Rust Attack Part I

[89Suburban]

Remove the third seat.

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Attack the interior, starting with the spare.

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Spare Tire wing bolt very hard to remove.

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This is why. Rusty threads on the inside.

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Good time to find out the spare tire is f'd. Bubbles and busted belts anybody?

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I was surprised to see this wheel pit looking in this good of a condition.

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[RetroC10Sport]

Yikes.....

 

[89Suburban]

Busted barn door striker.

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Remove skid/trim shields on 3rd seat mount.

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Remove rear carpet hold down trim. Note tirm on pass side is under pillar trim on r/r rear a/c models but it will slide out.

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Remove rear A/C pillar cover.

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Remove front carpet trim behind 2nd row seats.

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Last screw on p/s was corroded and trim shiled popped right off.

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Parts bucket.

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Found rest of broken door stirker.

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I will be getting rid of this rear A/C unit.

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Carpet over heavy padded matting board, I was very impressed, and that matting board is some heavy stuff.

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Found a key, someday I will find what it unlocks and either get killed or be rich, lol.

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Be very careful pulling up the matting if you plan on re-using it, some spots it sticks and rips.

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There is that squeak that has been driving me insane, and I am not happy to see that loose body mount bolt.

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Carpet out, floor looks great shape, about 90+%.

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Here's about 6 percent of the bad.

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[crazy4offroad]

Beach sand! And WTF is up with that spare?? LOL

 

[89Suburban]

To be continued.......

 

[Swims350]

looks like the spare was an actual driver then got messed up and put in the spare tire space lol?

key looks like a gm ignition key, try it in yours.

that 6 percent looks terrible. Do they make that part lol?

Floor is definately surpising in good shape, minus the one really terrible spot.

 

[Old77]

Wow! glad you didn't get caught needing a spare with that thing to use. You woulda been outta luck on that deal.

That's quite a bit of rust in that back corner. Fixable but will be a pain! What did you find about your wheel wells?

 

[89Suburban]

That back corner, I'll just cut out the bad and plate over it. All that plumbing is coming out anyway foir the AC.

Removed rear AC housing.

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All this **** will be removed.

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Here are the bolt heads for the over the axle body mounts. Just sitting there doing nothing.

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Some kind of cap on the 3rd seat sealt belt lower floor bolt threads? I went to spray it and that thing was on there. Also note that this area of the wheel well, and the floor and where the two meet are very intact. Look in the background and see the channel that crosses the floor where the body mounts are is rusted up pretty good. I may have some **** at work I can slide right over that and reinforce it, then plate the inside where the bolt heads are and that should take care of that.

Need to remove all hardware along bedsides so panels can be removed and also those panels are installed over the wheel well insulation and carpet.

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3rd sealt belt ratchet has a cover that pops off, two tabs front and back. Both sides the rear tab fukin broke on me getting it off. All the body bolts on all three points of the seat belts are a 13/16" bolt head.

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[89Suburban]

Need to remove speakers and 2nd seat back lock brackets. Also there are at least 5 oor 6 hidden screws in the panels scattered about an inch or two off the floor from front to back that are hiddeen in the carpet that have to come out as well. There are no screws above or on the wheel well itself. The bolt heads holding the seat back brackets are 1/2" socket.

Look at the back of the speaker, that tells ya wait is waitng to be found inside. It was covered with road debris and corroded.

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Need to remove the lower door jamb trim at the rear door. Notice at the bottom of the door jamb under the seat there the hole in the metal. Water has been shooting into the truck here off the rear tire, surprised my daughter hasn't said anything about that ! LMAO!

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[Old77]

Got corrosion??

 

[89Suburban]

Carefully pulling the panel out front to back, bottom to top.

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Some of these little spacers fell out and apparently are glued to the back of the panels where bolt holes are located, FYI.

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[89Suburban]

Got corrosion??

You **** sucker.

 

[89Suburban]

Ok Old77, here's what ya been waitng for ya *****.

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[Old77]

You **** sucker.

Haha!! You know I'm just messin

 

[nxtlevl]

Well, when you dive into a project....you dive in!.......Doesn't look to be too bad of a fix....I've seen a hell of a lot worse. I wish I had the guts to just dive in on stuff like this.....