Roof leak

[scotts90ranger]

The loop of the roof that goes over the top of the A pillar is just sitting there and sealed with seam sealer... I've pulled the roof skin of my '90 before... with all of this being shown I bet the gutter just has a leak or the seam at the top of the A pillar on mine.

 

[SenorNoob]

I found the link to what I was talking about:

Thread '1st/2nd gen Roof leak/rust prevention PSA'

Mar 4, 2021

This definitely pertains to 1st gen owners and probably 2nd gen owners as well.

In the course of doing a bunch of body work on a truck, I found a place that is probably the source of many wet headliners and roof rust. This area had seam sealer applied to it at the factory but it was cracked and mostly missing on one side, and just slightly better on the other. Without sealant in the corner of the roof/A pillar, there is a hole that leads directly into the area between the outer roof skin and the inner structure... every time it gets wet, you'll have water in there and I'm sure that...

• Shran
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• Forum: Body & Exterior

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If I looked straight at it, I could see the back of the headliner through that hole on both sides.

 

[glenny49]

I found the link to what I was talking about:

Thread '1st/2nd gen Roof leak/rust prevention PSA'

Mar 4, 2021

This definitely pertains to 1st gen owners and probably 2nd gen owners as well.

In the course of doing a bunch of body work on a truck, I found a place that is probably the source of many wet headliners and roof rust. This area had seam sealer applied to it at the factory but it was cracked and mostly missing on one side, and just slightly better on the other. Without sealant in the corner of the roof/A pillar, there is a hole that leads directly into the area between the outer roof skin and the inner structure... every time it gets wet, you'll have water in there and I'm sure that...

• Shran
• Replies: 13
• Forum: Body & Exterior

• 

If I looked straight at it, I could see the back of the headliner through that hole on both sides.

First of all thanks for all of this but I have to tell you that I’m not recognizing any of this here but it’s probably just me. My rain gutters are open at both front and the back with no curve to them as illustrated here.

 

[glenny49]

The roof panel is spot-welded onto the door frame panels within the gutters. Body seam sealer is then used to seal where the two panels are spot-welded together. I forget exactly how it all connects into the windshield frame area, but I would expect all of it to have been originally sealed with seam sealer.

Good info, thanks.