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RE: GT6: hatch interior corrosion?

To: "'msecres@ibm.net'" <msecres@ibm.net>
Subject: RE: GT6: hatch interior corrosion?
From: Ian Southwell <IanSouthwell@ApexSystems.COM>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:46:51 +0100
Cc: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Yes, its also a good idea to do this in the front roof section.  You
have to disturb the headlining but its a very common rust trap.

How about removing the tail-gate and drilling the holes at the top, then
they won't be so visible?

Ian Southwell, Coventry
GT6 Mk3 x 2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: msecres@ibm.net [SMTP:msecres@ibm.net]
> Sent: 28 April 1998 01:41
> To:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      GT6: hatch interior corrosion?
> 
> 
> I just replaced the rear window seal on my GT6.  (This otherwise
> simple
> job was greatly complicated when a supplier sent me a similar, but
> entirely incorrect, replacement seal.  But that's another story.)
> 
> Part of the reason I replaced it was because it was leaking, and on
> the
> odd occasion I left the car outside, water was getting inside the
> hatch
> panels.  Now I'm noticing some tiny bubble spots on the outside of the
> hatch, indicating rust inside.  Now that the seal is fixed, I'm
> thinking
> about drilling some holes in the interior bottom portion of the hatch
> (which I'll blank off with plugs later), and spraying in Waxoyl or
> Corroless to arrest the internal corrosion.  Opinions?
> 
> --
> Martin Secrest
> 73 GT6

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