[Shotimes] Rear floor soaked

[Robert Bruce]

Has the car ever been in a accident?  It doesn't take much of a hit for that
area to get tweaked.  As others have noted, it sounds like that door seal is
bad.

Try closing the door with a dollar bill (or similar width piece of paper) in
the seal area.  If it's easy to pull the paper out, that is likely where the
leak is located.  If you get resistance when pulling out the paper, move it
to another spot & try again.  Bet you'll find the bad area.   Then maybe you
can adjust the seal mounting flange in that area just a bit.  Good luck.

Robert Bruce
92 w/3.2


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:42 PM
To: shewitt@hypercon.net; shotimes@autox.team.net; Adams at work
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rear floor soaked


Why not replace the seal? It would take 2 seconds. :)

Ian

--- shewitt <shewitt@hypercon.net> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> I've noticed on my 95 when I wash it sometimes I can
> get a small amount of water in through the top seal
> where the right rear door meets the roof.  I've
> assumed the rubber seal has gotten weak over the
> years and with a little pressure water will pass
> right through.  It gets on the seat & rug.  Never
> had a problem with rain in the 95.
>
> I assume one possible fix would be to adjust the
> door hinge so the top of the door is tighter when
> closed.  My old 86 Taurus had the same problem with
> the front drivers door when it rained.  I adjusted
> the door hinge (definately a 2 person job!) and it
> fixed it then.  THat was only about 12 years ago!
>
> Scot H
> 95 Red MTX - 69k
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: "Adams at work" <rtadams@itsnet.com>
> Date:  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:49:16 -0700
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >My '95 MTX SHO passenger side floor has been soaked
> all winter. Snow sits on
> >the car and melts off eventually. No signs in the
> interior where water could
> >be coming from. I had been sopping it up with a
> towel, leaving windows open
> >on sunny days, hoping for a miracle. Yesterday I
> ripped the seat bench, back
> >and the soaked soundproofing stuff out. Just the
> bottom "well" under the
> >passenger seat was soaked, must have leaked from
> there down to the carpet
> >well. The long seatbelt looked wet and there was a
> remnant of a puddle on
> >the leather seat bench. The seat back was dry, the
> seat bottom inner foam
> >was wet, wire frame rusted some. The head liner
> shows no signs of water,
> >even at the back, nor near the sunroof. The other
> floors and seats are dry.
> >The rear door and trunk weather stripping still are
> intact.
> >
> >I have electrical-taped around the sunroof and the
> top seal of the rear
> >window and I'm about to hose it down with someone
> inside and the back seat
> >still out to watch. But it needs to be a little
> more above freezing before I
> >go for it. I can see with the right read door open
> that a leak there could
> >seep down onto the floor and under the seat bench,
> but how could it soak the
> >seatbelt and bench top?  Any other ideas or similar
> experiences you could
> >share?
> >
> >Richard Adams
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