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Re: back on after Floyd

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Subject: Re: back on after Floyd
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:40:57 -0700
Erich had this to say:

>
>I have noticed water trailing down the steering colum when it rains (top 
>up :) With a good hard rain I get about 1 cup of water on the drivers side 
>floor, and about 1/2 cup on the pasengers side (pasengers side still has 
>the under dash lining)  I recently purchased a vent cover, but the problem 
>persists. Could it be the weather sealing aroung the windshield?
>
>Erich   -80 B primary vehicle.   
>
Glad to hear everyone's all right despite Floyd.

A leak around the windshield frame should leave visible water trails 
either at the corners of the dash or under the vinyl on top the dash (if 
you see a pucker and it squelches when you press on it, that's it). 
Unless there's a rust-through hole hidden under that wide rubber piece at 
the outer base of the windshield?

Are you sure all the water previously introduced has drained out of the 
heater/vent box?
I've had it fill up so that under hard cornering water would sploosh out 
of the heater vent flaps on the downhill side. Of course, you should make 
sure that the drain bulb is clear if that happens.

It's possible that underhood water is getting in through some orifice. 
Check all the firewall plugs and grommets.

Good luck.

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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