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Rusted floor board ?'s #531392 11/29/04 08:07 AM

Anonymous

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the floor boards in my 84 are rusted extremly bad. are there any places on the net that sell replacement floor boards, or could i just weld some new metal in there? getting a diffrent cab would be out of the question since the rest of the body has no rust on it. heres a pic of it, ill have some pics of the floor boards up l8er. any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Rusted floor board ?'s #531393 11/29/04 02:53 PM

Anonymous

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One question would be how bad the rust is. I've heard that people have had good results patching with fiberglass and resin and then coating overtop with RhinoLining, DuraBak, or whatever.

I patched a fist-sized hole where the clutch was leaking and rusted out the floorboard using fiberglass and resin. It has done fine for several years.

Re: Rusted floor board ?'s #531394 11/29/04 05:56 PM

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Binghamton, New York

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Getting the Wheeling Fever

The PO used an old road sign(speed limit 40) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> to patch the floorboard on my old 4Runner... they are usually pretty well galvanized so they aren't likely to rust. obtaining one legitimately might be tricky, though. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

My '86 4Runner went to the bone-yard November 29, 2004 at 10am after roughly 430,000 miles on the original engine and transmission. :-( Looking for something else to wheel in...

Re: Rusted floor board ?'s [Re: ecowheeler] #531395 11/29/04 10:46 PM

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maine

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Rock Warrior

i just use some thin sheet metal bent it all to fit in... riveted it in..

then put ice&water shield over it... black sticky rubber stuff

worked awesome

00 tacoma 4x4 ex-cab stock 193,000 and counting

85 long bed pickup 4x4 frame off restoration. rear lock rite 31's 268,000 miles

51 cj3a stock everything orginal 2500 original miles

Re: Rusted floor board ?'s [Re: mainer] #531396 11/30/04 06:32 AM

Anonymous

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thanks alot for all the info and suggestions. the rust isnt extremly bad, but its getting there, so i want to do something soon before it starts snowing.

Re: Rusted floor board ?'s #531397 11/30/04 06:52 AM

Anonymous

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If you have a welder, 4 1/2" grinder, or sawzall and money is tight, you can always put to good use an old tailgate thats collecting dust, and its legal to <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

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