A Little Rust Treatment On The Chassis
by Garage Weasel on Jun.29, 2021, under Chassis
Before I flip the chassis over to weld on the bottom plates and replace the fuel line, I decided to treat some of the rust on the forked rear area. I used steel brushes in my drill to remove the loose rust, wiped the areas down with a degreaser, and then sprayed the areas with Eastwood Rust Converter. It's actually still curing and wet in the below pictures. This product seals in rust and will protect it until I get to prepping for paint. I didn't do the shock arms just yet as I need to purchase different steel brushes that will get into the recesses better than what I currently have. I also didn't do much with the cross member/floor pan supports as they will be replaced with the floor pans. I just sprayed the rust converter on it without removing loose rust.
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Once the rust encapsulator cured, I flipped the chassis over and treated the same areas on the bottom side as well as the tunnel bottom plate. I masked off the areas where I will be welding. It is very pleasing to see the bulk of the chassis cleaned up and uniform in finish. I had a little feeling of accomplishment with this done. I did go back after taking the pictures and spray rust encapsulator on the cross member/floor pan supports.
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I also remembered that I needed to drill a hole in the frame head for the fuel line to exit through. The 1963 frame head replacement didn't have the hole on top in the same location as the 1960 models. It had a hole inside the oval area on top. From here, it connects to the fuel tank. For reference, it is a 15mm hole.
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