93 100csqw: water in driver footwell

[Beatty, Robert]

From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com]

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A reported possible source of front footwell wetness is leaking at the
bottom of the windshield.

At 10:34 PM 06/23/2002 -0500, Eric Billing wrote:

>4 inches of rain at the lake last night. Then this afternoon, drove home 4
>hours with AC on.
>
>Just got back home and shaking out the sand & junk.... I noticed that the
>driver side footwell is wet. Passenger side is not. Checked the drains at
>sunroof and at the firewall (by the fuse box). These seem to function
>fine----both drained normally.
>
>AC appears to be draining normally under front passenger side.
>
>Other ideas?
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>Eric Billing
>Eagan, MN 55123


Kneale, Eric,

Speaking from personal experience.... Water can end up in the footwells from
the windshield not being glued in correctly.  Back in the late 80's, my
parents had an 86 5ks that needed a new windshield.  Brought it to the local
glass place and they put one in.  I took it out later that day to run to the
store and it happend to be snowing lightly out.  The snow was blowing IN the
car from under the windshield.  So back it went.  Twice!  The windshields
can be difficult to install correctly on the type 44.  Another place it can
leak is the doorseal.  If it has some splits in it, it can allow for leaks,
however I dont think you would see that if the car was sitting vs driving.
I'm sure someone else can chime in on this....

Rob Beatty
86 5ktq
89 200tqa