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On 18 Mar 2003 at 23:54, Parker-Durost wrote: > The right rear fender continues dripping water for many days after it > rains. The drain "flap" is dry and clear. It appears the water comes > from below that, where the fender meets the inner sheet metal. I've > never had the fender off so I don't know what's in there. Pick a nice warm day and crawl under there after a rain. Look that area ALL over, you will find at least 3 different places that are supposed to be drains. One is a large flap, one is a rubber tube, and one is an opening, or slit, between two sheets of metal. You should make sure that all 3 are open and clear. You can clear the flap with your fingers, but you'll need a wire for the other two. Clean out both sides while you're at it. I had the same thing on my 71 (RIP.) I finally did what I described above and got a major stream of trapped water out of the slit, from the trapped volume that the bumper bracket is spot welded to. I wish I had done this years earlier, because a couple of years later this section completely collapsed, rusted out from the inside. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org