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Old 11-01-2008, 05:44 PM   #11 (permalink)
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As for galvanised panels on the cab thats news to me
(remembering the Talbot, luckily I've still got all the potions and pastes)

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Old 18-09-2008, 07:29 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Is an Alco chassis made of aluminium?

I alway thorght that the Alco Chassis was made of aluminium but I must be wrong because you can not galvanize aluminium.

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One concern I have is where the alko bit meets the cab bit, if you know where I mean. It stops being galvanised and starts being painted metal, and near to the front wheels is going to get some stone chips... There are signs of stome chips already with some very minor surface rust around each chip

What do you guys do with this, does it need some attention, id so what would you suggest..? Pleeeeeaaaase??
You won't go far wrong with a WaxOyl type of product. But use a spray gun or aerosol. It's not cheap....but it works!

As an example i used it to coat some braided copper wire for a longwire aerial for shortwave radio equipment. The aerial wire was dipped in waxoyl then hoisted up on a mast. Fifteen years later it's still there after being battered by all kinds of horrendous weather.
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You won't go far wrong with a WaxOyl type of product. But use a spray gun or aerosol. It's not cheap....but it works!

As an example i used it to coat some braided copper wire for a longwire aerial for shortwave radio equipment. The aerial wire was dipped in waxoyl then hoisted up on a mast. Fifteen years later it's still there after being battered by all kinds of horrendous weather.
Plus point there is...I bet the birds don't land/roost on it.
Too bloody slippery.

Used waxoyl on my previous one.Just watch out for the wind direction when doing it.
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Old 11-10-2008, 07:19 AM   #15 (permalink)
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If the Alko chassis is out of warranty would it hurt to coat that in Waxoyl as well as I have noticed that some of the parts connected to the galvanised section have started to show light rusting
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