Rhino lining for battery area?

[dcyrilc]

So, there are normally TWO 12V batteries in there?

It looks good, Cyril. Did you take it to an auto body shop? What did they
charge for the fabrication?

Yes my deisel 2240 uses two batteries.

I took the cowl to a shop I have been dealing with professionally for about 20 years and over the years the ower and I have become friends. They are one of only three fabrication shops in Washington State which are approved by the state for making repairs/modifications to traffic signal poles (liability issues if repairs were to fail). As far as the cost, I don't know yet. He told me not to worry about it, we would figure it out later. Anyone else, I would be concerned, but I've known him a long time and he has never done me wrong. In fact, when I wanted to get a flag pole for my farm, I took three different sized aluminum street light poles to him and asked him to combine them to give me the tallest flag pole possible considering the loading for a 8x12 flag. I told him there was no rush and they could just work on it whenever they were slow and needed something to do. Two years later, he called me to pick up my 52ft flag pole. When I asked the cost, he told me that it was on the house since it took him two years to get around to it. When I insisted on paying he refused. I'm guessing the refabrication of the cowl will be somewhere between $100-200, but I really don't know. It could be less, or even free knowing James. I would be really suprised if it were more. But even at $200 I feel that it would be a deal since Deere wants $1210 for a new cowl.

There is still one more piece to weld onto the cowl for a throttle linkage spring which was missing when I took it apart. I noticed the spring in the parts breakdown in the manual while the cowl was being worked on. I need to get an attachment point welded onto the bottom of the cowl so that I can replace the spring. Now that I have the cowl back (and whats left of the old bottom), I found where the spring is suppose to attach. It had rusted through resulting in the spring being lost.

This weekend, I'm planning on purchasing a bead blaster from Harbor Freight (25% off coupon for New Years Day) to sand blast the rest of the cowl before repainting. There's still some rust I want to remove near the bottom that was replaced.

 

[NHBronc]

I've had good luck with POR15. I just did my battery tray on my 4200 this past fall. It's not cheap, and to get the best results it's time consuming, ( clean and prep ), but it holds up well.

 

[psj12]

Rhino lining works well on the battery box if it properly prepped.

I work at Aberdeen proving Ground and we have steel building for a drive through corrosion test facility for automotive vehicles. We lined the sheet steel walls to a height of about 10 feet and it has held up for over 10 years in an environment meant to corrode things.

 

[dcyrilc]

Rhino lining works well on the battery box if it properly prepped.

I work at Aberdeen proving Ground and we have steel building for a drive through corrosion test facility for automotive vehicles. We lined the sheet steel walls to a height of about 10 feet and it has held up for over 10 years in an environment meant to corrode things.

Any suggestions/advice for prep? I was going to glass bead the entire assembly followed by galvanizing and painting. Then Rhino lined for the top of the area where the batteries sit within the assembly. I also considered comming an inch or so up the front and back walls of the assembly.

 

[dfkrug]

Any suggestions/advice for prep? I was going to glass bead the entire assembly followed by galvanizing and painting.

Rather than glass beads, I would use a sharp sand.....glass beads are for
delicate stuff.

I saw how JD paints their harvesters: they actually dip whole assemblies in
tanks of green paint.

For my 4300 battery tray, I removed all surface rust with a wire wheel, then
painted, then applied a 1/4" pad of adhesive-backed dense foam for the
battery to rest on.

 

[NHBronc]

I did want to add, if I had a liner dealer close enough, I'd had my tray done too. The POR is convenient to do at the shop, and stops the rust issue. Good luck, that metal work looks great.

 

[dcyrilc]

Rather than glass beads, I would use a sharp sand.....glass beads are for
delicate stuff.

Copy that. I didn't know that sand was used in blast cabinets. I wonder if Harbor Freight sells sharp sand?

Any advice on the type of paint. I will need to use rattle cans as I'm not currently set up for spraying. Is Rustolium good enough? Or is there something better as I will be repainting the entire cowl assembly inside and out, not just the bottom for supporting the batteries.

I know that good advice here could save me from having to repaint it in a year or two.

 

[JerryK]

You can get Silica Sand, a clean white dry sand, at most Home Depot/Lowes... that is what I use to sandblast. Always wear a mask and a shield....or one of the Harbor Freight hoods... It is a good thing to jump in the shower when you are done, too. Sand gets everywhere...

 

[dcyrilc]

Thanks Jerry,

Here's the blast cabinet I'm looking at: - Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

 

[JerryK]

I just have a gun/hose/funnel pail that I got with a Craftsman air compresser in about 1974. I have replaced the ceramic nozzles many times, but the everything else has lasted thru the years. The cabinets are nice if you have one large enough for what you are cleaning. The gun type that I have is really a mess, especially if it is hot...helps the sand stick to you, in your ears, belly button, etc. The Harbor Freight hoods work OK, but it gets hot/humid, and the glass fogs up easy.... Not a problem with the unit you are looking at. I would still wear a mask, silicosis of the lung is not worth taking a chance...