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Post by muttleymk2 on Feb 4, 2016 22:38:45 GMT 1
Just put in drainage, Fords major malfunction was always to make mud traps. Stuff I weld always has provision for drainage and I have never welded summat twice
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Post by Ralph on Feb 4, 2016 22:52:04 GMT 1
All genuine panels have 20mm holes in the lowest point to aid drainage, expanding foam is hydroscopic it absorbs moisture from the air not just as a liquid thats what makes it cure.
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Post by harry2012 on Feb 4, 2016 23:15:29 GMT 1
What a waste of good work. Expanding foam is the worst thing you could put in there, it's hygroscopic so any moisture it will absorb which will rot it from the inside out. Proper bodge-tastic!
If you can get that crap out if the sill now.
Just fill all the cavities with as much waxoyl or dinitrol as you can, that'll stop it rotting again.
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Post by muttleymk2 on Feb 5, 2016 22:32:09 GMT 1
Oh, it's Hygroscopic by the way
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 16:48:05 GMT 1
i cant get it out unless i cut the whole sill out it was pumped through 2 8mm holes and filled the whole sill solid and can anyone explain how it did the job on my dads old mk2 but not my one tho ? he did the sills filled them with foam and was still good 15 years later when the van got scrapped
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Post by jonochap on Feb 6, 2016 20:32:44 GMT 1
Dan, I'm sure it's difficult to hear, especially when it worked so well for your dad, who also gave you the idea. It's your van, your choice but your dads fortune doesn't prove the theory.
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 21:50:54 GMT 1
he didnt just fill the sills tho he also filled the rear corners behind the rear wheels and a few other places and all the foam filled bits never needed doing again after that so thats why im confused over everyone saying its a bad idea also quite a lot of the inside of the sill has few coats of stone chip spray to
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 21:58:16 GMT 1
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Post by FredTransit on Feb 6, 2016 22:20:39 GMT 1
Mk1 rear lights. Now I know where you get it from
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Post by muttleymk2 on Feb 6, 2016 22:21:12 GMT 1
The foam didn't stop any further rust, he was just lucky
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 22:29:42 GMT 1
Mk1 rear lights. Now I know where you get it from are they ? that pic is me and my grandad and thats my dads old mk2 phase 1 it was a 1987 swb panel van in ford olympic blue with a 2 liter pinto im doing mine that shade and building that van with mine
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 22:30:12 GMT 1
Mk1 rear lights. Now I know where you get it from are they ? that pic is me and my grandad and thats my dads old mk2 phase 1 it was a 1978 swb panel van in ford olympic blue with a 2 liter pinto im doing mine that shade and building that van with mine i mean 1978
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Post by dodgerover on Feb 6, 2016 23:06:55 GMT 1
Made me smile that photo, I had a little wheelbarrow to 'help' with too You can get an aerosol of foam eater if you really want it out, it basically dissolves it.
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Post by danclift on Feb 6, 2016 23:17:23 GMT 1
if anyone see's one of these hylux bull bars about im interested. this is a later pic taken after it was painted red same van as above tho i liked it more blue
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Post by harry2012 on Feb 7, 2016 3:41:44 GMT 1
Mk1 rear lights. Now I know where you get it from Early mk2's had mk1 rear lights. My mk2 has the same ones Oh and Dan, apparently it's a different type of expanding foam used years ago, closed cell type foam, it didn't trap moisture. It only really works if the sill, etc is totally sealed, no drain holes, etc, and apparently is no longer made? But would have been around when your dad did his. What you are injecting is modern builders expanding foam and is different stuff as it's terrible for trapping moisture. It's a death sentence to your sills to inject it.
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