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definitive corrosion hotspot check guide #1608084 19/09/2017 06:51 19/09/2017 06:51
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey J jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit
jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit J Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey	Chaps - have done a bit of searching about. Do we have a defined guide of where is good to look for corrosion and how it will manifest itself (with pics)? I'm not talking about the obvious stuff (hat if you can't spot it you aren't capable of looking!!), but more rarities/idiosyncracies to the Coupe - seems like rust is the single most important factor in viability/non viability - viability being a hot topic at mo! Thoughts? Anyone? Or have I just missed it somewhere? Always seem to have too many 20VT's to count......

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608085 19/09/2017 07:02 19/09/2017 07:02
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187 Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914
Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914 Forum veteran Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187	Working from the back for the underside: Rear inner arch to boot floor. Spare wheel well. Rear eiffel towers. Rear chassis rails above subframe mount areas. Rear chassis rail to floor pan join. Rear jacking points. Floor pans, especially where the cable dowels fix. Front jacking points and inner sill join areas. Front inner arches behind the liners. Front lower suspension turret plate. Front suspension top mount turret plate. Front eiffel towers, bases and top panels. Under side of front cross member. Top side: Void under front scuttle panel below wiper mechanism. Front suspension top turret drain points. Door seal to kick plate area. Rear quarter panels below Pininfarina badges. www.facebook.com/fiatcoupes

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608086 19/09/2017 07:06 19/09/2017 07:06
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patch234 Unregistered P	Bonnet insides above wheel area, to left and right. Bubbling usually appears.

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608087 19/09/2017 07:09 19/09/2017 07:09
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey J jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit
jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit J Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey	Eiffel towers? Do we class that as front struts? Not a phrase I've heard before till I came over to the Fiat dark side, and I've done around 300 motors! Last edited by jonnyboy54321; 19/09/2017 07:27. Always seem to have too many 20VT's to count......

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608089 19/09/2017 07:32 19/09/2017 07:32
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,370 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,370 Staffordshire	Originally Posted By jonnyboy54321 Eiffel towers? Do we class that as front struts? No - there are four vertical structures that secure the corners of the front and rear bumpers and also the front undertray. They are flimsy and rust easily. Also check closely the floorpan recess just forward of the rear offside wheel. There's a plastic cover for the fuel filter assembly and moisture can get trapped behind the cover. By the time you see rust here, its already got a hold

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608090 19/09/2017 07:54 19/09/2017 07:54
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187 Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914
Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914 Forum veteran Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187	Front and rear eiffel towers. www.facebook.com/fiatcoupes

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: Nigel] #1608091 19/09/2017 08:10 19/09/2017 08:10
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey J jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit
jonnyboy54321 OP Making a profit J Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 338 Camberley, Surrey	That'll be these then ........ pics (I know about oil cooler pipes!!) Always seem to have too many 20VT's to count......

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1608094 19/09/2017 08:46 19/09/2017 08:46
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187 Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914
Countrycruising Club Rep Europe, member 914 Forum veteran Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 17,227 FCSS 01684 593187	Yep, that's the fronts. www.facebook.com/fiatcoupes

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: Countrycruising] #1608241 21/09/2017 18:50 21/09/2017 18:50
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8 England shaun47 Newbie
shaun47 Newbie Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8 England	Originally Posted By Countrycruising Front and rear eiffel towers. Do you have more of these? For sale?

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: jonnyboy54321] #1626017 14/10/2018 22:46 14/10/2018 22:46
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 277 Isle of Wight, Skiday Club Member 1700
Skiday Club Member 1700 Making a profit Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 277 Isle of Wight,	Currently I have everything off the underside at the moment and am tackling the rust. Most of it is surface rust, but some of it is very difficult to get to. Here is a picture taken today where I have ground away the stone chip to get to the rust. Trouble is, before I washed off 18 years worth of dirt you couldn't see any rust. Even then you only see small pinpricks of rust, but lurking underneath is always a much larger patch. The worst parts are, as you can see in this pic, the areas just ahead of the rear wheel arches. And also the seam behind the plastic wheel arch protectors where the boot floor meets the wheel arch; It looks bad but, but before I cleaned off the underside and took out the wheel arch protectors you would have said it was quite good under there! Andrew 20VT, Aston DBS (1968) restomod

Re: definitive corrosion hotspot check guide [Re: Skiday] #1626018 14/10/2018 23:07 14/10/2018 23:07
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 17,281 Auld Reekie Edinburgh Club President, member225
Edinburgh Club President, member225 Forum veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 17,281 Auld Reekie	Originally Posted By Skiday Currently I have everything off the underside at the moment and am tackling the rust. Most of it is surface rust, but some of it is very difficult to get to. Here is a picture taken today where I have ground away the stone chip to get to the rust. Trouble is, before I washed off 18 years worth of dirt you couldn't see any rust. Even then you only see small pinpricks of rust, but lurking underneath is always a much larger patch. The worst parts are, as you can see in this pic, the areas just ahead of the rear wheel arches. And also the seam behind the plastic wheel arch protectors where the boot floor meets the wheel arch; It looks bad but, but before I cleaned off the underside and took out the wheel arch protectors you would have said it was quite good under there! Andrew This sounds a fascinating mission Andrew, why don't you start a thread in the Project section? Remember only you contribute to that yourself, start another Discussion thread for others to comment And yes - bang on the head for those two places! BumbleBee carer

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