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On 24 Aug 2004 at 7:57, William Kunz wrote: > Dave - You hit the nail on the head. The wheel arch is swelling. Also the > inner rocker is rusted thru at the rear. It seems like the water is coming in > from the side air vent. If I pour water in the front corner of the vent I get > water coming in the battery tray from the inner rocker (right where the heat > exchange(?) box connects to the rocker). So does that mean the water is > traveling thru the fender? I tried to seal the rear part of the rocker but > I'm still getting a ton of water. Is there another place to try and seal? You really have to attack the problem at the source. The main problem areas are inside the wheel well at the front of the rear wheel well, and the inner fender wall, inside the rear fender. You will have to take the rear fender off to get to the latter one. I can't quite see how water can get from the louvers to inside the car, but I have photos I took of my '72 when I scrapped it out which I'll look at tonight. The important thing to understand is that you can't really expect to seal these problems from the inside of the car. If you do that, this still allows the water to gain access to the metal just on the other side of your seal, so the rust gets worse and your seal will fail. This is a serious problem with all our cars, and it requires serious work to fix it. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~