmission tunnel, especially when towing (this ****box is usually either towing something or hurtling down bush tracks)... so I figure I'd better insulate it somehow.

i1.jpgi2.jpgi3.jpg



I still have a couple of rolls of this stuff here. It does work quite well for what it is.





I'll clean this as well as I can, and glue it on. To make sure it can't fall off and end up on the gearbox/tcase ... or exhaust ( ) I might put 1/2 dozen of the smallest rivnuts through it with a big washer to hold it in place (its bacially weightless so anything will hold it).

Then I'll just need to figure out a way of stopping the heat coming through the gearbox lever rubber gasket.

seeya,
Shane L.

Interestingly enough when I had the scuttle panel of mine a year or so ago I was sure it would be toast as the vehicle has lived outside its whole life but it was immaculate to my surprise. I cleaned out the drain holes, cleaned the years of accumulated dirt out of it and put it back together.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Interestingly enough when I had the scuttle panel of mine a year or so ago I was sure it would be toast as the vehicle has lived outside its whole life but it was immaculate to my surprise. I cleaned out the drain holes, cleaned the years of accumulated dirt out of it and put it back together.

I bet yours was seam sealed properly at the factory. They really shouldn't rust! ......................... If there assembled right

All of the Rangie classics I've owned it's the later (about 91 onwards) that seem to rust in the firewall area, behind the air con pipes 99% of the time as well. As a guess they used thinner steel on later models as my 2 door Rangie firell is rust free and the only welding to do is to fill in holes where the aftermarket air con was fitted .

Trav

Yeah I was right .... I really suck at applying this stuff and making it look ok.





Hmm.... maybe I should have whipped up and purchased a tube in black ....





I sealed the upper edge as well.... Look at that, it is required so moisture can't get down into the seams.



What a bloody mess!!!!

Oh well, it sure shouldn't leak now!

seeya
Shane L.

Originally Posted by dungarover

All of the Rangie classics I've owned it's the later (about 91 onwards) that seem to rust in the firewall area, behind the air con pipes 99% of the time as well. As a guess they used thinner steel on later models as my 2 door Rangie firell is rust free and the only welding to do is to fill in holes where the aftermarket air con was fitted .

Trav

I'm betting if you pull the scuttle ,................ None of the seams are sealed, so if the car ever gets wet, water settles down in all the seams until it rusts a path through to ground.

Those heater hoses.... Are they easy to change later on ( or should I do that while its apart). I keep getting bitten by rubber parts. I not keen to fit new hoses if the rubber in them is so bloody woeful they fail within 6months

seeya
Shane L.

Shane you’re as good with sealant as I am which is to say crapbut recently brought the Cramer Fuji silicone shaping tool set its awesome- and cheap. EBay only not sold in Oz.
Cramer 5-fugi kit Fugi Kit Grouting & Silicone Profiling & Applicator Tool Kit 4027316404052 | eBay