[DeTomaso] NPC: Anyone dealt with a mid-'90's Ford F-series leaking behind the dash
Himes, Terry (397C)
terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
Tue Apr 4 09:24:42 EDT 2017
That sucks . BTW I will be giving a talk at the Seattle Air & Space musieum on April 29th I believe . Please have nice weather 😁
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On Apr 3, 2017 8:14 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
Plus 2 on what Mike said... potentially plugged drains in the cowl vent
area.
Asa
Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 4/3/2017 7:45 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
In a message dated 4/3/17 19 01 47, [3]mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:
Nope, its clean water. Just replaced the door seal today. Lifted up
the
carpet on the driver's side when I could get under it and it's soaked.
I
know it's only a matter of time before mold sets in.
>>>It could get much worse than that.
We have had record rains here in Northern California this winter. A
couple of months ago, one of my Sciroccos was parked at the Air Force
base while I was on a trip to the sandbox. When I got home, the
carpets were soaked and it wouldn't start. Turns out it had leaked
into the cabin, soaking the fusebox and shorting out the (always hot)
fuel pump relay, starting a small electrical fire and toasting the
fusebox and the relay in the process!
Finding a replacement relay was easy, replacement fusebox next to
impossible. I finally managed to track one down, had the car towed to
my local VW specialist and had them fix it, and also ordered them to
find and fix the leak.
I presumed it was the windshield seal, but apparently it was actually
an accumulation of leaves and dirt that had plugged the drains in the
cowl vent area, which in a heavy rainstorm flooded into the inlet for
the heater blower motor, and then into the cabin. After they cleaned
out all the muck, they sprayed the car with a hose for an hour, let it
sit in rainstorms for days, and the cabin remained dry.
Point being, it's not necessarily the windshield, and if you don't find
and fix it, the damage could be far worse than the inconvenience of wet
carpets.
Good luck!
Mike
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That sucks . BTW I will be giving a talk at the Seattle Air & Space
musieum on April 29th I believe . Please have nice weather
Sent from Earth.
On Apr 3, 2017 8:14 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
Plus 2 on what Mike said... potentially plugged drains in the cowl
vent
area.
Asa
Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
******************************
[1]http://w7tsc.org
[2]http://www.teampanteraracing.com
On 4/3/2017 7:45 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
In a message dated 4/3/17 19 01 47, [3]mbefthomas at comcast.net
writes:
Nope, its clean water. Just replaced the door seal today. Lifted
up
the
carpet on the driver's side when I could get under it and it's
soaked.
I
know it's only a matter of time before mold sets in.
>>>It could get much worse than that.
We have had record rains here in Northern California this winter. A
couple of months ago, one of my Sciroccos was parked at the Air
Force
base while I was on a trip to the sandbox. When I got home, the
carpets were soaked and it wouldn't start. Turns out it had leaked
into the cabin, soaking the fusebox and shorting out the (always
hot)
fuel pump relay, starting a small electrical fire and toasting the
fusebox and the relay in the process!
Finding a replacement relay was easy, replacement fusebox next to
impossible. I finally managed to track one down, had the car towed
to
my local VW specialist and had them fix it, and also ordered them to
find and fix the leak.
I presumed it was the windshield seal, but apparently it was
actually
an accumulation of leaves and dirt that had plugged the drains in
the
cowl vent area, which in a heavy rainstorm flooded into the inlet
for
the heater blower motor, and then into the cabin. After they
cleaned
out all the muck, they sprayed the car with a hose for an hour, let
it
sit in rainstorms for days, and the cabin remained dry.
Point being, it's not necessarily the windshield, and if you don't
find
and fix it, the damage could be far worse than the inconvenience of
wet
carpets.
Good luck!
Mike
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