Thread: SRT-6 Liftgate Leak On Spoiler Mounting Plate
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Old Jan 27, 2013 | 07:59 PM
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Default Re: SRT-6 Liftgate Leak On Spoiler Mounting Plate
Originally Posted by RL67037
For everyone that has accomplished this fix, I have a couple of questions and would appreciate your input. Right now, I have the panel and spoiler off the car and, of course, the panel and spoiler are not attached to each other.

180 - you mentioned in the first post that you were going to tackle the "wells" where the spoiler sits in the panel but I don't see what you did to remedy that area (unless I missed it). I, also, have the rust on the spoiler mount and the panel at the attach point. I don't think the new o-rings will stop water from getting in there. Was there something else you did?

For those that used silicone to seal the panel, did you just follow the "path" on the back side of the panel? Did you double up the width of the silicone near the bottom of the panel where it goes around the Chrysler logo - like 180 did with the putty in post 18?

How "tall" of a bead of silicone did you use? How much squeeze out did you experience?

Did anyone else do something to stop the water from getting between the spoiler mounting feet and the panel?

I assume that if water was to get in around the mounting feet of the spoiler, the new o-rings will keep the water from getting into the trunk area, correct?

Sorry for all of the questions, but if I silicone this thing, I want to make sure I have all of the bases covered since it won't be fun to take the panel off to try again.

Thanks all for your help!!

RL
I had forgotten this project. I have to take of the wing and see how it fared over the summer. I have not found any tube that was soft enough to put along the top to stop water getting into the top of the panel. I will take a photo of the parts when I take it apart.

To seal the pockets where the wing sits I was thinking of using a putty like substance, rolling it and putting it around the foot that goes down the pocket so that it was squashed between the outer surface and the wing with some getting pushed down the edges of the pocket. I have some stuff that I have had from the sixties which is still pliable. It is like plasticine with strands of what I think is asbestos in it.

The flat area above the Chrysler badge I think I will leave clear except for the seal that is on some areas. I may spray it with some thin undercoat.

Remember if you do silicone it you will not get it off again, so any fluke body damage in that area or another leak will not be fixable.
 
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