By fill ports do you mean the ports half down the side of the Westy?  I have some seam rust on my syncro and it's a pax model.  Where does that rust come from?

Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: just make sure you forget to caulk the fill ports so you have to do this all
over again in a year. (which was the source of the rust in the first place)

chris

In a message dated 9/8/07 10:34:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:

> Our '83 westy has very little seam rust as seen from the outside, but my
> understanding is that the rust is probably mostly hanging out in the
> interior of the seams.  I'll probably do the whole POR15 routine on the
> exterior of the seams.  As for as the other side, I've been thinking
> about taking out the interior, inspecting the inside metal, grinding
> down any rust, and then spraying it with some coating (Boeshield?
> Penzoils Marine Rust inhibitor?) and putting everything back together.
>
> A couple of questions...
> are there detailed instructions anywhere about the best sequence to
> remove the westy interior in?  Right now my fridge works very reliably.
> I'm worried I'm likely to put everything back together wrong and find
> out I've messed it up somehow.
>
> any ideas about what to replace insulation with?
> While I have my fridge out, should I stand it upside down, shake it,
> jump on it, or anything else?
> Also, how long should doing the interior take?? I don't have a garage in
> which to store the cabinets/fridge/etc while I'm doing the job.  So if I
> could do the whole inside in one day that would really make me more
> excited about the operation.
>
>
> Thanks very much for any suggestions.
>
> -Wes
>

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