new drains into the spare wheel pit that I didnt know about?

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timrosser
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new drains into the spare wheel pit that I didnt know about?

Post by timrosser » Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:22 pm

Hi All,

Was just scraping out some rust in the boot and I finally went right through a bit with my screwdriver :-( Anyhow the weak metal had had some silicone sealant on top of it so I had missed the rust up until today. It looks to me like a previous owner had bunged up the hole to try and keep the spare wheel area dry? ( took a photo of both sides- not sure how to load it up) the less rusted side also has a hole and I think the sealant was covering a drain?

Anyhow, Im just curious to know if I should try and leave a gap for the water to exit when I get my filler out later today!

Best

Tim

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Re: new drains into the spare wheel pit that I didnt know ab

Post by Baxter » Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:52 pm

Hi,

Here, you can upload pictures, copy the link and past it on your message:

http://es.tinypic.com/?t=postupload

Leave a draining hole, in the case you don't want to an acuarium on the spare wheel area. The rear of every 480 tends to leak.
Hector.

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Re: new drains into the spare wheel pit that I didnt know ab

Post by timrosser » Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:14 pm

Hi Baxter, thanks for getting back to me, I got the following when I clicked on your link-

Error 503 Service Unavailable

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Guru Meditation:

XID: 627199406

But the two holes I'm talking about look like they are supposed to let water drain into the spare wheel cavity so that it can drain out through the hole at the bottom- The pics are on the 480 facebook forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/5381186515/?fref=ts

Thanks again

Tim

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Re: new drains into the spare wheel pit that I didnt know ab

Post by Baxter » Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:47 pm

Sorry for not answering before

Please, follow this link

http://tinypic.com
Hector.

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