[TR] Fender Attachment TR4

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

I used a bead of rope calk in the seam.  In other words apply the calk to 
the surface that will contact the inner wing before installation so that the 
calk will fill the gap excluding water.  As you know, this is a three layer 
metal sandwich that will wick up water and rust in spite of your efforts to 
seal it off after the fact.  Your best defense is 1) a good coat of paint on 
all the surfaces (the factory only had primer on those surfaces) and B) a 
sealant to exclude water.  

I did both and 17 years later I have no evidence of rust in those areas.

Dave

In a message dated 5/27/2013 6:55:00 PM Central Daylight Time, 
trguy75 at gmail.com writes: 
> I am slowly getting my TR4 restoration project back together.  The 
> factory
> repair manual mentions using a sealant when installing the wings.  Has
> anyone done that, if so, what did you use and what technique did you use.
> The manual mentions applying to seam after wing installed from underneath.