It looks like scotty was around practicing on your car before he did the young fellaslol. I have said it before steve I dont know where you find the time and what you do with that time is nothing short of amazing. Keep at it mate looking forward to the final product which should be better than new.
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Jesus mate you are seriously going the whole hog, not gonna be a single screw or bolt that you haven't undone! As been said, admire your persistence!
Onya Steveo!! Just read the post re rustproofing and the attempt at painting the grille. WHAT A MOB OF @#$%S
IF YA DONT GET STUCK YA AINT TRYIN HARD ENOUGH........OR YA TOOK THE CHICKEN TRACK
WARNING: TOWBALLS USED WITH SNATCHSTRAPS DO KILL!!
Stripped out the pedals for treatment, as they also had surface rust...
Serviced the brake pedal swith and cruise pedal switch.
Also went to town on the A/C fan, came up like new..
Most parts behind the dash reconditioned and back where they should be, plus all the wire loom/s back in place...
Should be able to get the dash back on soon
Its nice to be putting stuff back together for a change.
Good place to hide the amp! Damn this thing is gonna be 10 times better than brand new!
How did you go so much sand and rust inside? Was that from the trip home without a windscreen?
When I rolled, I should have taped a plastic over my windscreen for the trip home (~4hours). It must have rained the whole way, and made a mess inside.
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1992 Patrol GQ LWB TD42
Yeh, it keeps protected up out of the way from any sand dirt or water etc, well ,it did untill the car was upside down (lol)Originally Posted by Winnie
Not from the trip home.
99% of the sand in all the switches etc was all my fault, sandblasting the floor (inside the car), then air blowing, sand just goes "everywhere", i repeated this many times to get every last bit of surface rust gone, not understanding the extra work i was creating for myself.
As for the rust on the dash support etc, this is surley caused by the car getting left outside by the panel shop, and everything exposed to the elements for so long with no windows.
Many of those internal metal parts are bare metal from factory, (look up under your dash and you will see on your own car) a very small amount of surface rust on these parts on a 10+ year old car, would be 100% normal, mine was a bit more rusty than id ever be happy with, now its got 4 coats of paint on it, so i don't expect it to rust again.
i tell ya what mate, your persistence is inspirational. i hope that once its all done you can really get out and enjoy what should be like a brand new car!!! thumbs up for ya pal!
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The clock spring (behind the steering wheel) sounded a bit crusty, so i pulled it apart for cleaning (nothing escapes ,lol) if you have never seen inside one, the white ribbon wire is how the airbag and cruise control signals get passed, yet still allow the wheel to turn.
I also pulled the IGN switch apart, not really any sand inside, but needed cleaning from the years of use anyway.
I got some new foam to seal around the top of the A/C vent box where it meets the dash, once this was on i could fit the dash.
As it looks tonight...
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