Holden FB EK Vital Inspection of Common Rust Areas | Cars
Holden FB EK Vital Inspection of Common Rust Areas
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22.01.2022 3. Boot Lid Rust. Usually found in the lower latch area and along the lip where the rubber and it's channel retain water.
22.01.2022 5. Lower Subframe Tie Members. Lower three piece section. The two corners, where these three sections meet are most effected, Specially the passengers side due to the camber of the road. These sections are where the inner front bumper bar mounting bolts go through. Sway bar rubber inner mounts fasten too as well. This section has to drainage holes that are almost always full of dirt and leaves. They are very often rusted out, though, one of the easier fixes. ... Getting the longer bumper bar bolts out of these sections can be a challenge due to rust. Also the two sway bar bolts into these tubes. Pics 1,2 & 3 ... all rusted. Pic 4 ... repaired. Pic 5,6,7 ... new Tie section.
20.01.2022 2C. Front Guards "top back" Three main common areas of rust, due to the mud accumulation. The 3 major areas are ... ... 1. Lower rear guard to sil/box section. 2. Top rear guard near Firewall. 3. Top front of the headlights. All section available reproduction. Headlight Pic 1. Rust. Pic 2. Rust. Pic 3. Full of filler. Pic 4. Repair section.
19.01.2022 2B. Front Guards "Headlights" Three main common areas of rust due to the mud accumulation. The 3 major areas ... 1. Lower rear guard to sil/box section. 2. Top rear guard near Firewall. 3. Top front of the headlights. All section available reproduction. Headlight Pic 1. Rust. Pic 2. Mud. Pic 3. Full of filler. Pic 4. added repair section professional repair.
19.01.2022 6. Battery Box rust in tray and subframe. Common with battery acid overspill from too much charge, plus the old tar batteries leak. Trays are available from Sam Crupi. A chassis repair sections I have not seen. You have to get a cut or fabricate. Pic 1,2,3 ... Tray out rust in subframe. ... Pics 4 & 5 ... New piece welded in. Pics 6 & 7 ... Painted. Pic 8 ... finished. Pic 9 ... New Battery Tray.
14.01.2022 8. Subframe to Firewall below windscreen then scuttle. Vital area due to major repair if to repair professionally. Remove guards, engine, subframe, then subframe off to weld both Firewall and Subframe individually. Big Job.... Place phone on tyre and angle up a little and in a little, with light shining on the area and take a pic to zoom in for close inspection. Easily viewed with guards removed. Pics 1, 2 & 3 ... Rust and repair. Pics 4, 5, 6 & 7 .... view of vital area of subframe to firewall join with and without rust holes, though showing some dirt and surface rust.
12.01.2022 9. Plenum rust - Drain tubes & Plenum chamber. 1. Rust in funnels where rubber tube connects and drains out under front guards. When blocked with dirt and leaves, this area holds water, rusts out and leaks into cabin. Also check for hose perish or split. 2. Plenum chamber comer rusts out from drain hose blocked and or mud clumped under front guards, up in the very top back guard/firewall/subframe area.... Pics 1, 2 & 3 ... Chamber cover and sides. Pics 4 & 5 ... Drainage hoses to plenum tank not rusted.
11.01.2022 1. .... Doors Bolt on panels are normally easier to spot in pics, though, the inside bottoms need close inspection Door drain holes clog and fill up with water. In some internal pics of and FB and EK, one can see the door cards buckling up with the moisture affecting the Masonite backing. These doors will need repair if the original paint is to be retained where possible. ... Pic 1, 2 & 4 ... Rust in in door lower & under the chrome strip due to internal metal clip rusting. Pic 3 ... Door card buckle.
10.01.2022 12. Floor Pans. Can be rusted up to 90% through from inside the cabin and still not showing from underneath. "Original Rubber Floor Mat warning". ... Do not try to lift "original unripped" mats to inspect floors without taking extreme care, as they are prone to tear and this involves a bit of time & fiddling after purchase. Best to factor in that it may have had some water by viewing the kick panel water marks, scuff plates. Two person job to remove intact and with minimal damage on a very hot day to make mats more flexible. Back seat out, scuff plates loosened, back floor mat carefully unwrapped around back legs of front seat slid backwards then out ... good luck without ripping. Front seat removed, front scuff plates loosened, getting front floor mat up over accelerator pedal is a challenge without tearing. *** If you don't need to remove original rubber mats, and they are in good condition, then I would leave them. Specially if they are non trowel edge early FB. Later FB trowel edge rubber mats are the easiest to replace and one can even ad the paint splatter for the FB Specials, or colour the whole mat for the EK Specials. Obsolete Rubber make new "trowel edge" FB and EK black mats. Pic 1 & 2 ... for extremely rusted floors ... you may need a donor car as floor pans wont suffice on this old bus. Pics 3 & 4 ... Donor body shell with great floors. Pics 5 & 6 ... unusually clean "original floors". Pics 7 & 8 ... Saving original floor pans with sections or brazing holes as to preserve originality where possible. Pic 9 & 10... Bit more than a floor pan + pic of new reproduction floor pans. Pic 11 & 12 ... Under rear seat section. Replacement floor section is not available yet. You need a donor section. This same rear seat floor structure if found in the ute and van under the rear board floor.
