thealleyboy Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 It's time to make a life or death decision for my 87 wagon... This one sat in the weeds for a couple years, and though the outer body shows only the "typical" corrosion, the undercarriage is particularly bad. The gas tank, brake lines and rear suspension are suspect at best. I'm especially concerned about the stress points in the rear - where the rear suspension bolts to the unibody. I'm talking about the section of the unibody below the rear seat area. If the structure gives out here, the suspension will come up thru the back seat. At first glance, it looks like it might be possible to reinforce the area by welding some metal plates at the stress points. However, the unibody structure is hollow in this area, and it is hard to guage the strength of stress points. Any of you off-roaders ever try to reinforce/repair the unibody in this area?? If it's too far gone, so be it. But I just want to make sure I'm not jumping the gun on scrapping yet another EA82. thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanislru Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Scrap it. I've replaced lots of cancer and worn out lines and such. NOT worth the effort. I've even made money reselling these cars but it's still not worth it. The seat belt bolts in the rear go early, very unsafe, and the the bit between the rear wheel wells in the center where it forms a 90 or so. There's not alot to these cars and i have seen them split in half here on the island before. TOO MUCH WORK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealleyboy Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Scrap it. I've replaced lots of cancer and worn out lines and such. NOT worth the effort. I've even made money reselling these cars but it's still not worth it. The seat belt bolts in the rear go early, very unsafe, and the the bit between the rear wheel wells in the center where it forms a 90 or so. There's not alot to these cars and i have seen them split in half here on the island before. TOO MUCH WORK!! Excellent call. The metal at the rear seat belt posts is weak on both sides. That's good enough for me... Sometimes looks can be deceiveing with these cars. You can have rust at the wheel arches, rear Q's and rockers - yet the undercarriage still be solid. Not the case with this one. I'll post some pix when it's all stripped out... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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