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On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 21:49, Ben Doughney wrote: > Hi list, > > Over Christmas at some time, I am going to get round to welding up some rust > that is just below the air vents at the back of my fastback. The question > is, what is behind there? I presume it is some sort of drain for the vents > that gets blocked and holds water? > > The rust is about 2" below the vents, above the roof guttering. > The is a metal tube that is the drain. I comes out behind the tail light assmbly inside the fender. These get plugged with leaves and dirt. Becareful of using heat in this area, as there is some foam in there that is used as sound deadener. It also causes the rust because once you get a leak, it never seems to dry out. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/