Mark Rychel
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• Chesterland, OH, USA |
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 Posted:4/13/2004 09:22 |
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I have a 2000 EX. The hinges seem to be rusting on the rear cargo doors, every year I use a metal brush to get rid of the rust and then use touch up paint to cover the bear metal.
Does anyone else have this problem and is there a better solution.
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E. Long
 
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Posted:4/13/2004 12:31 |
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| Quote: | I have a 2000 EX. The hinges seem to be rusting on the rear cargo doors, every year I use a metal brush to get rid of the rust and then use touch up paint to cover the bear metal.
Does anyone else have this problem and is there a better solution.
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Mark,
No problems here with rust. The only rust I have is from the paint chipping due to rocks hopping up off the road and hitting the X while driving.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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monsta
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• The Big Island, HI, USA |
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Posted:4/13/2004 13:32 |
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I had the same problem. I just did what you did. I [i]did[/i] use penetrating grease to lube them. It cut down on the rust from the hinge but the paint was always chipping...
Try lubing with grease.
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bucksfan
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• Columbus, OH, USA |
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Posted:4/18/2004 14:21 |
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Same problem with my 2000. I cleaned it and added some heavy grease to it. -jb |
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LANDYOT
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Posted:4/18/2004 15:37 |
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Hmmm ... Looks like an opportunity here for anyone willing to make the effort. Manufacture polished stainless steel hinges (or aluminum with brass sleeves), and offer 'em up to owners of the Mighty-X. And IF the X shares the same hinges with the E-Series, then the market base could be quite large. I'd buy a set. Granted, these would only look OK on the trucks with chrome bumpers. Hmmmm ... (thinking further) ... Could manufacture the hinges in some sort of black polymer with brass sleeves for the monochrome trucks ... the rear doors are light weight anyway (they're plastic, too ... or I should say glass-reinforced-plastic).
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monsta
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• The Big Island, HI, USA |
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Posted:4/18/2004 22:39 |
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I got an idea!
How about HIDDEN hinges!! Holy moly, it's 2004!  Figure Ford could get away from its Model T hinges by now...
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Dave Sullivan
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• Kitchener, XX, Canada |
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Posted:4/19/2004 16:44 |
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Good point monsta.
Mean time.. yeah.. i'd like some nicley polished SS hinges for my Ex.
Aluminum/brass inserts would be messy. Salt and alluminum are strictly a divorce case.
I just keep mine oiled. I noticed the first year they were corroding and I've made it a ritual fall and spring to oil them all. It can be a bit messy cuz oil sucums to gravity but it beats replacing prematurely.
Dave S.
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E. Long
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