Hi mark....
....well thinking back to my old landrover which used to have mysterious
leaks under the dash too, and they were from the ram-ventilation doors
(those funny little doors under the front window of an old series III)...
well the MGB has a ram-ventilation intake as well just in front of the
windscreen which you can't shut off to the rain (I stupidly drove off the
other day with the magnetic cover still in place... no idea where that ended
up!). The air on my ,79 comes out of those two grills in the middle of the
dash, and also out of two hoses above the driver and passenger's feet.
Perhaps water is somehow getting down through the air intake and running
down those hoses to the driver's and passenger's feet. Just an idea...
Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones, Mark [mailto:MJones@ngl.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:11 AM
> To: 'Ajhsys@aol.com'; mgs@autox.team.net; 'Larry Macy'
> Subject: RE: obligatory leaks under the dash
>
>
> Blasting the car with a water hose is a good idea. I have
> noticed water on
> the floor mats after a rain, even when the car was just sitting in the
> driveway. I would like to find a solution to this problem
> because with the
> GT it is not just a couple of drops, its enough to get your
> pant legs quite
> wet. I have had the seal around the windshield checked by a
> glass shop and
> was found to be good.
>
> Thanks for water hose idea Allan. And yes I don't want to
> fix everything
> because another one will appear, and it may be more serious.
>
> Mark
> 73 MGB GT
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ajhsys@aol.com [SMTP:Ajhsys@aol.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 12:03 PM
> > To: MJones@ngl.ca; mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: obligatory leaks under the dash
> >
> > You might want to put the car in the driveway on a nice
> sunny day and
> > blast
> > it with the hose (duplicating the type of rain that creates
> a leak) until
> > it
> > leaks. Then open the bonnet and see if you can see where
> the water is
> > running. You can't really do this on a rainy day, because
> as soon as you
> > open the bonnet, everything gets wet destroying the evidence.
>
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