MJM
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Revisting drivers side cowel at door and front fender.
Here is a picture taken last year of the cowel. What I thought was a dent on the side of the cowel by the upper part of the door, turned out to be factory leading, or lack of in this case, once I removed the paint today.
Once the fender and door was removed and paint stripped from the tab that bolts the upper part of the fender together, I notice this tab was three pieces of metal laying on top of each other.
My question is, should this be like this or should I weld them together? One of my thoughts says to weld it shut because once the fender is installed, those three pieces of metal are squeezes tightly together. My other thought is perhaps the factory wanted whatever air that could get in there to dry out any moisture?
What do you guys think, weld or leave it.
Cowel that meets door. This is where the dent on the side of the cowel is
Paint stripped revealing leading.
Question pictures below.
Cowel tab as is with metal separation when unbolted from fender.
Cowel tab clamped together like it would be when the fender is bolted to it.
As an added note, I do not see any signs of rust between the layers of metal.
Here is a picture taken last year of the cowel. What I thought was a dent on the side of the cowel by the upper part of the door, turned out to be factory leading, or lack of in this case, once I removed the paint today.
Once the fender and door was removed and paint stripped from the tab that bolts the upper part of the fender together, I notice this tab was three pieces of metal laying on top of each other.
My question is, should this be like this or should I weld them together? One of my thoughts says to weld it shut because once the fender is installed, those three pieces of metal are squeezes tightly together. My other thought is perhaps the factory wanted whatever air that could get in there to dry out any moisture?
What do you guys think, weld or leave it.
Cowel that meets door. This is where the dent on the side of the cowel is
Paint stripped revealing leading.
Question pictures below.
Cowel tab as is with metal separation when unbolted from fender.
Cowel tab clamped together like it would be when the fender is bolted to it.
As an added note, I do not see any signs of rust between the layers of metal.
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