# Old Ford truck's rain gutter sealant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-ford-trucks-rain-gutter-sealant/126471 "2018-10-10T02:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-ford-trucks-rain-gutter-sealant/126471/1 "2018-10-10T02:17:51Z")
The roof of my 45 year old Ford truck has a little rain gutter all the way around. Sort of a L-channel tacked on to the edge of the roof, forming a U shape along with the edge of the roof. In the bottom of the U Ford put in some kind of sealant, presumably to prevent the rain gutter from rusting. That sealant is now deteriorating and the rain gutter has sprouted a couple of leaks which I need to fix before the rainy season. Any recommendation for products to renew that sealant? What’s in there originally from Ford is a very hard sealant of some kind, maybe body seam sealer? I’ve tired a couple varieties of caulk, which stops the leaks, but the caulk for some reason attracts dirt and creates an unsightly ring around the roof visual effect. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-ford-trucks-rain-gutter-sealant/126471/2 "2018-10-10T02:24:57Z")
Any parts store that sells auto paint supplies will have this. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/0b18092d8539689f2a4b70a93ef2c7ed608b3d16.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-ford-trucks-rain-gutter-sealant/126471/3 "2018-10-10T02:27:10Z")
Got to trust tester, I have to wonder if there is rust involved. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-ford-trucks-rain-gutter-sealant/126471/4 "2018-10-10T02:40:39Z")
Oh there be rust. But at nearly 50 years old, and having lived over 10 years in Colorado snow and road salt country, anything that’s not rusting is a surprise 😉 Fortunately it’s been away from the snow and road salt since I moved to San Jose. Overall the body is in pretty good shape for a truck that old, but eventually I’ll have to do some proper repairs on the rusted sections. In actuality it really needs to have a body off restoration and a new 2-pack paint job to look brand new. But I doubt that’s gonna happen. I was able to do a sort-of-proper rust repair and paint touch up on a rusted side marker lamp fixture earlier in the summer, so that’s looking in pretty good shape for the winter anyway.