Jim Cathey is my new best friend. Curse Jim.
Sorry, dude!
When he came over a few weeks ago, he was nice enough to want to check Gump's trunk. We found that there was a lake under the rubber and trunk liner. Lots of rusty looking stuff. Thought I would wait until summer when it got hot and dry to tackle that.
That stuff lurks. Sneaks up on ya.
How in creation do I deal with the rusted through bit to join the stern back to the rest of the car? Can I have a panel made with the channel and weld that in? It would cover the access to the tank sender
The official way is to get a new trunk floor and have it welded in. It can be surprisingly less expensive than you might think, or not. Quotes can be extremely variable, I hit about six body shops before I found the one that fixed the rust in the SL. It got a new trunk floor. Well, part of one. I bought the crash piece and the guy cut it up to get what he needed out of it. His price was substantially less than half of anybody else's. I suggest you explore bodywork purveyors in the low-rent district, wherever that is in your area. Here, it was Hillyard. I've had good luck with auto repair labor in Hillyard. Hungry, and inexpensive. Last time was two weeks ago when I got the 240D's seat cover repaired at an upholstery shop. -- Jim
