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Re: To seal, or not to seal

To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: To seal, or not to seal
From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:09:43 -0700
Cc: The Usual Suspects <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980612174307.3879A-100000@ccins.camosun.bc.ca>
Malcolm...

What about temporarily removing the mudflap inside the wing...  put in new
tubing... but have it go all the way down to the bottom...  then drill a hole
in the bottom of the mudflap... and have the tube go out there...  job done.
No messing with your rockers.

--Justin


Malcolm Walker wrote:

> OK, here's a good one:
>
> Are TR4 rocker panels air-tight?  Do they have a drain hole?  I know
> there's a bit of an "access port" above the hoodstick mount point on the
> door, which would let *something* get down below (ie, waxoyl, or water)..
> so do I account for something to let it out?
>
> I will be plumbing a drain for the scuttle vent.  Probably entail brazing
> / welding an elbow through the top of the rocker, leading out under the
> car, cut so that it won't whistle at high speed... with rubber / plastic /
> vinyl hose to complete the run.
>
> As for brazing, another lister mentioned that the flux mucked up the
> undercoat underneath the car.  Am I right in assuming brass flux is
> acidic?  So TSP should remove it (or baking soda, or oven cleaner...?)
>
> Please advise the best method for removing flux chemically... wirebrushing
> is the easy part, but I'm not keen on leaving a hotbed for rust
> enhancement on the *inside* of my B-Posts, or the rockers.
>
> thanks,
> -Malcolm




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