New FG falcons rusting already!
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From: the_dawggie on 29 Sep 2009 06:26 On Sep 29, 8:21 pm, jonz <f...(a)diesel.com> wrote: > Noddy wrote: > > "jonz" <f...(a)diesel.com> wrote in messagenews:4ac1d522(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > > >> and/so...... > > > And/so the point is that salt water is very bad for tin bodied cars, > > regardless of what "treatment" the factory may have prepared the tin with. > > > If you're finding this all a little too hard, then perhaps you might try > > here:http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/ > > > -- > > Regards, > > Noddy. > > -- > jonz > "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, > difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind > - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene > Spafford,1992 Don't tell Node, but worse is Al and Fe they don't mix as in Landys. Fe goes awol. -- Kipland.
From: Albm&ctd on 1 Oct 2009 07:33 In article <dc03f516-03f2-4ca2-b9b0-f0aa009b9283(a)a37g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, the_dawggie(a)hotmail.com says... > On Sep 29, 8:21 pm, jonz <f...(a)diesel.com> wrote: > > Noddy wrote: > > > "jonz" <f...(a)diesel.com> wrote in messagenews:4ac1d522(a)dnews.tpgi.com..au... > > > > >> and/so...... > > > > > And/so the point is that salt water is very bad for tin bodied cars, > > > regardless of what "treatment" the factory may have prepared the tin with. > > > > > If you're finding this all a little too hard, then perhaps you might try > > > here:http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/ > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Noddy. > > > > -- > > jonz > > "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, > > difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind > > - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene > > Spafford,1992 > > Don't tell Node, but worse is Al and Fe they don't mix as in Landys. > Fe goes awol. > That's a load of old bauxite. Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
From: Albm&ctd on 1 Oct 2009 07:45 In article <4abf489e$0$60131$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net>, me(a)home.com says... > > "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:0048c315$0$26902$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > > Sounds cheap, my nephew recently ordered an XR6 ute so I'll have a good > > look at it when he picks it up. > > Tell him to check the rear brake hoses, as Falcons are snapping them left > right and centre but Ford is doing nothing about it. > The olde.. too short a brake hose trick? Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
From: Noddy on 1 Oct 2009 08:14 "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote in message news:MPG.252f33464af1cddb989813(a)news.eternal-september.org... > The olde.. too short a brake hose trick? Pretty much. Same problem on the front of the Territorys, but there was no way they couldn't do something about that unless a major class action was what they were looking for. Still, it took them a *long* time to get off their arses about it. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: D Walford on 2 Oct 2009 01:59
Kev wrote: > D Walford wrote: >> Je�us wrote: >>> In article <02ce8a7d$0$20634$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, >>> dwalford(a)internode.on.net said... >>> : >>> :They must have changed their production techniques for a cheaper >>> option :because rust hasn't been a problem with locally made Ford's >>> until recently. >>> :Seems a stupid way to cut costs, rust in a late model vehicle isn't >>> :going to make for return business. >>> :Ford seem to be going out of their way to spoil the Territory which >>> :despite its faults is still one of the best vehicles designed in >>> this :country for many years. >>> >>> IMO Fords have always rusted quicker than Holdens, or at least have >>> so since the XD was released anyway. >> >> I had an XD and a VK at the same time and neither had any rust to >> worry about. >> Quite a few Ford's (2 EF's, EA, NC11 Fairlane and an ED owned by >> youngest son's girlfriend) in our family over the years and no rust on >> any of them so I don't know what you mean. >> Rustiest vehicle I've ever owned was a Toyota, 79 BJ40 Landcruiser was >> full of cancer when I bought it (nothing structural), panel beater >> mate of BIL did a great job getting rid of the rust and repainting it, >> a little bit of rust had returned when I sold it 4yrs later but it >> still looked quite reasonable. >> >> >> Daryl > > > XD-XF were bad for rust I have heard people say that but I've not seen a lot of rusty XD-XF's. Maybe the problem isn't as bad in Melb but they don't like the conditions in Qld? > worst places in them was the top of the firewall where it joined the A > pillar, and where the air vent intake went through > Under the plastic cover on the C pillar(B pillar on utes) > rear guard behind the rear wheels > > bad or non existent coating and blocked drain holes were the main problem The XD van I owned had rust in the drivers door caused by blocked drain holes, I cleaned it out treated the rust and it didn't get any worse. > > when buying these vehicles the first thing one did was get a bucket of > water and throw it over the windscreen, if water started to drip over > the foot pedals then you just walked away, unless you wanted it for parts > > My first XD Spac was an 80 model and was rusted around the air vents > when I bought it in 84(before I knew about the problem) > Mine had some surface rust in that area but no leaks, like the door problem I treated it as soon as I noticed it and it didn't get any worse. > > I did however have an 84 XE that I bought in 94 for 9 years that had no > rust at all, it came from Griffith NSW and had been rust proofed from > new, When I worked for Ford I visited the Griffith dealer and he was anal about rust proofing, he claimed that a lot of dust was allowed to get into the doors and other places and when it got wet it would turn to mud and retain the moisture for a long time causing rust so he dismantled a lot of a new car and sealed it to stop dust and water getting in. Seems it worked. Daryl |