[T3] Old Car Problem #202756

[Keith Park]

Problem with tar is that it will hold the moisture inside the rust scale and
it will keep rotting inside the tar,

Keith


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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of J. Jonik
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 6:47 PM
To: Type 3
Subject: [T3] Old Car Problem #202756

Re:   T III Sqbk 71

   Because of combo of leaky driver-side door gasket, and having big floor
jack stolen a few years ago (which made frequent underneath inspections less
frequent), bad rust developed in the floor under the driver's seat.   I
thought inside floor and underneath were rustproofed as best possible when I
started using this car.   

   Simple solution...patch the hole with nice sandwich of tarred thin sheet
metal, undercoating tar, Extend rust preventer, and using combo of little
nuts and bolts and then rivets, then more tar.

But...Not So Simple when the seat won't come out or move back and forth at
all, which it won't, despite some serious persuasion.  No access to the
rusted areas from inside, above.
The seat slide on door side seems simply rust frozen...and unless I can turn
the car upside down so that Liquid Wrench or WD 40 or oil can drip DOWN into
the slide groove area, the rust freeze will remain.

It looks like there's no way to disassemble the seat from outside to get at
anything, like the floor.  


I'll bet that this problem isn't in any How To Guide...yet.

But, if there was someplace to see drawings or photos of how everything
works down there, that may be helpful.
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