Mystery Bolts and Rust
#1
Mystery Bolts and Rust
I started pulling out all of the interior pieces of my new GSL, and I found a few things that are confusing me. The first is a pair of bolts on the bottom of the passenger storage bin area. They are about one inch apart and each have 3 nuts on them. I looked under the car and they emerge right in the center of the lower link mount. One of them is quite rusty and wiggles around a lot. Does anybody know what these are or what I should do with them? I don't like how they are just sitting there rusting away.
My other problem concerns pools of water in the passenger storage bin after rain. I took a screwdriver and pushed out any bits of debris that had collected in the sunroof drain tubes over the 7 years this car had been sitting, and I tested them. The water flows out steadily where it's supposed to, and I don't see any water entering the bin area.
There is also water entering the space for the spare tire.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...der-/bolts.jpg
My other problem concerns pools of water in the passenger storage bin after rain. I took a screwdriver and pushed out any bits of debris that had collected in the sunroof drain tubes over the 7 years this car had been sitting, and I tested them. The water flows out steadily where it's supposed to, and I don't see any water entering the bin area.
There is also water entering the space for the spare tire.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...der-/bolts.jpg
#2
My rx-7 doesn't have those. "they emerge in the center of the lower link mount" <<--a clue
I can tell this car is just going to be loads of fun as you try to figure out what needs to be done with half *** fixes.
I can tell this car is just going to be loads of fun as you try to figure out what needs to be done with half *** fixes.
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Last edited by MikeLMR; 05-22-05 at 02:10 PM.
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The bolts are definitely not holding the lower link on, as they are way too small to do that.
Thanks for the link, though I won't be needing new panels. The area seriously affected by rust is actually very small. Most of what you see is just surface rust.
Thanks for the link, though I won't be needing new panels. The area seriously affected by rust is actually very small. Most of what you see is just surface rust.