Re: Getting Ready For The Deluge

From: chuck nicodemus (armorseal(at)iccom.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 22:28:37 CDT


steve sage wrote:
I additionally taped over the two remaining big holes in the doors

> (where the wining mechanisms are and the smaller half circle at the
> front of the doors) to prevent any water exiting there, and finally
> taped over a couple more larger sheets of plastic on the driver's door
> (where it's now under the door panel) to insulate further against door
> rattles I haven't been able to solve otherwise. It now seems that the
> only way water that gets in the doors from above can get out will be as
> our Lord (Rootes) intended, out the drain holes.
>
> I've also installed a weather strip piece (non stock) on the car body
> around the door openings so water can't splash up from the road and into
> the car (this piece starts where lots of us can sit in the car and see
> light through that corner at the front bottom of the doors, and runs
> back and up the side of the door opening). I did this as my new, stock
> door weather strip does not make contact with the body when the doors
> are closed.
>
> I also re-caulked around the driver's side air intake (under the dash)
> and the windscreen bolts. I didn't do the driver's air vent as I
> couldn't really reach it behind the glove box and wiper motor.

Holy Cow you ain't gooing to be able to breath in there if something happens

      ;-)
You come here and do mine now. My remeady was make the wife ride in the wet
spot. In Oregon we don't get rain it is a constant wet.ALL over.
:=)

Love these darn LBC's
chucks 2.785p



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