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> I've repaired the area of inner wheel well by welding with the tank in place - > as Jim says make sure you can't smell gas, and everything's sealed up OK. The > vent pipe goes across to the left of the car, so take care with that. > > If the whole area is bad - not always easy to see with the lining in place - I > replace it rather neatly with the same pressed area from the opposite side of a > scrap front end in front of the rusty area. As we don't have the side liners on > most UK spec, it is the only way to duplicate the square pressings without very > skilful panel-beating. It can be mended invisibly with time and care. > > Reading again, it sounds as if it's the trunk floor itself that's rusted - you > may be able to clean it up well and make a fibreglass reinforced filler paste > repair. Have a look under the dash for water getting into the gap between the > reinforcement plate and trunk floor. > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ > ------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: [T3] Rust repair - weld or fiberglass? > > > > On 8 Feb 2005 at 12:34, D Ruesch wrote: > > > > > I've got a spot about 2" wide by 4" inches long in my front "trunk" that is > > > rusted through. It runs from near the brake fluid reservoir diagonally > > > toward the gas tank. I'm assuming it's not safe to weld in that area > > > without removing the gas tank and other stuff. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~