My rusted frame rail...

[280z1975]

Hey everybody.

Got around to cutting off the rusted (and I mean really rusted) frame rail on the passenger side yesterday.

I think I have sourced the problem of where the water is getting in there (it's somewhere in the battery tray area) but I would like to know if anyone knows of any other places that water can get in there?

The driver side frame rail is solid and I have removed a lot of the tar from the bottom and have yet to find any rust, so I will let it be.

I have some Bad Dog frame rails comming in the mail soon enough so I will be ready to make things all better soon enough.

Is there any modification needed to the frame rails for the fuel lines which run right up on the inner side of the frame rail? BTW, it was kinda scary cutting that close to fuel lines, but I was careful.

Some photos of the damage! Of all the problems on this Z, this is the worst.

[Fun_in_my_z]

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=16124&cat=500&ppuser=5338

Here is a pic of my rusted frame rail!

[280z1975]

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=16124&cat=500&ppuser=5338

Here is a pic of my rusted frame rail!

Ok, you win!

I know mine isn't the worst out there, but the differance between my bad frame rail or and my good one is like night and day.

When the sun went down I took a light and found the source of leak. My only concern is pluging it up would lead to any water going to another area!

[Fun_in_my_z]

Both of mine look the same. The tortion bars are movable by bare hands!