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GT6 GT6 Rear hatch Leaking

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Will_Ringrose

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Hello Everyone.

I'm not how many of you live in the Mid Atlantic Area but the last Few days we have been hammered with rain. To the point where the road in-front of my house was a river about 2 feet deep.

In all of this rain I have noticed that the rear hatch of my GT6 is not water tight.. When I open the hatch Water flows out of the holes on top, and it seems to be leaking in around the window.

I am going to replace the rubber but I wanted to know if anyone had any ideas to keep this from happening again. The last Rubber gasket I put in shrank about 3 weeks after installing it.
 
It always seems to gather in the bottom corners of my GT6. Luckily it hasn't gotten into the car but it has made a rust spot in the corner that I need to fix.

I am interested in what everyone else thinks about wrong problem because maybe the fix for yours will be the same for me.
 
This probably won't help your immediate situation but I did modify part of our rear hatch years ago.

On the body tub I noticed water collecting in the corners of the hatch opening. That created corroded spots where the water pooled. I bought some brass ferrules used with plastic tubing in compression fittings (looks like a long, brass, tubular rivet... or long brass eyelet). I drilled holes in the corner of the body tub in the low corners, cleaned away ALL the rust, soft soldered the ferrules into the body, then ran tubing from those down behind the trim panels and out the boot floor. As long as I keep leaves out of the hatch area, no water collects.

You could also add some drain holes to the hatch itself along the bottom edge where the water would collect. Obviously apply some paint over the hole openings to prevent rust. That should allow any water that gets "inside" the hatch itself to drain.
 
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