My Landcruiser BJ73 recently failed an inspection because the rear engine mounts were completely severed. I happily replaced them and was looking forward to rides without the engine rocking to the left and right when slowing down or accelerating. The engine had always been rocking a bit and I had thought this was caused by wear of the join between the drive shaft and the gear box, so this was a cheap fix. However, the Cruiser also failed on the registration plate lights. I thought this would be a matter of replacing the bulbs, but that wasn't the case. Something else was wrong, so I started to look for breaks in the wires. That's when I found a big rust hole behind the left rear light (see picture). And underneath the jack was about a litre of water with rusted nuts and bolts and other bits an pieces in it. I'm thinking of repairing the hole with glass fibre and epoxy, but how do I keep the water out? It seems to get in from behind the rear light. There's no weather seal, and there's no weather seal around the right rear light either. I looked in the workshop manual, online parts databases, but can't find weather seals for the rear lights. Are there not meant to be any weather seals? Is the water meant to just get in?
