Steve,
When I drove herbeam to Georgia and stayed there for 6 months I learned
that the outer window seal is very important in controlling the amount of
water that enters the inside of the door. Rick McCleod at SS has some better
than new reproductions that do a good job. The other important step that
most forget is to replace the plastic sheet inside the door between the
door and the window crank mechanism...Thats where water was coming in and
flooding my interior. After putting new plastic sheets inside the door with
windshield caulking to seal it, no more water leaked down the inside of the
door into the passenger compartment. It has something to do with the angle
of the doors ...the water just drips right in. Hope this helps cure your
problem
-----Original Message-----
From: steve sage <rootes(at)ix.netcom.com>
To: Terry Smith <tsmith(at)coresys.net>
Cc: Alpine List <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: Good News And Bad News
>
>
>Terry Smith wrote:
>
>> It could be almost any of those things you describe. It also might have
a
>> warp. But the place it comes from doesn't seem to make this likely.
>>
>> Terry Smith
>
>Hello Terry & Everyone:
>The head will be coming off in a week or two for investigation and repair.
In
>the meantime, even though it took a few days to really work, the Prestone
stop
>leak (specifically said on the bottle that it will seal head gaskets)
finally
>seems to be doing its thing. No more leakage, water or steam, from the
head. I
>know it's a temporary fix, but it has allowed me to continue driving the
car,
>seemingly with no ill effect. I know I'll have to flush out the cooling
system
>when I get things permanently fixed and back together.
>
>Now here's my new problem for the list. It dumped rain here in the Los
Angeles
>area today and I drove at high speed on the freeway for about an hour in a
>downpour. The top is watertight, other than a couple of minor drips where
the
>side rails meet the front at the windshield. On the other hand, I noticed
that
>I had an inch of standing water on the floor on the side of the passenger
>seat, right next to the door sill! This is not good. I can't see any
evidence
>where it leaked in from above. The only possibility seems to be the
passenger
>door seal. The drivers door seal lets a little water in, but not to the
extent
>the passenger door does. These are relatively new seals from Sunbeam
>Specialties and upon investigation have found that they look good but to
not
>make a full seal with the doors. Has anyone out there found better
(thicker)
>seals for this purpose?
>
>By the way, I did also get a few drips from under the dash onto my left leg
>but I can't quite figure out where that would come from. It does not appear
to
>be from the fresh air vent area. Any ideas anyone?
>
>Steve Sage
>
>
>
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