Hm...mine was dripping on me again yesterday...think I'll have a look.
Years ago it was because there were leaves that had gathered in there and
were blocking the drainage...we also thought it was the wind****eld but the
glazier figured it out....I'll give it a snoop now...
--
ie
ride fast, take chances.
"GigaNews" <aol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:qft7739manab0f7cesiu84knsnuumru7k2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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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