is rust a problem back there

gorgo · Post by **gorgo** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:37 pm

you know all the picks i see of people putting motors and such in, it apears there is a slite rust problems back east. we get a lot of rain here but we dont get all the salt from the roads. my truck had 180,00 on it and it is a 4x4 and i dont think there is any rust except from setting will i work on it.

94stranger · Post by **94stranger** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:41 pm

rust is a big problem here I had so much to clean and paint since my truck has almost 500 000Km on it but my frame floor are in excellent shape (thanks to the under coating it has!!!) we got tons of salt dumped on the road in winter your car goes white if you don't wash it regularly.

cgrey8 · Post by **cgrey8** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:41 pm

I live in Georgia and have lived and driven the truck since I owned it down here. The original owners also lived down here. With nearly 300kmiles on it now, there's no major rust in the body that I'm aware of. So it must be just a northern thing with all the road salt.

cjcnomor4 · Post by **cjcnomor4** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:42 pm

why would you put salt on the road?

94stranger · Post by **94stranger** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:46 pm

road salt melts ice and give some grip!

cgrey8 · Post by **cgrey8** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:06 pm

That's right. Salt lowers the freezing point of water. That's why I call the north Salt Country.

cjcnomor4 · Post by **cjcnomor4** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:11 pm

yeah, I was joking. we had one of our coldest days this winter today. 35 this morning and only "warmed" up tp 60. almost unbearable.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:15 pm

I think that "Why salt" was CJ's Florida humor coming thru. He probably has to worry more about the salty sea air. Life expectancy of cars and trucks driven in the Winter is a lot less up here. Malcolm had some pictures of just how bad he found his Red truck to be when he tore it apart.
Dave

cjcnomor4 · Post by **cjcnomor4** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:26 pm

We get a good amount of visitors from the northeast, michigan, illinois, indiana down here. Honestly I dont know how guys wrench on these things all day long. I put a front pump seal in a grand marquis from michigan 2 weeks ago and there wasnt a square nut or bolt under that thing. I soaked it in pb blaster overnight and still had the blue wrench going. had to cut the exhaust hardware off. drilled and tapped both exhaust manifolds, and had to use a vise grip to get 2 of the starter bolts out. brake lines that looked like if you breathe on them they would fall apart. I guess you get used to it.

94stranger · Post by **94stranger** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:08 pm

I know it was just humor but still had to say it!