New Water Ingress

RBBailey

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You'd think that living in Oregon I'd know where all the water comes from when it rains.

Today is our first rain of the summer, and after driving I noticed that there is a line of drips across the foot wells. It's coming out from the bottom of the lower dash panel, all the way across the seam between the bulkhead and the dash.

So where does this particular leak come from? Seems that the long dry conditions have maybe caused a seal to shrink or whatever. Is this coming from under the windshield?
 

nickt

Member
They all do that sir!

This may help.
 

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RBBailey

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Yeah... I just can't seem to find any reference in there about the leak I'm seeing.
 

Napalm00

Technical Excellence Contributor
windshield to bulkhead gasket, header bar/har top front gasket, vent flaps, antenna hole, accel cable, corner seals on soft top and hard top at edge of doors top front corners

all common spots. get some baby powder to see where it coming from
 

RBBailey

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Callsign: KF7KFZ
windshield to bulkhead gasket, header bar/har top front gasket, vent flaps, antenna hole, accel cable, corner seals on soft top and hard top at edge of doors top front corners

The only one it could be is windshield to bulkhead. I don't think anything else could cause a line of water all the way across the bottom of the dash/bulkhead. I don't have bulkhead vents. Tested the other spots. It does leak through the doors when in certain crosswinds, but that runs down to the bottom of the door.

I'll see if I can get a pic of it.
 
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