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Re: Leaky Body

To: saschris@flash.net
Subject: Re: Leaky Body
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:09:35 EDT
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:44:08 -0400 Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>
writes:
>No gross comments about bladder control, please.  My B has been 
>restored
>over the past 4 years.  In the process, nearly every piece of body 
>sealing
>rubber has been replaced.  My problem is that the car leaks in into 
>both
>footwells.  This is a problem whether the car is driven in the rain, 
>or
>merely washed with a low pressure garden hose.  Invariably, the rubber
>floor mats will have standing puddles in them.  Does anyone have a 
>clue
>where this water is coming from?  I thought perhaps through the 
>various
>openings in the firewall, but this area is bone dry after washing.  
>The
>cowl vent?  The carpets beneath the fresh air vents above the tranny 
>tunnel
>don't get wet.  It seems that the water is dropping from directly 
>above the
>middle of the footwell.  
>
>Any experience/suggestions are welcome.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Delling
>
>
>
Chris,
  Have you replaced the little rubber seals under the wiper shafts?  Had
a similar problem and finally traced the infusion of H2O to them. I
replace them and that leak stopped.  (Others eventually replaced them)
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget

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