This is definitely true for square-tails (I also BTDT), but do
M III's with the detachable windshield frame suffer
the same problem?
Doug
At 03:17 AM 12/22/01 , you wrote:
>Ha! BTDT
>If you're comfortable with the roof seal...
>
>Check along the little rain gutters that run
>up the sides of the windshield A-posts right
>in front of the leading edge of the side windows.
>
>If there is a small seam between the body metalwork
>and the little rain channel (that is a separate piece of
>metal)
>that's where the water is getting in. Run a bead of clear
>silicone down the groove to seal it.
>
>As water runs down the channel, as designed, it simply
>runs into the a-post, and dumps out on your floors
>under your feet.
>
>I just went through this same exercise chasing this down
>myself less than three months ago.
>I thought it was the windshield seal after I had just
>finished
>installing the real stainless steel trim in the rubber seal.
>After the next rain it did it again. So I had to keep
>looking.
>
>The sealing of this seam (which is done at the factory)
>usually cracks or falls out over the years or is removed
>when people work on the car prepping for paint work.
>
>Paul Tegler
>ptegler@cablespeed.com
>www.teglerizer.com
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