Cornish Brummie
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Hi all, I have water ingress in the drivers side footwell, I have to renew the screen rubbers, (Front and rear) but is there anywhere else I should be looking at for leaks into the footwell ??
Thanks for your advice, I have to renew the whole windscreen rubber set , so I will check the areas you have highlighted ! Thanks!Hi, Another possibility is corrosion in the windscreen side frame. There's a stainless cover trim pop rivetted to it and it's not obvious to see it. Try squeezing it with your thumb to see if there's movement or drill the rivets out to see properly. Rain gets in round the roof gutter and down between the trim and frame causing rot and then down into the bottom of the 'A' post where it finds its way into the footwell.
Colin
I had water in the passenger footwell and it disappeared when i replaced the channel rubber at the bottom of the screen hiding under the scuttle where the wipercome through. The channel rubber had almost disappeared. Scotts Old Rubber on Oz has it
Thanks for your help on this, It appears that the problem is all around the widscreen and frame area, I am planning to replace all of the rubbers ,so I will check all the surrounding metal areas as suggested!I had water in the passenger footwell and it disappeared when i replaced the channel rubber at the bottom of the screen hiding under the scuttle where the wipercome through. The channel rubber had almost disappeared. Scotts Old Rubber on Oz has it
Thanks for your advice, I have to renew the whole windscreen rubber set , so I will check the areas you have highlighted ! Thanks!
Thanks for the info!! I am planning to do both front and rear screens soon, so all of this information is priceless! I will make sure I inspect everywhere and replace/ repair all that is needed! Thanks again !!It's often this problem, so it's worth drilling the rivets out at the rear of the A-pillar & taking the trim off to have a look, even before replacing the windscreen seal (unless that is perished anyway).
The debate comes up quite frequently on here, but in my opinion a seal has to be almost non-existent to allow water into the cabin via the screen itself. The physics of it all just won't allow it otherwise
many thanks for your reply, i am so gratefull to everyone who has responded, all the info will hopefully mean that I canget the job done with few problems ! I note your last point about the screen clamps, I will probably be sweating a little when i do this!!!I was in this area last year due to water in the cabin - see my project at P6B S Project Car
The U section seal was toast, the foam under the glass had completely crumbled. See also others experiences with UK sourced windscreen rubbers not being very good fits. Another possible source of water ingress is the grommet in the firewall where the throttle goes through the firewall - mine was missing completely, indicated by engine odours coming inside. Note also that care is needed when re-tightening the screen clamps.
Great tip... Thanks !!If you dont replace the main big rubber, mark the glass (tippex etc)at the edge of the rubber on both sides so you have a reference point for where it was. Even if the rubber is replaced, such marks will give you some guidance.
Wow , Thank you for the pics, and explanation, .. Brilliant !!JP is right about the clamps. The marker pen tip is a useful trick. You don't want to over-tighten the clamps as it will put strain through the screen and risk cracking from vibration or temperature changes.
Here is what the clamps look like - there is one per side. The top nut jacks it up, the bottom nut is a locking nut. Do them up evenly. If you thump the windscreen with your fist as you go, you'll be able to detect when the screen is getting too tight. It changes from a 'duff' to a 'dub' sound & feel. Back it off so it stays in the 'duff' territory.
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On the main seal, getting it up into the top corners is hard. You have to pull it up into situ quite a bit by dragging the outside flap upwards. This is difficult if the inside flap has got caught in the channel instead of being exposed, like this....
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