Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

[Mike Salt]

Thanks for your help Mark.
Hopefully it'll be okay for a while.
I'll keep an eye out for water dripping on my head while driving
Mike

[Google]

[axe]

just spent all of yesterday stripping bits of the roof lining & trying to waxoyl various areas (ie anything i can get at without having to strip the whole lot!) bought the high pressure applicator/cannister/extension hose from halfords £31.
thought should at least give it a go! (am in france for 2 weeks visiting folks, in this part there really isn't much to do, apart from drink cheap beer/wine, i really have been trying! but the misses is chirping!)
not done as well as would have liked, that would be strip the whole lot to bare metal, but you know it'll never go back that way! just took most of what i could off/eased bits here and there, poked the nossle in and squirted!
did have the forsight to bring big sheets of plastic to cover the seats while i did it (a random good idea, it does happen now & then).
knew I'd have the time & knew i could leave the car open to air/it does hum a bit!

the extension hose wasn't really much cop, just sort of squirted out rather than the spray you get from the normal bit, just poked it in and hoped for the best!

did also get to fix the illuminated Delica aswell today, so fairly pleased with myself, have been rewarding myself with cheap beer & wine!
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Alex

L300

[smithie]

hi axe
that sounds like hell that you've gone thro there :D ,if i was in that situation(france,cheap drink,not much to do) i would be doing the same.
when i did my undersealing i thought i would just get under there and blast away with the sprayer,but then it niggled me that there would be untouched places that would have no protection,then the saying..if a jobs worth doing,do it well! so in the end i ended up striping half the Deli down,but after it was completely done i found i slept A lot easier from then on(mainly because i was so knackered after the ordeal :D ).
i even tried to kid myself that anything is better then nothing rather then face the task,but as I've said in the end you tend to know whats the right,proper solution!!
incase you haven't guessed I'm still building myself up to do the job right :D ,could take awhile...pass me some of your cheap booze,if i have enough I'm sure ill start straight away then :D .
all the best
smithie

[GDog]

Another alternative, although not ideal, would be to treat the area with Kurust on both outside and inside then 'cover-to-disguise' the bubbled area with something  - buy one of those sunroof wind deflectors and fix it over the top of the rusty areas (assuming it's the two bubbly bits some of us have centrally in between the top of the windscreen and front edge of the sunroof). Maybe fix a row of 3M self adhesive bumper protectors up there so they cover the rusty patch....

Yeah I know it's a bit naff it's a cheap fix.

GDog

[Delicat]

Here's another option, bonus you could throw your canoe right on top without a roofrack!

http://www.Delica.ca/forum/rhino-line-a-rusty-roof-3300.html?highlight=roof+rhino

I think properly fixing your rust problem is the best aproach but this would surely give you years of trouble rust free...

David