[DML] Re: Need advice on frame problem

["stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxxxxx>]

Before spending all the money on shipping and work-just pull the tank 
and see just how bad it really is. If you can clean up the fluid, 
prep the area and spray it with POR-15 you'll be all set. Get rid of 
the MC so it doesn't keep leaking all over the frame. -----Dani B. 
#5003




--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I was in the process of replacing my cooling hoses from the front to
> the rear of the car, and when I removed the fuel tank cover plate, I
> noticed that the epoxy on the top of it was practically falling 
off. 
> Not only that, but so was the epoxy on the frame that was in that
> section.  I was disgusted, because the frame at this place was fine
> the last time I removed this cover plate a little over a year ago. 
> Between then and now, I've driven the car about 10 miles.  
> 
> I looked around for the source.  It definitely smells like brake or
> clutch fluid.  The clutch master cylinder looks pretty good (I can
> still see the original plating intact and such), but the brake 
master
> cylinder looks like hell.  Completely rusted and actually, it 
looked a
> little damp.  I figure it must have leaked.  Checking the fluid 
level,
> the reservoir looks about half-full.  I know when I last bled the
> brakes that I filled it more than that.  
> 
> My real problem here is that it seems like I won't be able to get at
> all of the areas that the epoxy has melted off.  At least, not 
without
> pulling out the fuel tank.
> 
> What should I do here?  Separate the body from the frame?  Drop the
> fuel tank?  I would consider sending it to DWC (Rich W's business) 
or
> PJ Grady, etc, but I'm in the middle of my eagle premier swap, and 
it
> doesn't run yet.  I'm not sure who ships cars like that.  I know 
that
> Passport Transport won't unless the vehicle is driveable.  
> 
> If anyone could offer any other perspectives or thoughts, I'd
> appreciate it.
> 
> Matt
> #1604








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