Poor Design

[Nv Guy]

Thanks Ironman for uncovering this ******* design, Thanks to JP for she sealant ideas, looks like I have a project.

 

[PEZ]

Man, to read this, just drives me crazy! I'm only buying a new truck because I got tired of all the rust on my old '02 F250! Both wheel wells were rusting, and the oil pan, along with the whole underside of the truck! Oh well, good find, and at least we can do something about it!

 

[19-Kilo]

Rust Oleum makes a under car sealant... think its called "under coating" ...
Could spay it on underneath where the holes are to seal from the bottom... worth a shot since it is designed for under the car.

RustOleum.com

 

[DocSpooK]

Man, to read this, just drives me crazy! I'm only buying a new truck because I got tired of all the rust on my old '02 F250! Both wheel wells were rusting, and the oil pan, along with the whole underside of the truck! Oh well, good find, and at least we can do something about it!

I'm going outside to silicone my new baby right now. Thanks for helping prevent future problems man.

 

[bettieguitar]

This does not surprise me in the least.

 

[Mark Ducati]

Thanks Ironman,

I like the idea of using silicone, but that stuff won't come off... here's what I'm going to use: As a dentist, when I take intra-**** impressions for crown, I use a material called "Poly-Vinyl-Siloxane"... PVS.

PVS comes in a heavy body and light body viscosity... when it sets, it feels just like bathtub caulking, but doesn't stick to anything... as a matter of fact, in order to keep it in the impression tray when you take it out of the patients mouth, the trays are perforated for retention of the material and I use an adhesive to help glue it into the tray.

Its got a 7 minute set time and I bet this stuff would work perfectly, yet allow the door sill to be removed when you need to.

 

[Mark Ducati]

I posted this in the other thread too:

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Hey, I just checked my door sills... when I lift the edge up gently, looking at the clips... there are these yellow rubber gaskets in place! My Raptor is a 2011, is this something Ford already fixed/addressed? Does your Raptor not have these gaskets?

The moisture you see in the pic is from me just getting back from the local car wash where I used a pressure washer to blast off all the mud and the undercarriage. But my carpet and wires were completely dry.

 

[Raptor2010]

Thanks Ironman,

I like the idea of using silicone, but that stuff won't come off... here's what I'm going to use: As a dentist, when I take intra-**** impressions for crown, I use a material called "Poly-Vinyl-Siloxane"... PVS.

PVS comes in a heavy body and light body viscosity... when it sets, it feels just like bathtub caulking, but doesn't stick to anything... as a matter of fact, in order to keep it in the impression tray when you take it out of the patients mouth, the trays are perforated for retention of the material and I use an adhesive to help glue it into the tray.

Its got a 7 minute set time and I bet this stuff would work perfectly, yet allow the door sill to be removed when you need to.

Can anyone get that or just dentist?

 

[KaiserM715]

Anyone figure out a permanent fix for this?

 

[DEADEYE]

I used 3M black rubberized undercoating spray before I had seen this thread . To date it is holding up very well . I had also hit a number of other areas under my truck when it was new . I sprayed as many places as I could where any fasteners or holes were through the floor of the cab . As the truck ages I will use black spray paint to prevent rust on areas such as the frame and axels. I have done this on three previous trucks I have owned and it works great . You just have to make sure the areas are clean and you don't go overboard. Of course watch out for the over spray . Up here in the great white north they use an ass tone of Salt in the winter and it does not take long for surface rust to develop . Sometimes I think the Morton salt girl is banging all the snowplow drivers .