Re: [ihc] How naive can a guy be? And at his age too!

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Water soaked crap filling the various places on the
Scout causing rusting is pretty classic.  I'd also
check the area inside the front fenders at the rear
bottom.  Leaves, etc. go through the grill at the base
of the windshield and then get washed down into a trap
at the bottom of the fender on both sides.  Just pour
water through the grill and watch where it goes.

Steve

--- John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided> wrote:
> Well, nobody said they had reservations about what I
> should have found 
> under my bubbled Bondo, but some of you probably
> did.
> 
> Did some grinding, and yep, the rust is there
> underneath the bondo. The 
> space between the inner an outer fender was full of
> crap, perfect for 
> holding water next to the metal, so it could rust
> well.
> 
> I'm improvising a repair, which if it works out
> well, I'll share later. 
> If it doesn't work, you probably won't hear about
> it.
> 
> I just couldn't believe all the crap that was
> trapped in there. Plus to 
> make it worse, IH has a wire running along in that
> space in order to 
> help hold stuff in there.
> 
> Seems likely that part of the rust problem might
> have been aggravated 
> by the body work that was done in that area.
> 
> John Hofstetter
> Ol' Saline
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs