Posted by Beav on August 30, 2009, 7:24 am
>> CS wrote:
>>>> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just
>>>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>>>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>>>
>>>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>>>
>>>> A couple of questions:
>>>>
>>>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>>>> wheel collapses upward?
>>>>
>>>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>>>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>>>> metal stuff.
>>>
>>> Cash for clunkers!
>>>
>>> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
>>> nasty.
>>>
>>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>>> something Asian.
>>
>> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
>> scheduled
>> maintenance?
> Which Toyota?
The Imaginary special.
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Posted by Schiffner on August 24, 2009, 12:31 am
wrote:
park it...it's dead. Better yet "accidentally" leave the keys in it so
so meth head can steal it. That thing is unsafe even sitting still
imo.
Posted by Jack Hunt on August 24, 2009, 9:17 am
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:08:39 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks"
>Are there any repair techniques?
Find a similar van in a junk yard with a non-rusted shock mounting tower. Cut
the tower out, just the top plate and a little of the part that curves down.
Jack the van up enough to remove the strut. Put the cut-out shock plate under
the rusted section and replace the strut.
Then insure it to the max and run it off a cliff somewhere.
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Posted by Beav on August 27, 2009, 6:54 pm
> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just bought
> ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber attaches to
> the body is just about rusted through.
> Here are the photos I took tonight:
> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
> A couple of questions:
> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
> wheel collapses upward?
Obviously.
> b)Are there any repair techniques?
New inner wing.
> I wouldn't be sure how to approach it because it seems to be unibody kind
> of layered sheet metal stuff.
Then get a man in who DOES know how to do it.
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>>>> My downstairs neighbor has a minivan about 10 years old she just
>>>> bought ... it appears to me that the point where the shock absorber
>>>> attaches to the body is just about rusted through.
>>>>
>>>> Here are the photos I took tonight:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dtashley.com/vanpicstemp20090823/
>>>>
>>>> A couple of questions:
>>>>
>>>> a)This is a structural thing, right? If the shock pokes through, the
>>>> wheel collapses upward?
>>>>
>>>> b)Are there any repair techniques? I wouldn't be sure how to
>>>> approach it because it seems to be unibody kind of layered sheet
>>>> metal stuff.
>>>
>>> Cash for clunkers!
>>>
>>> Seriously, she got screwed. The cost to fix that thing is going to be
>>> nasty.
>>>
>>> Tell her to sell it, quit buying crapass American cars, and look for
>>> something Asian.
>>
>> You mean like the crapass Toyota I had where "replace engine" was
>> scheduled
>> maintenance?
> Which Toyota?