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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.

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

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.

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?

Repair panels can be had from brickwerks and Schofield's

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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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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