[T3] Old Car Problem #202756

Dave Hall dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
Tue Mar 11 05:48:54 PDT 2014


That would certainly ruin the plastic liners if they're still there!

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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Sent: 11 March 2014 05:35
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Subject: Re: [T3] Old Car Problem #202756

Just a thought but have you tried applying heat? A small propane torch with
a small flame may be enough to get some expansion on the metal track. If
that then maybe some penetrating substance will work its way deeper. Just a
thought.
Tim
On Mar 10, 2014, at 3:47 PM, J. Jonik wrote:

> 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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