Allen you can fix your leak at the windscreen seal with special glass
silicone sealant. It is very liquid, you just squirt some near the leak, it
will run in where the water does and then it will "set". I bought mine at
the local NAPA store. Of course you may end up with a transmission leak . .
.
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO USA
1970 MGB Daily Driver ~ 1967 MGB Vintage Racer ~ 1969 MGB Undergoing V8
conversion
http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Florrie & Allen Bachelder
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 7:51 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Fwd: stopping interior leaks
>
>
> But guys, you have to realize that leaking is part of your B's genetic
> code. Fix one leak and it will start another somewhere. If you have a
> leak you can live with, I say leave it alone. If you succeed in
> fixing it,
> your B will start to leak some other fluid from someplace else -
> and it may
> be a far worse problem.
>
> BTW - the interior leaks in my two current Bs come from: (1) defective
> header rail seal. Water drips off the rear view mirror and thence to the
> console by the gear shift lever; and (2) Defective or poorly fitting
> windscreen seal INSIDE the frame in the lower corners. Water
> runs in here,
> runs under the dash and thence to my pance ("thents to my pants"?). Also,
> the place just below the lower windscreen corners where the vertical part
> of the frame meets the horizontal part (look on the outside) creates a
> similar leak. The black body sealant stuff you roll up in your
> fingers and
> force into the crack stops this leak, while in my case, it created an
> antifreeze leak on the lower radiator hose. I fixed that and the rear
> shocks started leaking. If this does not make sense to you, I can only
> suggest that you give up your MG for a Miata.
>
> Allen
>
> PS: somebody else on the list suggested it to me: if you want to tempt
> fate, try cleaning out the bulb on the end of the drain hose for the air
> intake cavity. But be prepared to replace the rear mainseal if you do...
>
> From: "Terry O'Brien" <mgrepairs@yahoo.com>
> >
> >...I find the major culprits to
> >be the heater box seal (black box holding the heater core) and the
> >rubber grommets for the heater control and choke cables. All of which
> >are best sealed with household caulk containing silicone.
> >
> >The truck leaks are often caused by the lid getting out of alignment
> >with the seal due to DPOs trying to close it without first releasing
> >the stay. Sometimes just bending it back does the trick.
> >
> >The 78 MGB I'm about to buy has some sort of interior leak that is
> >allowing the carpets to get wet...
>
> ******************************************
> Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
> Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
> New Castle, VA 24127
> USA
> 540/544-7333
> ******************************************
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