windscreen washer jet corrosion.

[bigbadbob76]

Hi to the group.
I'm a newbie here (see my intro in readers rides) so please bear with me.
I've just bought a very rusty '86 T25 DG and want to address the worst of the rust first and do the rest bit by bit as I go along.
I'm getting water ingress that pools in the drivers footwell, I've traced this to the area around the washer jet being rusted out, poking with a screwdriver has left a hole about an inch or so diameter around the jet so I've filled it with sealant for now but i'm looking for recommendations for a better fix.
Is it safe to mig weld a plate over the hole in this area without removing the windscreen and is there anything behind the jet (apart from the jet feed pipe)that would fry if I did?
or am I safer riveting the plate on and using sealant?
Thanks in advance and thanks for the wealth of technical expertese on here.
BBB.

[george2490]

I think water will be entering via screen surround rust. Documented in wiki.
Hope not,
George

[Ant-t]

Welcome to the forum Sounds like a windscreen out job, you're probably going to have more rust damage below the old seal. As above have a look in the wiki, you'll also need a new seal to put the screen back in.

[bigbadbob76]

Thanks for the warning guys, I dread what i'll find if I pop the screen out, trying to re-build around the seal and get it sealing properly could be tricky.
is it new panel time if theres a lot of rust under the seal?

[george2490]

Repair panels can be had from brickwerks and Schofield's

[bigbadbob76]

Thanks George, I'll check em out.
allready got some panels coming from campervanculture, reckon i'll be needing more though.

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[bigbadbob76]

Thanks for the link CovKid.
My well has dried up since I sealed around the washer jet so I won't be disturbing the screen rubber until I have to, I'm sure that time will come.
I'll rivet in a plate to hold the washer jet properly until then.
When money/time/garage space/weather allow I'll do a proper job on it.

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[bigbadbob76]

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It just stuck after that.

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