[Tigers] seam sealer fine points

[William Lau]

My MKII is original and sealed between the inner and outer front fenders
with a wide goo.  When it comes loose is when you have rust in your rockers.
Would you like pictures so you could see exactly how the rest of it is? --
Bill --

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From: tigers-bounces+mrlau=charter.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+mrlau=charter.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
pirouette at charter.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:08 PM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] seam sealer fine points

Hey,
     I'm about to undecoat the wheel wells and (soon) topcoat the engine bay
and I did my seam sealer in the bay before primer by memory.  Now I'm having
doubts.  I've got pretty much everything on the firewall sealed below the
level of the little wedge shaped bar that goes across near the top (the one
that has the two brackets for the fender support tubes mounted on it).  I
remember the bottom of this being sealed all across, but the top not and any
seams above up to the scuttle not as well.  Is that factory correct??  Also,
the ends of this bar leave a little gap where it would meet the
sides....sealed or not??  And lastly, in the front wheel wells, the long
longitudinal seam high in the inner well between the inner and outer
fenders......my memory is not sealed, but.....????....
     I'm not committed to perfect stock althogh I'd like to maintain it when
possible, so if someone feels that sealing something that wasn't done so
stock is a good idea, I'd like to know that too.
     Offlist replies would be fine unless the list wants to know this rather
picayune info.
                                                                   Chris
Hill