As title suggests
Rust around the filler cap 92 edition..
Easy
Or should I
part has broken though... the rest a ring bubbling though..
NickB
Suggestions

 

get it sorted.

needs to be all cut out and repaired.

 

as dave cos4x4 says, get it cut out. i had the same problem on a mk5 rs2000 and got the rust repaired - it came back 6 months later.

 

had this on my car was like it when i bought it. i had the car stripped any rust sorted followed by a proper re spray. there were a couple of other marks on the car and i got it a bit cheaper so thats why i got the whole lot done and now it's as i want it to be. If you wait it's only going to get worse and more expensive to sort out. def worth going to a quality place to get the work done

 

are 1/4 panels still available?

 

not too sure but they will be expensive to buy and fit.

 

If its not too badly corroded i suppose you could just cut the fuel filler part out of a std escort panel??

 

As far as I know the early rear quarters without the fuel flap are no longer avaliable, the later type are but apparently not many left.

My Cos had two drivers side rear quarters fitted in the space of 5 months

Second time was about 5 months ago, was told then not many rear quarters about.

Place I had it done it would of cost around 2 grand all in to replace it. The rear quarter alone, I think, is around 450 quid !!

 

they are a different shape so that wont work!

When I had the filler cap done on my old mk5 RS200 about 5 years ago I was told their was a company making just the petrol cap half of the rear quarter! Maybe they do the part for a Cossie as well??

 

Thanks for all replies
Just what I expected really
Ta Muchly
NickB

 

Had mine patched up when I had some other work done at my own expense. It's already started to come through again which I was warned it would.

When it really gets bad I'm thinking about cutting it out altogether and putting the fuel filler somewhere else, maybe in the boot. Its not ideal, but its an alternative.

 

how bad is it paul? you could always replace it with a bigger diam alloy one?

 

It would never be bad enough to replace it with an alloy filler cap

 

i meant a proper bolt in mocal type,not the crappy imitation things

 

like on my car.

not sure whether its a good thing or bad.

 

Got any pics of it?

 

anyones tailgate startin to rot??

 

PROPER ONE LIKE THIS

 

Get it done proper or it will look like this


(rs2000 by the way)

Goodnight and dont let the rustworm bite

 

only got this one for now.



same type as the one The Radman has.

 

this is what you need mate http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Escort-Mk5-XR3...QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

Top Banana

cheers
Nick

 

no probs