Misc Body Questions

[Ken Farmer <Ken.Farmer@domain.elided>]

jmbrodsky@domain.elided wrote:

>     The plugs can be purchased at almost any hardware store.  They are 
>plastic/rubber plugs that have a dart style entry.  The plugs are similar to 
>those used on IH doors where access to the hinge bolts is necessary.  You may 
>even want to use these if you have some extra doors.  They're about 50 cents 
>each, and eliminate the fender filling up with leaves etc.  My scout's right 
>front fender had leaves clogged half way up before I noticed and emptied it
>LAST YEAR!  when you undo the 3 or 4 bolts on the bottom of the fender, if you 
>get dirt and such falling out, it's prolly pretty full.

Just last night I performed the Joel-Brodsky-fender-leave-removal-maintenance-item
and was stunned to discover a full inch of Mississippi delta silt at
the bottom (and I live in Colorado!).  Coming up with a good drainage
technique for this area is an absolute priority for the work I have
ahead.

I was peeking inside my rear fenders through speaker cut-outs and the
hatch on the drivers side near the tailgate.  I also took apart my
doors to lubricate everything.  I luckily saw no rust any of those
places.  However, the bottom 12" or so of the doors and fenders were
damp and dirty (note: it hasn't rained or snowed here in several weeks,
and it had been 10 days since I last washed it).  Are there any truly
great strategies for sealing off the upper fenders from road spray?
I used to have an article in one of the 4x4 mags (Peterson's?) with
a variety of rust tactics.  One of them was to create a molding of
the inside of your wheel wells out of wire mesh and then coat this
with line-x or something similar.  Any pre-made fiberglass/rubber/plastic
stuff like this out there?  How about ways of mounting this that wouldn't
cause problems?

>     I made my mounts with some sheet steel I had lying around.  It was like 
>.010 and it was about the limit of the brake (box and pan with movable fingers) 
>that I bent it with.  

Do you mean .010 inches - or is this a convention to mean 10 gauge?
In the former case it sounds like you must be employing an ancient
katana-smithing technique!

>I wouldn't even want to make another pair for the scout again.  Sorry.

That's fine.  Actually, I'm looking for some mounts for my Travelall.
The rust-proofing has finally turned brittle and is now accelerating
the rustification. 

As far as the removability of Rhino goes...all the lining products
have the same drawback right?

Sorry about the ramble,

Ken Farmer
1980 Scout II   167k miles (my daily commuter)
1974 Travelall  169k miles (my wife's daily commuter - she's so cool
                            that she now thinks travelalls are sexy!)