[DeTomaso] FW: NPC: Anyone dealt with a mid-'90's Ford F-series leaking behind the dash

[Larry - Ohio Time]

I too am with Mike on this one. I have even seen rust make a hole in the
cowel area.

If you use my shop vac methodid, we talked about it a few weeks ago, it will
be EZ to find.


Larry (raining like Seattle) - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 10:45 PM
To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Anyone dealt with a mid-'90's Ford F-series
leaking    behind the dash


In a message dated 4/3/17 19 01 47, 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