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Author Who wanted to know where Corsa chassis rails rotted?
CorsAsh
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26th Dec 06 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Whilst crawling around fitting my new fuel tank today, I took some pics:









First job of 2007 - weld that lot up and re-underseal the car
jr
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26th Dec 06 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
me, and fucking hell
CorsAsh
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26th Dec 06 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Exactly That must make you feel ill seeing such dirt/rust.
jr
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it does a bit
VegasPhil
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26th Dec 06 at 18:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm going to check mine tomorrow

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Nic Barnes
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its due to the drain hole in the chasis leg that is exactly, well probably was originally, where all that rust is. lots of built up of water etc causes it
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It looks worse than it really is, most of that is just surface rust. A lot of the ridges are just underseal peeling back.
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i might just have that all plated on mine anyway, even though it doesnt look remotely like that

i thought they went the other side of that for some reason
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So, recommended course of action - cut back any rust, weld some plate in there (what thickness) and underseal over again? Do I need to redrill a drain hole?
CorsAsh
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26th Dec 06 at 19:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
On another note:

Old minging tank:



New sparkly tank:
Ojc
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While your at it, paint everything underneath.

Blinging ma nigga.
Gregor
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Thats where mine was welded last year
Adam-D
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you get the tank ok?

i guess you got it from where i said?


yeah the blue corsa needs doing there, the sport has no rust and by mid jan its all be cleaned and waxoiled aswell
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26th Dec 06 at 22:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my gsi needed welding there
CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
you get the tank ok?

i guess you got it from where i said?


yeah the blue corsa needs doing there, the sport has no rust and by mid jan its all be cleaned and waxoiled aswell


Yeah Big thank you for that mate
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quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Thats where mine was welded last year


Can you see where it was done? Any chance of a pic?
Teknologikal
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quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Thats where mine was welded last year


Yes Gregor, we discussed this in some detail recently didn't we . I was crapping myself thinking the car was in trouble. Got it welded afterwards for the princely sum of £30 (sorry mate, I know you paid through the nose)

Come summer, out comes the wire brush on drill and the Hammerite and waxoyl and the whole underneath is getting done.


EDIT: I'll take my camera out later and see if I can get a decent shot of where mine was welded.

As was asked above......does a drainage hole need to be redone or not then?


[Edited on 27-12-2006 by Teknologikal]
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Hvae you changed the oil recently?



the tank looks either wet or oily, cant tell properly from the pic.
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That's the gearbox
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by Teknologikal
That's the gearbox


yeah its too early in the morning, but still it looks quite oily. Im no mechanic but usually oil stays inside.

My gearbox has a small amount but its not that bad.

[Edited on 27-12-2006 by Reedy]
Teknologikal
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27th Dec 06 at 11:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Common trait of Vauxhalls...sump and gearbox leakage....

Anyway, took a pic of my rail...here it is:



It was pretty bad before it got welded and sealed but I feel a lot better that I can finish it all off in the summer without too much worry.
CorsAsh
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It's wet, but it's also leaking, best of both worlds
Nic Barnes
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wont rust then will it
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27th Dec 06 at 17:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ash, how difficult is the petrol tank to change ? As i have a slight dent in mine since my coming together with a brick, so was thinking about changing it in the summer.

Mase

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