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Re: Leaky Body

To: Bert.Otten@nni.nl
Subject: Re: Leaky Body
From: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:00:14 EDT
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:51:59 +0100 Bert Otten <Bert.Otten@nni.nl> writes:
>>>> Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net> 08/13/97 01:44AM >>>wrote:
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>- SNIP - My B has been restored over the past 4 years.  In the 
>process, nearly every piece of body sealing rubber has been replaced.  
>My problem is that the car leaks in into both
>footwells.  This is a problem whether the car is driven in the rain, 
>or
>merely washed with a low pressure garden hose.  Invariably, the rubber 
>floor mats will have standing puddles in them.  Does anyone have a 
>clue where this water is coming from? 
>
>Chris,
>
>Last year I had the same problem. I would check and clean the heater 
>compartment drain tube. From above it is difficult to see. (with the 
>heater removed it is easy!!) On the underside of the car you see a 
>rubber tube ending in a plastic bulb thing next to the gearbox on the 
>passengers side. On mine this tube was full with crud of leaves and 
>mud etc. Try to clean it by poking around with a wrie spoke or so.
>
>It stopped the leaking in the footwells on mine. I don't have any 
>leakage anymore.
>
>Bert Otten
>'66 B     
>
Chris,
  I would check the seal of the front fender to cowl pieces. If there is
a little gap anywhere in the metal filler piece, you can get a leak that
drips behind the dash and into the footwell.  Silicone seal or windshield
seal fixed my B's problem there.
Bob Howard
'72 MGB-GT
'75 MGB
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