Project clean machine?

[The86manche]

Happy 4th everyone!

I had nothing going on today so I decided to put my nose to the mj grind stone!

Ive been peeling back the unibody rail to clean up the rust and I had one last spot to remove for total clean up and clean out. This little guy.

It wasn't too far gone thankfully so I didn't need to make any more patches

and the ugliness behind it.

 

[The86manche]

Broke out the hand held sandblaster and worked away. Blasted the piece i removed and cleaned up scale on the crossmember where it bolts to the unibody. Will need that installed when I need to weld in my patches and don't want rust touching my work lol

 

 

 

 

And everything ive been cleaning up ive been coating in rust converter primer. 

[The86manche]

And then clean up time. Whatever tool i  could fit in the rail went in to try and clean up any rust.

 

Underside.

I battled with a lip I couldn't quite see.

At the start of the clean out.

after.

 

[The86manche]

Gave it a good vacuum clean, blew it all out, wiped it doen with brake clean and then a nice thiiiick coating of rust reformer primer.

 

And this is where i have left it for today.

Letting the primer set up and dry and then the patch pieces will be going in!

Will likely brush on some epoxy and after that sets up enamel over that to complete this side of the unibody... uh.. in the cab at least.

[The86manche]

Finger painting with epoxy!

I brushed on a coat on the backsides of the pieces I made.

 

 

And up in and around the rail. Its okay that its not perfect, it will get an enamel coating when everything is pieces back together in there.