Beloved 60 series...longevity & rust concerns?

those electronic rust are as good as useless unless your car is new i rang about 1 for my 85 hilux & when i told them it had rust i was told it wouldnt help a car of that age if it was already rusty so what is the point

As well as the turret the A pillars around the door hinge mounts and the front doors around the hinges are another common rust point.
Plus all the usual spots like bottom of doors and guards/sills.
Once it is in the turret and the side/roof seams it is very hard to stop.

Just keep a check of it and spend a few dollars and have it fixed and painted properly each year or so and it will see the 10, keep it under cover will be good

Rowen

Unfortunately on this earth most things deteriorate due to oxygen.

We need it to live, but it slowly kills us and most other things over our/their life span.

So the best we can do is delay things as best be can, you know how the gurus are always talking about antioxidents this & that.

With steel the only way to this is to prevent the oxygen reaching it. Mission impossible I know, however there are products on the market that will slow the rust ' cancer' down exponentialy.

Fish oil (fisholene) is excellent, however stinks like something you don't want to know about and attracts the seagulls for months.

Lanoline is another product that is supposed to be better than Fisholene.

To get the best result, your vehicle has to be sprayed out with the sh$t in every nook, cranny, door, panel, channel etc that you can get the spary into.

P.I.T.A job however you will reap the benefits lateron.

Fisholene has the added benefit of - if it soaks a rust spot it will slow it down dramatically. It won't erradicate it but will slow it down.

This is good for those spots you can't get to, to cut out or treat otherwise.

I have used FISHOLENE on my vehicle at the Shark Bay Salt works in the 70's no rust. A Datsun Bluebird whicj is now 20 years old and stands outside in the rain all the time (Melbourne) and is just showing signs of rust in door skins where they fold over.

My Troopy was hosed throughout with fisholene before fitting it out and other than some of the fitters/techs complaining about the smell and the fact the stinking sh$t was everywhere attracting seagulls it has now settled down and is odourless.

Therefore I would respectfully suggest that if you want your vehicle to last (Rust wise) as long as possible, consider having it treated with a product similar to those described above.

Regards

Ken Robinson

Hi Ro,

I have a counteract in my series 80. Had it checked every year like the man told me to.
Guess what, noticed the other day a rust bump where a lot of series 80 are famous for. under the rubber in the back window sill.
Paid 900 for mine. Me panel beater laughed and told me I could buy quite a few drums of fisholene for that.
Told me he just loves ERP units.

H

hi rowen , ive just become a member , but had an old 45 for 16years and lived by the beach , i used to spray her with diesel and new gear oil mixed , take all the door trims off and spray into every nook and cranny and underneath pour it into the chassis ect once or twice a year , used to stink of diesel for a week but after that like driving a new rig no squeeks , and when i sold her there was no rust , ive tried all the products on the market to no avail and found this was the best . i now have a hj60 88 model and that has had the same treatment i do it in the driveway of the house (gravel ) so far so good and cheaper . regards john