I love seeing your build, your modifications and upgrades are very similar to what I plan to do with mine. It'll end up with a lot of interior lighting upgrades, probably orange LEDs around the cabin too for ambient lighting to match the other cars.Carpet back in today and test the results of the footwell lighting and mood lighting. Really happy with the way the blue highlights pick up.View attachment 68726View attachment 68727
Never seen rust in that place, probably due to a clogged water evacuation hole. Curious place for your hoses. Are they hang there because you unplugged them or is it where they were fitted?Today, I found some cracked unibody coating in the cowl with rust lurking beneath. I'm glad I decided to rip all of it up, or else this surface rust would've developed into quite the headache.
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My car had a little bit of rust in that area as well, somewhat hiding under the mastic. I think if there's a brake/clutch fluid leak, it must soften the factory mastic applied in the scuttle, then attack the underlying paint, which of course in turn would allow rust to set in.Never seen rust in that place, probably due to a clogged water evacuation hole. Curious place for your hoses. Are they hang there because you unplugged them or is it where they were fitted?
That's one of the most common places I find rust on otherwise rust free X's here in this dry climate. It is due to the long hydraulic hoses running across the cowl from the brake reservoir on one extreme side to the masters on the other side. A ton of leaves and debris collects under the hoses, then moisture soaks into that debris, and eventually rust forms across the cowl....even if the vent holes are open.Never seen rust in that place, probably due to a clogged water evacuation hole. Curious place for your hoses. Are they hang there because you unplugged them or is it where they were fitted?
I had the reservoirs hanging over the frunk seal lip, in a plastic bag to prevent brake fluid from spilling, so they're just bundled up there. Otherwise they just sit on the floor of the cowl area.Never seen rust in that place, probably due to a clogged water evacuation hole. Curious place for your hoses. Are they hang there because you unplugged them or is it where they were fitted?
Excellent point. There is usually spilled fluid around the hydraulic reservoirs on most vehicles. Especially on old vintage cars with dried out brittle plastic reservoirs that crack and leak. And it will eat away the paint and other protective coatings.and a brake fluid
it all looks good, I want to throw an idea out there, I used 80/90 weight in my transmission for years and it worked fine, I took a chance and used Redline MTL as suggested by many members of this forum. Incredible difference! shifting was easy, quieter, smoother. Just saying if you can't find anything obvious when you reassemble trans use this oil.Took trans apart ,did not see anything obvious, going to have to look closer.
Thanks for the support, i have now purchased a condo and am hoping to get my X in the same secure underground parking, will keep you posted, DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY X!Going through the same right now. Sucks not knowing how its going to go. Hang in there brother.
It is common for the factory applied sealant/coating to allow water underneath it. That leads to rust that you cannot see. The more you remove that coating the more rust you might find.Oh man this stuff is a mess. I've decided to do the whole cowl as this coating (factory or not) has began to crack in some areas, and is allowing water to get trapped underneath. I assume this may be a factor in how the other side rusted as well.
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Edit: as tough as this stuff may be, it's no match for my MAP gas torch.
HI had MTL in it had done that when car was put on the road last May , will do again , there a lot of dirt in trans ,possibly from being parked for 26 years ,ordered second gear and synchrosit all looks good, I want to throw an idea out there, I used 80/90 weight in my transmission for years and it worked fine, I took a chance and used Redline MTL as suggested by many members of this forum. Incredible difference! shifting was easy, quieter, smoother. Just saying if you can't find anything obvious when you reassemble trans use this oil.
I would just paint. You can see it, monitor it and easily repair it without needing to go through all of that again.View attachment 68875
Driver side cleaned up well, thankfully little rust over there. Getting the undercoating off the center cowl sections is an absolute pain, very little access.
And here are some shots before and after rust conversion on the opposite side.
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Now just to figure out what product is best suited to take the original coatings place....