Okay to see inside the cabin/carpet from underneath car?

[Justin00LS]

On the plus side, I replaced the fuel pump as preventative maintenance and that went very well. On the minus side, I saw some other things going on while I was under the carpet.

 

[2002_lincolnLS]

that is definitely not a good thing

 

[Andrizzle]

dat cancer.

 

[hite337]

Ya that's no good. An experienced welder can take care of that.

 

[Justin00LS]

The driver's side floorboard is perfect.. no rust whatsoever. Actually, there's practically no rust anywhere on this car except for the passenger floorboard.

Removing the seats and carpet after lunch and investigate further.

 

[NYC LS8]

Speed holes

 

[1LoudLS]

thats a lot of rust to have only on one side, is or were your sunroof drain tubes leaking badly?

 

[Kumba]

That's one of them there northern cars!

 

[Justin00LS]

That's one of them there northern cars!

She's spent her entire life in Kentucky, if that's considered northern. lol

 

[Justin00LS]

So I've taken out the passengers seat and the carpeting and I'm getting ready to fix it.

Here's a pic of the driver's side. Perfect.

The car has never had any body/frame work whatsoever. The interior smells fine. No mold or damp carpeting anywhere except the small area near the passengers seat rear bolts. Can't explain dat cancer!!!

 

[Kumba]

She's spent her entire life in Kentucky, if that's considered northern. lol

It is from my view point

 

[Shredicus]

JDM Stage 3 weight reduction rust

 

[1LoudLS]

She's spent her entire life in Kentucky, if that's considered northern. lol

well they did fight for the winning side :shifty:

 

[2002_lincolnLS]

JDM Stage 3 weight reduction rust

haha

 

[Justin00LS]

JDM Stage 3 weight reduction rust

It's no wonder my LS walks away from stock gen2's. I thought it was the custom tune and mods. But my secret is stage III rust weight reduction

 

[Justin00LS]

Update: I've fiberglassed the hell out of the inside of the floorboard and it's sturdy. Now I need to either spray some type of protective foam or anti-rust stuff underneath or possibly weld up a plate of some sort. Any ideas??

It's stable as-is as long as the rust does not get worse. I have a light shining underneath the car up through the fiberglass in the following pictures. A lot of orange shining through.

 

[Kumba]

Only real option is to cut and grind all the metal back till you see no more rust, and weld in a new piece.

They do make an acidic metal prep solution that eats the rust up and gives you something you can paint. Not sure how well it'd work there. I used it once where battery acid had eaten up the battery tray and some of the fender below it. They should be able to tell you what it is at a body shop supply store.

 

[Telco]

If you weren't going to replace the metal it would have been better to apply rust converter before fiberglassing it. Any rust that the fiberglass is covering now will continue to rust. Fiberglass should be strong enough to last though, they make whole cars out of the stuff. The proper way would be to replace the floorpan though.

 

[jmtiseo]

I think you're talking about POR-15. Haven't used it. Roommate used it but I assume not correctly so the results weren't there. Have to agree with the cutting out what you can and welding in new. The cancer is started, try to slow it down while you can still have a handle on it.

 

[G-RELL]

Only real option is to cut and grind all the metal back till you see no more rust, and weld in a new piece.

They do make an acidic metal prep solution that eats the rust up and gives you something you can paint. Not sure how well it'd work there. I used it once where battery acid had eaten up the battery tray and some of the fender below it. They should be able to tell you what it is at a body shop supply store.

i woulda thought you'd have a better solution for fixing this

just keep an eye on it... is it fixed, no.
is it going to destroy the car, not in the immediate future

just make sure it doesnt spread to more vital area's