09.01.2022 2A. Front guard "Lower Rear" Three main common areas due to the mud accumulation The 3 major areas are ... 1. Lower rear guard to sil/box section ... 2. Top rear guard near firewall ... 3. Top front of the headlights. All section available reproduction. Pic 1 Rust Pic 2 Old chatty repair Pic 3 Full of filler Pic 4 added repair section professional repair
08.01.2022 11. Box section - "Major vital rust area". The junction for outer subframe leg / inner and outer sil join / A pillar anchor point / bottom of front guard fastening point / Front Floor cross member rail. Rust attacks from inside and outside and can be a major problem. Inside water at this point water sits below the inside kick panel under the rubber mats and soaks into the under-felt. ... Attack under - from lower guard mud clump. Clog in subframe leg, water in sil from A pillar and under scuff plate rust holes. Sasha Stark is now making all these vital parts for the box section. Pic 1 ... Inner box section front guard fastening, front of sil, full box required. Pic 2 ... Box section easier repair. Pic 3 ... Tell tale sign of rust in box section. Rust in lower guard and front of outer sil. Pic 4 ... Rust in Box section already showing old plate repair. Pic 5 ... Rust outer Box section. Pic 6 ... Rust everywhere, A pillar where inner kick panel attaches, Outer sub frame leg, floor an, front floor hat rail to rear gear box brace. Pic 7 ... A pillar down to top of sil, under scuff plate and outer sil. Pic 8 ... Outer box section view + outer subframe lower leg.
07.01.2022 10. Sil Rust inner & Outer Major if whole inner sil needs replacing. Out sil ia an easier repair. Lucky one can now get original looking inner sil sections with embossed circles. Outer sil replacements available too.... The sil does have drain holes & when blocked they fill from cabin water sitting under scuff plates on top of the sil and rust through, they also can fill through the bottom of the A pillar & B Pillar plus Read dog leg when rusted. Pic 1 & 2 ... Front inner sil rust with old repair where it meets the front box section. Pic 3 ... Inner sil rear rust. Pic 4, 5 & 6 ... Outer sil rust. Pic 7 ... Outer lower sil cut exposing inner sil internally.
07.01.2022 7. Front Chassis subframe legs. Four in total. Outer more prone to rust down where they bolt in the box section. Pictured ... Inner and outer Sil meet the outer legs in the box sections. ... Pics 1 & 2 ... guards removed to view lower subframe legs outer. Pics 3 to 6 ... Rust in outer subframe legs. Pics 7 to 10 ... New repair sections.
06.01.2022 13. Rust -Rear windscreen / Rear parcel shelf / Roof Pillar Fb (under stainless mould). Pic 1 to 5. Rear parcel shelf under vinyl covered board. Hard to see rust until the board is removed. Water leaks from window rubber. Water then drips down boot pillars and into boot wells and floor. Repairing rear parcel shelf - because it's covered one can ad flat metal repair if they can't find a cut from a donor. I am unaware of anyone making an original shelf section.... Pic 6. Visible rust around rear windscreen rubber. Pic 7. Rust in rear window gutter. Pics 8 & 9. Rust in roof pillar. Under FB Stainless Mould only.
05.01.2022 1. Doors Bolt on panels are normally easier to spot in pics, though, the inside bottoms need close inspection - Door drain holes clog and fill up with water. I some internal pics, one can see the door cards buckling up with the moisture affecting the Masonite backing. These doors will clean up with cleaning and polishing and internal rust preventer.
03.01.2022 4. Bonnet Rust - Most commonly found in the two bumper stop frames. Besides that, it is rare for a bonnet to rust. Not so the FB chrome Bonnet Bar. They held water quite well when stationary and exposed they are probe to rust. The ek Bonnet bar with Red badge insert hel the water escape.
03.01.2022 2D. Sleeper Guard Rust. This area is normally hard to see until the guard comes off. Pics are of the guard lip rusted and repaired that bolt to the A pillar. The lip runs from the windscreen down to the front of the sil. The guard is fasten with three bolts behind the kick.
