Super duper detective work. My 83 was plagued with that problem too.
Everytime I thought it was fixed - it didn't leak, until the next rain
storm
came and flooded it....
Joel
"Kenneth Grimm" <kdgrimm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:56:21 -0700, alordofchaos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>On Jun 13, 10:21 am, Kenneth Grimm <kdgr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> After checking all of the commonly recognized leak sources and
>>> several unnecessary "repairs"
>>
>>Think of it as "early preventative maintenance" :-)
>
> Yup. Actually, all of these potential leak spots certainly benefited
> from the attention they received.
>
>>> Lowering the plastic sheet to the bottom of the wind****eld eliminated
>>> that as a source. That left something inside the engine compartment.
>>> The battery tray did not leak. Working my way across the firewall, I
>>> came to the plastic cover/****eld over the heater fan. That area
>>> leaked like a drain! The sealant had deteriorated badly in the back
>>> next to the firewall where it wasn't easily seen. I easily worked
>>> the cover loose and re-sealed it with black silicone goop.
>>>
>>> My 944's floor has remained bone-dry after several heavy rains.
>>> Problem solved.
>>
>>Good write up, and thanks for sharing! You may have saved someone
>>else some un-necessary work.
>>
>><thumbs up>
>
> Thanks for the <thumbs up>. Believe me, I was grinning from ear to
> ear when I finally plugged the leak! I failed to mention that I took
> the 944 to a ****sche shop and an independent mechanic, both of whom
> failed to find the leak. That made my success all the sweeter! If I
> can save someone else the trouble that I went to, so much the better.
>
> Ken K4XL
> k4xl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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