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“Grandad did you know?”

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Old 03-12-2019, 07:43 PM
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So, on Sunday my grandson bought me out a coffee to where I was working in the Workshop.
”Did you know that your exhaust was hanging off” said he.
A few minutes later I was laying beneath the near side rear bumper. The aluminium bracket which holds the rubber exhaust hanger had come adrift. Totally corroded away into powder. The near side rear gets the heaviest concentration of the winter time salt spray.
 
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Old 03-13-2019, 11:14 AM
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It may look like aluminium but it's probably Mazak, a zinc alloy. This can literally dissolve in front of your eyes if not protected by paint or plating.
 
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Old 03-14-2019, 06:41 AM
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I got my car back today after the corroded bumber beam had been replaced.

”That’ll be £657.00 please Sir, Will that be Card or cash?”
 
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