Re: [T3] Water in Battery Tray...

[William Kunz <satchel18@yahoo.com>]

A belated thanks (again!) Dave. Now that I know what I
SHOULD do (remove the fender, etc...) I have to figure
out what I CAN do. Without time and especially space
to fix this properly, I'll probably take your
suggestion and try to unearth what's behind the seam
seal. Any suggestions as to what I should use for a
sealer? Also, if there is a sizable gap due to rust,
what kind of filler (?) could I use? 

Thanks again for the suggestions

Bill Kunz
69 SQBK MT
NYC

--- Dave Hall <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> The particular problem behind the rear fenders is
> that the outer wheel well has
> a seam with the internal panel, which you can see as
> an indentation that goes
> all round the wheel well.  The seam behind the
> fender is filled with expanding,
> brittle sealer, and once this fails water can get
> through the seam and behind
> the thick factory underseal, and rusts through into
> the rear of the heater
> channel.  Use a light hammer to tap on the underseal
> in the wheel well and
> listen for 'wrong' sounds, or the soft crunch as it
> goes through!  You can get
> some access to the outer part of the panel if you
> release the bottom bolts of
> the fender.  That may allow you to spray some wax
> product or underseal to stop
> further penetration.  It's a lot more work to
> release the whole fender, but that
> makes access much better and allows a proper repair
> to be made.
> 
> I hope you've caught it early.  Either way, it's
> better sorted out before the
> pan rusts through under the floor pads.
> 
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
> ------
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Kunz" <satchel18@yahoo.com>
> To: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [T3] Water in Battery Tray...
> 
> 
> > --- Dave Hall <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Any rust areas behind the rear fenders?  try
> > > removing rear seat back and lifting
> > > up side panel inside.
> > > Any sign of swelling of the wheel arch underseal
> > > along its seam (need to jack
> > > the car, and maybe remove the wheel to see)?
> > > How sound is the heater channel - inner rocker
> > > rusted through at the rear?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bill Kunz
> > 69 SQBK MT
> > NYC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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