This piece already has a drain hole. The plugging of this hole is what causes
the rot! Feel along the box section on the outside, under the fender. At the
bottom is a "wow" in the section, so that it pulls away from the wall for about
a quarter inch. Reach a screwdriver in there and ream that hole out!. For a
temporary patch, I put stickon metal muffler tape over the soft area to keep
the water out of the passenger compartment, on the inside. (Early models don't
have this box-section reinforcement under the fender. Lucky them...)
Suze
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