HotRodGuy
03-19-2002, 12:11 AM
Ok, I just got my car back from the body shop last week. It rained today and my spare tire well filled up with water so I decided to investigate. Turns out that water was coming in from around the tail lights and runing down into the well. We took the tail lights off when we painted the car and they had this black goo on um that seals the light to the car. Evidently when we put the lights back on we failed to do it properly. So, tonight I spent two hours fixing the problem. Here's what I did.....
First remove the center section and then the tail lights. To do this all you have to is open the tail light access panels and remove the 8mm nuts. This goo is some pretty sticky stuff so be ready to git messy. Clean off and keep all the goo that you can from the tail light and the car body. It helps to have sum water on yer hands to keep the goo from sticking to ya. Also try to only do one section at a time. Be sure to clean any dirt from the tail light and the car body. Now, the goo is probably geting dirty and less sticky so you have to kneed it and smush it to get it clean and sticky again. Keep water on yer hands or you'll be sorry! Anyway, now that the goo is sticky again yer ready to put it back in place. You must stretch it out and put it on the car, around the holes that the tail lights fit into (where the goo was to begin with). Again, do one section at a time using the same goo that came from that section. Make it about 3/8 inch thick and 1/2 inch wide if you can and try to keep it even. Spread it close to the edge of the opening so that it will seal tightly. After you have done both sides wait for the goo to git sticky again (it ain't sticky when it's wet). After that you can re-install the tail lights, wait a little while to make sure that the tail light is sealed (stuck to the goo) and check fer leaks by pouring water over them. If you do happen to have a small leak, like I still did, you can git sum Black RTV and put it around the tail lights on the inside of the car, just make sure that its completly dry. To do this it's easier to remove the inner trim panel than not to.
Well, hope that this info is helpful to someone, if not, then at least I think it's a good read. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
HotRodGuy Out....
First remove the center section and then the tail lights. To do this all you have to is open the tail light access panels and remove the 8mm nuts. This goo is some pretty sticky stuff so be ready to git messy. Clean off and keep all the goo that you can from the tail light and the car body. It helps to have sum water on yer hands to keep the goo from sticking to ya. Also try to only do one section at a time. Be sure to clean any dirt from the tail light and the car body. Now, the goo is probably geting dirty and less sticky so you have to kneed it and smush it to get it clean and sticky again. Keep water on yer hands or you'll be sorry! Anyway, now that the goo is sticky again yer ready to put it back in place. You must stretch it out and put it on the car, around the holes that the tail lights fit into (where the goo was to begin with). Again, do one section at a time using the same goo that came from that section. Make it about 3/8 inch thick and 1/2 inch wide if you can and try to keep it even. Spread it close to the edge of the opening so that it will seal tightly. After you have done both sides wait for the goo to git sticky again (it ain't sticky when it's wet). After that you can re-install the tail lights, wait a little while to make sure that the tail light is sealed (stuck to the goo) and check fer leaks by pouring water over them. If you do happen to have a small leak, like I still did, you can git sum Black RTV and put it around the tail lights on the inside of the car, just make sure that its completly dry. To do this it's easier to remove the inner trim panel than not to.
Well, hope that this info is helpful to someone, if not, then at least I think it's a good read. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
HotRodGuy Out....