Re: [T3] Why is the fender dripping water?

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

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

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