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TR2/3/3A Mounting fenders on TR3

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I have been asked to help a friend who is remounting his freshly painted fenders on his fresh TR3 frame-off restoration. It's been more than twenty years since I restored mine and at that time there were two trains of thought regarding sealing the bolted seam: 1) use a sealer between the flanges to prevent rust 2) do not use a sealer to allow water to drain through the seam. I chose the latter option and can see no indication of rust, but I have had no reason to pull the fenders to examine the flanges. What is the current thought? Any other advice regarding fender and beading replacement? My memory is not so good; they say it's the second thing to go. I can't remember what's the first. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
I also did the same, no sealant. But then again I can count on one finger the times it's been in the rain in 8 years. (1)
 
I've always installed 'em "dry". Like Russ said, how often is it really gonna be in the wet? And they came from the factory "dry".
 
I did mine without sealant - don't see a need for it. Given the amount of flex they're going to see, I would think the sealant wouldn't "seal" for very long anyway.

Mickey
 
I installed mine without sealer as well. I also used stainless attaching bolts with anti-seize compound on them.

But if my car were a daily driver in a wet climate, I would definitely use sealer. The little tabs on the fender mouldings create a nice little gap for moisture to get into.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but ISTR reading somewhere that original fenders from the factory were not painted on the attaching surfaces, so sealer was necessary.
 
On my TR4a the original Standard Triumph workshop manual says the seams were sealed with "Boscoseal", presumably some kind of flexible sealing material.
On advice from a few sources I am not planning to omit this on my car, but as we all wash our cars they will get wet!
Simon.
 
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