Ford Van Drip Rail Repair

Auto body repairs may not be has hard as you think! Follow along and watch us repair minor rust along the drip rails on this 2006 Ford Van. With a few simple tools, products and some know how you can make your own repairs in your garage over the weekend.
Stuff we use in the shop
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Products we used:
SEM 39387 Self Leveling Seam Sealer amzn.to/3Gklv8e
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Filmed and edited by Ed Blankenship
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[@damiensisco1093]

Outstanding work Mr. Covert

[@CovertsShop]

Thank you very much Mr. Sisco

[@Stuntman727]

How many times have you used this method on drip rails? What's the longest this type of repair has worked for?

[@Steve-hs5le]

Awesome video,I'm. Fighting this battle with my E250 cargo van. That edge rusts so bad .

[@CovertsShop]

Thank you! Good luck with your project!

[@KittyGirlTravelProductions]

good video **subbed**

[@rodolfoplasencia4953]

If is self leveling, if some like me wanted to make it leveled down, lift one side of the van some good inches, 10-12" more or less you'll decide once you have your desired angle, finish it's application dry. Go to the back, repeat, go to the other side repeat.

[@CovertsShop]

The seal sealer does move around pretty easily. A small brush works well to move it around. You'll just have to play around till you find a method you like. Good luck with your project!

[@rodolfoplasencia4953]

@@CovertsShop thank you, much success with yours! Did you understand me?

[@CovertsShop]

@@rodolfoplasencia4953 Thank you! Yes I did understand you.

[@NomadWithAVan]

would you be willing to do this to my van if i brought it into you ? not to sure where you located exactly. i live in my van FT and not sure i trust myself to do this as i dont have some of the tools req.

[@eightieslife]

excellent video. Where are you located?

[@CovertsShop]

We are located in Republic,Ohio

[@michaelbacile8439]

Almost exactly what I was looking for. My rail is in pretty good shape other than at the rear. Both corners and a spot next to my 3rd brake light have cracked and they’re open about a 1/16- 1/8. Water dumps into the bed of my van which is no good, I carry a lot of expensive equipment. So that stuff from the factory is a caulk? Theoretically I could peal it and grind it out, then put something like your self leveler back in there? I’ve been stalling because I don’t want to make it worse until I figured out what material was already in there

[@CovertsShop]

Yes it is caulked from the factory. Wire wheel the old out, put some good primer on the bare metal bits, and use the self leveling seam sealer.

[@jrzues]

Do they make this seam sealer where you don’t have to have the tool you’re using?

[@elliotfrank119]

I have an 04 Econoline and the drip rails collect water in the rear when it rains. There’s no serious rust damage or even cracking yet. I wonder if you could tell me how they should properly function? Should I make them slope more so the water all runs off? There’s no rear channel for the water to exit it seems like the manufacturer design was to have it all run off the front.

[@CovertsShop]

I suppose you could slope them to the front. That does make sense.But that would also depend on vehicle angle

[@elliotfrank119]

@@CovertsShop Thanks for your reply. Where it is parked now is a pretty level surface and when it rains it pools in the back. I might have to replace the leaf springs and give it a little lift to make it sit higher in the rear and have the water run off the front like it is designed to do. The only channels are at the windshield and on these vans the channels in the middle of the roof go off the front as well. The other idea I was tinkering with was maybe drilling a hole and putting in a little piece of vacuum tubing somehow to divert water at the rear away from the vehicle and give it somewhere to go. I'm in Buffalo we get a lot of rain in the spring and fall, and nowhere to park it indoors.

[@michaelbacile8439]

I have an 08 e350, all my water runs to the front. Could be right by thinking to lift the back a little. Mine does look like the back is a bit higher. My drip rail has huge cracks in it, letting water inside my truck 😬 looking into fixing it soon

[@kevinhildum9186]

I'm wondering if that material remains flexible or if it becomes very hard like a regular epoxy type stuff

[@CovertsShop]

This stuff will remain flexible.

[@toncord]

Thank you for posting this! Ours isn't as bad but needs the same treatment. How many bottles of self leveling sealer did the whole van require?

[@CovertsShop]

You are very welcome! I believe we used two tubes of the self leveling seam sealer.