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Seems to be an issue with Australian build quality. My Australian notch had the same rust problem, but my German fastback (and all the German cars I have parted out) are perfect. Before I sold the Notch, I cut that section out of another car intending to weld it in. Steven Carpinter New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Mandl" <vicm@netspace.net.au> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 10:55 PM Subject: [T3] Air intake rust > Has anyone on the list done any repairs to rusting bulkhead? > around the fresh air intake in the front of a 71 notch or other T3. > I think I made a mistake in trying to find the source of waterleak > inside under the dash. Anyway I found it in the air intake, clogged > with nice eucalypt leaves circa 1973, these haven't totally rotted > and has formed a nice pad of compost for water retention and rust > to get a hold. I started by dismantling the fan housing inside to > expose the real problem of leaves etc. > I had a look under the bonnet and made the mistake of scatching > at some rust bubbles on the airintake bulkhead. Real mistake, the > paint was the only thing holding the metal/rust together. > Has anyone on the list taken on this sort of rust repair. I have > thought of cutting out a "window" 25cm wide and using a removable > cover ?fiberglass or metal with a rubber seal so that it can be > accessed in the future. > Any ideas? > > Vic > > > Vic Mandl > 71 Notch Auto, > Clementine Red > Sydney > Australia > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 5/27/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org