Fun weekend

[Julian]

Friday I collected from a local nursing home.  About 20 ltrs in total, but all in 1 and 2 ltr bottles.  I carefully wedged the bottles on a large drip tray and resolved to drive steadily home so they didn't spill.

You're probably way ahead of me, but at the first junction whilst breaking very carefully over went two bottles spilling about a litre.  Emergency bail out and remedial measures saw most of the oil stay on the scrap piece of carpet I have in the back with very little soaking through to the original carpet.  I removed the scrap carpet and attacked it with glycerin and a pressure washer and hung it on the wall to dry.

Yesterday I went to collect my gear off a job.  Loaded it all in the back and drove home thinking I'll unload it tomorrow.  When I opened the rear door this morning I was greeted with 2.5 ltrs of emulsion paint resembling a small lava flow working it's way slowly across the original carpet ... think that's what you call sods law.

[K.H]

So undersealed and repainted in one weekend, good job:)

[Julian]

I didn't have quite such an optimistic view of the situation.

[K.H]

Just trying to look on the bright side

[Manfred]

Not nice. But just imagine if it happened in wifeys car. I could see a new Faulty Towers episode emerging.

[Julian]

Not nice. But just imagine if it happened in wifeys car. I could see a new Faulty Towers episode emerging.

Bit of an under statement that!

However, the carpet and seat belts have come up OK, cleaner than before the spill.  Had the front of the car up on ramps so it drained and hosed out the floor inside ... remarkably there's still a floor under the carpets with just a few signs of rust on the seams.  Pretty good for an 18 year old Disco!

[Head Womble]

A rust free Disco, should be in a museum.

I adjusted my steering box yesterday, seems weird not constantly sawing at the wheel to go in a straight line. 

[Julian]

That's the joy of owning an old banger ... any work or new part feels like it's been worth the work or money!

While the carpets are out, I'm considering do slapping some under seal and perhaps some rust inhibitor on the boot floor.  I have the impression they rust from the inside out, not from underneath ... can anyone confirm this?  If it's true then it would be worth doing while I have access.

[GedsJeep]

what colour was it?

[Julian]

Depends on several things ...

If it's not been washed (which is pretty much most of the time) then it's blue.

If it's been washed it's either blue or turquoise depending which way the light hits it (it's a 50th anniversary model so has quite a few unnecessary extras and a couple of useful ones ... wonder if one of the extras was some sealant on the boot floor joints )

Why do you ask .... (waits for incoming Discovery jokes)

[julesandtash]

Disco floor does rot from the top down not bottom up (normally). The bottom is nicely coated in underseal and away from anything thrown up from the wheels. But, the top is wet moat of the time as water leaking from, most commonly, the alpine window seals, collects in the corrugations under the big rubber mat which is under the carpet and rots the steel, .

[Head Womble]

the alpine window seals, collects in the corrugations under the big rubber mat which is under the carpet and rots the steel, .

Unless you spill enough veg oil in the boot.

[Julian]

Disco floor does rot from the top down not bottom up (normally). The bottom is nicely coated in underseal and away from anything thrown up from the wheels. But, the top is wet moat of the time as water leaking from, most commonly, the alpine window seals, collects in the corrugations under the big rubber mat which is under the carpet and rots the steel, .

That was my take on things.  I'll get some rust converting stuff tomorrow (not that I've ever had much faith in it, but what have I got to loose) and then plaster it in under seal.  Getting the big rubber mat up next time might be fun!

[Julian]

the alpine window seals, collects in the corrugations under the big rubber mat which is under the carpet and rots the steel, .

Unless you spill enough veg oil in the boot.

Are Wombles suppose to make a mess?

I thought their raison d'être was to clean places up ... perhaps you should be demoted from "Head Womble" to " Apprentice Womble".

[greasemonkey]

That was my take on things.  I'll get some rust converting stuff tomorrow (not that I've ever had much faith in it, but what have I got to loose) and then plaster it in under seal.  Getting the big rubber mat up next time might be fun!

Vactan is the kit for rust treatment, I've had great results with it. For maximum effect on heavy rust, it's best give it one application, let it turn black, then wire brush it hard and give it a second application before painting over it, I find.
A litre will go a pretty long way, treated a good deal of a transit cab and still had some left over.