biohzrd Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 tonight i was outside working on a friends 4x4 and stumbled onto something that i thought ya'll may find helpful. we were swapping out his front axle and had the big halogen shop light under the truck to see what we were doing. i went to get something out of the cab and OUCH. oh the blinding light. it turns out that my shop light was powerful enough to blast light through every little rust hole in the floorbord. my buddy was pretty upset considering he had just spent the last 2 months repairing the floor. it was amazing holes the size of a needle looked like they were the size of quarteres. we my new found trick i took it over to the z to see what mine looked like. expecting swiss cheese i was impressed with how solid the floor was. only 2 noticeable holes that i had not found before. hope this may shed a little "light" on things for ya. i know the next time i go looking at a possible project i'll be bringing my light and a 100 foot power cord to see how good it really is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Find rust holes with powerful shop halogen light... good tip!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 This is one of those "it's so simple, anyone could have thought of that." But I have to tell you, it really doesn't hit until you think about it. This is a very practical solution to find nagging pinholes--thanks for the tip! Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 A stroke of genius. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Wow! It sure beats using water or smoke! Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAW Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 One case where "seeing the light" is not a good thing. I'm wearing sunglasses when I go to look at mine. DAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohzrd Posted June 8, 2002 Author Share Posted June 8, 2002 when i saw it at 1st i kinda felt stupid for never thinking to do that before. something so simple and it was there everytime iturned on the lights. i guess in the end it was the fact that i'd done this type of work in the dark a thousand times befor and not noticed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Flash Posted June 10, 2002 Share Posted June 10, 2002 Yep when I was reparing my floor I noticed the light coming through the holes when the sun came up and reflected off the white concrete and up through the pin holes in the welds of my newly placed repair panel, doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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