Re: [AMC-list] 63 american left 1/4

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Funny timing. I just got a major water leak ID'd and fixed in my 63
American. The rear floors would fill up (I mean, like 2 quarts) when it
rained. I tracked it down to a tiny spot that had putty filler. I'd always
thought that that spot drained to the same area that window rain did, but
duh, if it needed putty, probably not...

A pic would help but I don't have one -- at the junction of the rear side
window, and the C pillar (2 door HT or sedan) the rear quarter ducks under
the drip rail. The seam (C pillar to rear Q) is a chronic place for water to
collect and rust. If you follow that seam forward, it wraps around the C
pillar about 3/8". RIGHT THERE the putty is dried out, the whole roof full
of water runs down the C pillar/drip rail, right onto that piece of putty.

Over the last month I cleaned that area out good (my rust was quite minor,
surface only luckily) used rust converter, then epoxied (JB Weld) the whole
thing level. It bonds better than bondo I think. I also filled in the
puttied gap with epoxy (wish me luck; I'll watch it for vibration cracks).

NO MORE WATER PUDDLES. Completely dry.



Good luck with the quarter! What a pain!



On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 23:34, <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i am a member of amcrc. i forgot about their want adds. the inner wheel
> well
> looks fine. its the outer 1/4 that has been damaged. you can see along the
> inside, where the trunk lid seal would go, there is all kinds of some kind
> of
> "goop" along in there. i chipped some of it out, and theres a gap there,
> the
> 1/4 wasnt replaced very well. if i cant find one in the next month or two,
> i
> will clean out all that i can out of that area where it was brazed before,
> and fill it in with my mig welder. i may have to use some bondo in there.
> dont want to. but, it should look ok  having less bondo. dave stohler
> www.picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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