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Hello all.
I'll have to manually check this as things go, as I have a gmail account and it's a bit wonky. But here goes:
Over the winter time I noted I was getting quite the iceberg on my passenger side floorboard. We're talking about 2" of solid ice. When ever it thawed? The water drained into the cab big time.
Now it's all warm and cozy (Okay, if you consider 60 deg's cozy....at least it's not snowing) And we are getting rain.
The passenger floor board is drenched. The drivers side is also loaded with water. (about 1/2 as much as the passenger side) I can safely say it's not coming from the top of the window or the sides down the pillers. (That's because we've had the pillar covers removed and it's dry as a popcorn fart. And for the top of the window? The headliner is now a 'custom' one and we can see the metal to window contact, so that's dry.
My gut feeling is that it's likely something in the cowl area has rusted, or the drain tube is clogged and that caused rust...seal damage, etc...
I didn't see much online for repair photos or any real listed DYI items.
My plan (due to not having much to go on) Was to exchange out the damaged dash (more cracks then I can count...) And while the dash was out? See if I can locate where the leak is coming from. When I was pulling the dash from the truck at the P&P yard--I noted the dash only gets you about 1/2 home. The air duct work and other assorted bits in the way make the job look a lot larger then I expected. The newer dash is still going in. It's the same color and in pretty solid shape with no cracks.
Plans at this point would be to take the truck up to the families place and use the garden hose to see where this is leaking 100% for sure. If it turns out to be the cowl area, seal or rust.... Is there a good way to access it for the repairs? I've seen people talk about pulling fenders, etc... I have the feeling I'll need to have the area in the cowl open enough so I can reapply any sealant or do rust repair.
Any hints, photos, etc...would be fantastic.
Thanks!!
S-
I'll have to manually check this as things go, as I have a gmail account and it's a bit wonky. But here goes:
Over the winter time I noted I was getting quite the iceberg on my passenger side floorboard. We're talking about 2" of solid ice. When ever it thawed? The water drained into the cab big time.
Now it's all warm and cozy (Okay, if you consider 60 deg's cozy....at least it's not snowing) And we are getting rain.
The passenger floor board is drenched. The drivers side is also loaded with water. (about 1/2 as much as the passenger side) I can safely say it's not coming from the top of the window or the sides down the pillers. (That's because we've had the pillar covers removed and it's dry as a popcorn fart. And for the top of the window? The headliner is now a 'custom' one and we can see the metal to window contact, so that's dry.
My gut feeling is that it's likely something in the cowl area has rusted, or the drain tube is clogged and that caused rust...seal damage, etc...
I didn't see much online for repair photos or any real listed DYI items.
My plan (due to not having much to go on) Was to exchange out the damaged dash (more cracks then I can count...) And while the dash was out? See if I can locate where the leak is coming from. When I was pulling the dash from the truck at the P&P yard--I noted the dash only gets you about 1/2 home. The air duct work and other assorted bits in the way make the job look a lot larger then I expected. The newer dash is still going in. It's the same color and in pretty solid shape with no cracks.
Plans at this point would be to take the truck up to the families place and use the garden hose to see where this is leaking 100% for sure. If it turns out to be the cowl area, seal or rust.... Is there a good way to access it for the repairs? I've seen people talk about pulling fenders, etc... I have the feeling I'll need to have the area in the cowl open enough so I can reapply any sealant or do rust repair.
Any hints, photos, etc...would be fantastic.
Thanks!!
S-