Rust? RUST!!!!
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Rust? RUST!!!!
Looked at an FX4 F250 on the coast. Truck is located in a community right on the ocean. Good price then I started looking...7 years old the Rancho shocks have some rust on them, not the sliders but the paint and the affixing hardware. The shocks on a stock 250 really show so it caught my attention. Noticed the badges have lost most of their paint. You can see the muffler and CAT have rust on them...starting to look like the truck was parked in the water..lol But the engine bay is very clean no rust on the head studs, 1 owner, and the inside and the paint are without much of a mentionable blemish. The driver of the truck passed a few years ago and the car was rarely used for 2 years. What is too much rust? Its tough for me to judge, in cencal and about 7" of rain yearly I really don't notice any rust on any vehicles. Can any of you that regularly drive on salted roads and live in ocean side towns help me with a good guideline? Is a sign of surface rust pretty normal?
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Coastal air can be as big a challenge as deicing agents. Most of what you describe is cosmetic. Does the truck run ok? Is it tight? I would take it for a ride and put it in the air for an thorough inspection.
If you buy it, budget for fluids, filters, belts, shocks and tires
You might also consider having the bottom sprayed with undercoat
As for the shocks, replace with Bilstiens.
If you buy it, budget for fluids, filters, belts, shocks and tires
You might also consider having the bottom sprayed with undercoat
As for the shocks, replace with Bilstiens.
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A good shop will wash the underside with an acid solution and a detergent before applying the undercoat. Zeibart has such a system. Fluid Film on the rest.
See Fluid Film® | Corrosion Preventative, Lubricant and Rust Inhibitor
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A good shop will wash the underside with an acid solution and a detergent before applying the undercoat. Zeibart has such a system. Fluid Film on the rest.
See Fluid Film® | Corrosion Preventative, Lubricant and Rust Inhibitor
Mention FTE at familiar sounding online dealers
See Fluid Film® | Corrosion Preventative, Lubricant and Rust Inhibitor
Mention FTE at familiar sounding online dealers
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damn up here in ny its not suprising to see shocks completely rusted out. my chevy had most of the outside fenders of the box gone couldnt stand on the wheel wells because they were so close to falling out i wish i could find a used truck with that little rust
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If you are concerned about rust/corrosion of "body panels", here is a link to a Ford TSB for collision repairs. Undercoating does little, if anything to stop "panel rusting" or other components. Rust Inhibitor/Preventative is what is needed and suggest that you use only those which meet or exceed the ASTM-117B standard or the new SAE-J2334. I know of only three that meet or exceed both standards. Ford MotorCraft, MoPar or ValuGard products.
At ValuGard.net, under the Engineers Section are several Ford TSB's and "procedural instructions" you can inspect. Provides the MotorCraft part numbers, etc. Panel corrosion starts on the inside of the body panels, not the outside, by the way and undercoating does little to stop that from happening.
At ValuGard.net, under the Engineers Section are several Ford TSB's and "procedural instructions" you can inspect. Provides the MotorCraft part numbers, etc. Panel corrosion starts on the inside of the body panels, not the outside, by the way and undercoating does little to stop that from happening.
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...im currently looking at using a rust converter and either using fluid film or oil spraying ( con with oil spraying is that out here on the sand you need to scrape it all off every once in a while), i don't really trust undercoatings i'm worried they can trap the rust if not done properly
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