As front wing was off, I decided to clean rust from inner fender parts, some previous owner had crashed the car and there were small dent at front wing, also there were some damage at inner fender 'lip' which had then of course rusted a bit, also few normal places where rust forms, near windshield corner, seam of front piece etc. I used electric drill with metal wire tool installed to it, seemed to do work properly, however my electric drill seem to be getting hot quite easily so had to cool off every now and then to save it from extreme stress.
After I got bit tired, did some zink paint respray to cover bare metal, also installed two sheets of plastic to cover my work if it rains (it already did) and moved to work with driver's door (uhm, passengers door in UK).
Door is not very badly rusted, so I did not do anything to rust yet, but I took door panel out, just to find out more blu-tac has been used to attach plastic sheet under the door panel, well there it actually works rather well, took that plastic off too and lubricated door lock mechanism and linkage joints with gunoil, also lubricated window mechanism as it felt bit heavy and it did start to work bit better. Then there is that piece of plastic that comes sometimes off when rolling window up, now I could see how it is supposed to attach into door and pushed it firmly to place, seems to hold rather well, also I did use rubber re-conditioner to that part to make it bit softer and door seals, however my door seals are pretty much goner already, they are very flat and very teared.
Then it started to be hot again, so I did go under the car, there cleaned oily mess from ARB support beam and ARB, also from oil pan and near by areas. Started motor, which started with ease, running really well and found out that there is coolant dripping from where top hose connects to radiator, so tightened hose clamp a bit and leak did stop, so there my coolant had disappeared.
It is not as badly rusted as some I have seen posted here, but there is some work and some rust is really difficult to take out as it is so small places, must look if I have some other tools that could get into those really small places, but it is not really big job to take front wing out and remove the rust, everyone should do it as if it is done enough early it can save the car and at least saves ton of work, no welding required if done enough early.
There are quite many rust spots around the car, but all are rather small and only beginnings so I plan to fix every one of them, so that car will be virtually rust free when I'm finished.
But how do I get doors off and installed again without Volvo tool? I need to remove doors as it is almost impossible to threat rust with doors still installed.
I will post pics when I find out where I put camera when came from outside, I know it should be here at the table, but my eye can't spot it right now from this rather small table
All of mine have had that too.
it's nothing special imo.. i've just got a new bottle of Argon for my TIG machine, 25L cost 40 euro's, and we pay 50 euro's for renting the bottle every year.
