Hello all:
I just bought my current spit last fall. I had to do some frame repairs under the rear axles on the right side due to rot. (And pulled out all the mouse nests before doing the repairs.
Now, I'm trying to rustproof inside the frame since I know that with these cars (the era in general, not just BL) if you can't see it with your eyes, it does not have paint on it. Just bare metal.
I've come up with a modification for aerosol cans of Rust Check (A product used in Canada. I'm sure there are US, UK and other equivalents to it. Very thin like machine oil and does not dry out.) to extend the nozzle tube about 4 feet. The extension tubing is plastic, the end is pinched off and then I've perforated it so it sends out four jets at 90° to each other. The idea is to insert the tube into the frame as far as it will go, start spraying, and slowly withdraw the tubing. It will coat the four walls of the frame inside as I withdraw it.
Roadblock. First attempt, I managed to get about 2' of tubing into the rear frame extensions and it stops. Since the frame extensions don't appear in the images on Moss, Rimmer and other parts sites, I assume they are added on after the fact and there is a wall there on the frame. But, I don't know for sure.
Then, I tried from the front and inserted the tubing into the oval holes on the insde of the frame at the front and I can only get the tubing in about as far as the mounts for the shock supports are welded onto the frame. (And where all the wishbone bolts go though. The tubing is only 1/16" OD so I know it would get past the bolts if that's all that's there.
Question: Does anyone here know the inside of a spitfire frame well enough to know if there are baffles inside that are not seen? I can put the car up on stands to get under it and attack the problem from the holes in the frame under the car (the provided ones. I fixed the ones that didn't belong there) and push the tubing into the frame in both directions. But I want to be sure I'm not hitting baffles that stop me rustproofing past that point. (And the area beyond may not be reachable from the next access hole.)
Any help would be appreciated.
I just bought my current spit last fall. I had to do some frame repairs under the rear axles on the right side due to rot. (And pulled out all the mouse nests before doing the repairs.
Now, I'm trying to rustproof inside the frame since I know that with these cars (the era in general, not just BL) if you can't see it with your eyes, it does not have paint on it. Just bare metal.
I've come up with a modification for aerosol cans of Rust Check (A product used in Canada. I'm sure there are US, UK and other equivalents to it. Very thin like machine oil and does not dry out.) to extend the nozzle tube about 4 feet. The extension tubing is plastic, the end is pinched off and then I've perforated it so it sends out four jets at 90° to each other. The idea is to insert the tube into the frame as far as it will go, start spraying, and slowly withdraw the tubing. It will coat the four walls of the frame inside as I withdraw it.
Roadblock. First attempt, I managed to get about 2' of tubing into the rear frame extensions and it stops. Since the frame extensions don't appear in the images on Moss, Rimmer and other parts sites, I assume they are added on after the fact and there is a wall there on the frame. But, I don't know for sure.
Then, I tried from the front and inserted the tubing into the oval holes on the insde of the frame at the front and I can only get the tubing in about as far as the mounts for the shock supports are welded onto the frame. (And where all the wishbone bolts go though. The tubing is only 1/16" OD so I know it would get past the bolts if that's all that's there.
Question: Does anyone here know the inside of a spitfire frame well enough to know if there are baffles inside that are not seen? I can put the car up on stands to get under it and attack the problem from the holes in the frame under the car (the provided ones. I fixed the ones that didn't belong there) and push the tubing into the frame in both directions. But I want to be sure I'm not hitting baffles that stop me rustproofing past that point. (And the area beyond may not be reachable from the next access hole.)
Any help would be appreciated.