3) dashed dreams

Turns out I bought a rust bucket. I knew it was too good to be true. The car looked great from the outside. And even the underneath. The car has undercoating which hid it. I shoulda poked it with a screw driver. But still, there's really very little rust that's made holes all the way through. So I think it'll be alright. I just have to stop the cancer from expanding. I think fluid film might be the answer but I'm not sure. For now I'll just get it out of the weather and continue with the transmission while I research the best way to address this.

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Bummer. Hopefully it can be stopped and protected against further rust.

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I have battled rust my whole life. I've done it the POR-15 way, and the Rust Reformer way. I'm leaning towards the Fluid Film way. Just have to spray the undercarriage every year. Which is fine by me, as the Jeep is easy to get under!

There are two reasons I'm leaning towards Fluid Film. 1), it creeps, as far as 2 inches or more. It'll get itself into the cracks and crevice's that would be impossible to get to unless you completely sand blasted the car and started from scratch. Check out this video: Fluid Film Black vs Fluid Film - Are They Identical? - Undercoat Review & Comparison Test - YouTube

And 2), none of the Rust Reformer or POR-15 ways are long lasting. There's always some rust molecules left behind. Never can get rid of all that cancer without going way overboard on a restore, way more than I want to attack. Particularly with rust all where you can see it on this Jeep. The Fluid Film "self heals" and creeps, kinda creepy, but cool!

I like the lazy mans way of using Fluid Film, and just reapplying it from underneath every year. I just don't know about using on the inside. After spraying the floor on the inside, will it creep up the carpeting, and I end up with an oil soaked carpet! dono, Maybe I cover it somehow with some that stick on aluminum foil sound insulation stuff so it does not creep up the carpet. Thinking out loud here!


And heck, I just found this, same as Fluid Film I believe. So I got a whole quart of the stuff already. I've had it for a long time, just never used it, hope it's still good, can't believe that it'd spoil, right!

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Picture story of carpeting removal.

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A nod to "Vice Grip Garage" guy on Youtube I've been watching a bit of lately. I love that guy. Well I'll be dipped.

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Good pics

Have you thought about using Naval Jelly on the inside rust ? Then coating and re-carpeting…:dono

Have you thought about using Naval Jelly on the inside rust ? Then coating and re-carpeting…:dono

Isn’t SlabSauce fluid film? :Rofl

Used to use a product call Defender. Came in a gallon jug. Looked like white water. Very thin. Brush on , it would turn black and stop the rust in its tracks. You didn't want to use it if you are going to do any welding on the area

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Used to use a product call Defender. Came in a gallon jug. Looked like white water. Very thin. Brush on , it would turn black and stop the rust in its tracks. You didn't want to use it if you are going to do any welding on the area

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It looks to be like the rust reformer that I used to use by the case up north in the salt. It works but rust still forms underneath it eventually. This oily stuff I'm thinking of using creeps and self heals. I especially like that part.

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Jeep, as the saying goes, Jeep Empties Every Pocket.
If it were mine for sure the carpet wouldnt be going back in.

Every Jeep comes with a self destructive rust species it seems, eh? Good luck. Check the frame too!

I had thought of that. Removing rust, brazing repairs and sprayed in bedliner flooring…

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Jeep, as the saying goes, Jeep Empties Every Pocket.
If it were mine for sure the carpet wouldnt be going back in.

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Bed liner all the way

The stuff that my brother introduced me to that he learned about in the Navy is called Ospho. A green liquid with water consistency. Knock of the flake, treat and wait 24 hrs before you paint. Chemically stops the rust process. I treated a 6” jointer that had been outside uncovered down here. Palm sander with 220 and treated it and used it for years with no more orange from the rust ruining the wood. Under $10 the last one I bought which is still in my shop. Amazing stuff.

Yup…..you’re crazy.