Hi all,

There is a "hole" in the top left side of the windshield frame on RedBird.   The photo I am sending needs to be enlarged to see what I am talking about.  When RedBird arrived, all that could be seen is the "cracked look" to the paint close to the corner.  I have recently noticed that there is a hole that is just under the edge of the weather stripping.  Perhaps the black stripping has reacted to our heat, and shrunk up some, enough to reveal the hole below.

I am concerned because I don't know where it leads.  Could it be a dead end pocket to gather water when it rains, or when I wash her?  Yikes!!!  The way it is situated, it looks like a direct drain into parts unknown.  So I'm very concerned, and I'm feeling like I need to quickly put  something in it, on it, to plug it so that nothing will get in there.

So, give me some good ideas, let me know what you think it is, how it happened, and what to do about it.

Thanks bunches...

Jai

 

 

 

 

Looks like a gob of bondo was put over the cracked leaded joint that joins the roof skin to the A pillar. It's caused by the body flexing and is normal.

Some people grind all the lead out and weld up the seam to keep it from ever coming back. I tried that on my back 2 roof seams and it's been 2 years and no cracks. Knock on wood.  Yes, if water gets in under the weatherstrip, it can rust out the roof lip/seam area. A temporary fix would be to use a flexible sealer like clear silicone to keep the rain out.

How are the back 2 roof seams? any cracking?

 

 

 

Just out of curiiosity, is there any more bondo in other areas of the roof?

 

Edited June 27, 20168 yr by hr369

$4 at Lowes.  No need for a caulking gun either. 

10 hours ago, hr369 said:

Looks like a gob of bondo was put over the cracked leaded joint that joins the roof skin to the A pillar. It's caused by the body flexing and is normal.

Some people grind all the lead out and weld up the seam to keep it from ever coming back. I tried that on my back 2 roof seams and it's been 2 years and no cracks. Knock on wood.  Yes, if water gets in under the weatherstrip, it can rust out the roof lip/seam area. A temporary fix would be to use a flexible sealer like clear silicone to keep the rain out.

How are the back 2 roof seams? any cracking?

 

 

 

 

Just out of curiiosity, is there any more bondo in other areas of the roof?

 

I do not see any other signs of this problem.  But I will sure keep a good watch out.  Thank you for your valuable information, that is what I needed.  I had nothing but sealing tape here, so I put a piece on it to temp cover it until I heard what to do.  Thanks!

2 hours ago, siteunseen said:

$4 at Lowes.  No need for a caulking gun either. 

Site,

Thank you for giving me this simple inexpensive way to go.  The other choice that HR369 mentioned will be put on file for someday when I attack 

the other small rust with a face lift (full clean down to metal, then new paint job).  

Ha!  That will take me time to save all the $ for her.  

Ha!  She will get the face lift and I won't.       But that's ok, anything for MY RedBird!!!