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Red Raider

09-25-2001 19:41:11

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What would be the best repair on these two bad spots on an International L-110 pickup? The cab is inaccessible from the inside, so the area has to be ground away and welded (brased?) from the outside. The grill is easier, but an unseen support bracket makes a patch from the inside impossible. Can both of these areas be repaired from the outside? I plan on using acetylene.

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Bill

09-29-2001 05:14:25

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Re: Body Repair in reply to Red Raider, 09-25-2001 19:41:11

Repair depends on your goal. If your looking to "restore" it, mig welding in a new piece is the way to go. Bondo.. generic name for many brands priced from $10-$20 a gallon. A terrible invention. The pieces you show likely rusted from behind. Bondo, not water proof no matter WHAT the can says will last a short time then pucker all over & the repair time spent was wasted. The damage comes from behind the bondo not through the bondos painted surface. My father tried to show me how to paddle lead. Wish I'd paid attention. I was too enamored with that new fangled bondo stuff to be bothered. Ignorance of youth... On the other hand would a suggestion for a long lasting durable repair that I would not do on something I was "restoring" interest you? Canned spray foam insulation used in housing/sold almost anywhere. Wire brush off/sand blast the outside to remove anything possible. Pressure wash/sand blast the area from behind to get it as clean as you can. Anything that you can do. Even just blow it out with an air hose. Through a hole big enough to fit the tube put a generous amount of the canned foam into the cavity. The stuff expands!!!! If the cavity has no outlet anywhere be carefull not to fill the cavity! The stuff is pretty much water proof & will actually add structural strength from behind as it expands & fills/comes to the shape of the cavity. Razor blade or sand off whatever comes out through the rust holes & then bondo over & finish. Started out with this idea some years back on my Dodge pick-up. Up here in the north east pick-ups don't last long. My cab rocker panels were Swiss Cheese & the vehicles monetary value was gone due to age but she ran like a champ. Figured I had nothing to lose & knew any just surface repair would just be a waste of bondo & time as the structurral strength of the rocker panels was gone. Filled'em up with spray foam. They are now strong as new. I can't tell you how many years later this is but they still look good. The foam stopped the moisture from getting to the bondo from behind & added strength. I & many friends have used the idea many times since & we have been pretty much satisfied.

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John Ne.

09-25-2001 21:49:24

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Re: Body Repair in reply to Red Raider, 09-25-2001 19:41:11

That cab corner repair is gonna be dicey, even for a good bodyman, that rust is extensive enough that it will need considerable new metal welded in, I would cut out what is needed on the inside to access that area, you can always weld it back in, and pickup some good (How-to) books at a large book store on body work. whatever, start with the smaller grille repair first, then work up to that cab corner. I'd be looking for another rust free cab, even for sheet metal repair parts. John in Ne.

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