water leak

[prbre]

I notice this past weekend, The first hard rain that I have driven this car in that I have a leak on passenger side floor. Very small just a few drops on carpet. Does any one have any ideals? I'm having the water leak guy at the dealer look at it on Wed. It happen twice I think it might be the AC and not coming from the out side?

[Vintage Merlot]

Re: water leak

My guess it that you had a few very small "silent" drips from the point where the top's corner meets the windshield and lays in the rubber molding. The design of the molding is not extended enough to run the water down the channel along side the windshield. This leak usually starts as a very small seeping drip and will eventually get worse. You need to extend the rubber "U" channel in which the top rests. I have done this with a 1 1/2" to 2" circular tire patch. Cut a pie section out of the patch and lay the larger remaining piece (pictured below) sticky side down into the conture of the channel. See picture #2 below. The green line outlines the shape of the original factory molding. The pencil points to the new extension. Do not use adhesive. The weight of the top will bond it but the patch can easily be removed.

I will be doing a demo for this fix at Choo Choo in October

In the meantime I have attached two pics below. I am sure they are confusing. Just remember: this fix is simply the extension of the channel that supports the top where it meets the windshield.

Pictire #1This is a typical tire patch kit showing two different shapes I have cut. I use the circular blue pie shape but the other shape will also work.

Picture #2 This is a close-up of the channel where the hard top lays into the factory molding. The greenish line identifies the outline of the factory molding. The pencil points to the blue area that defines the pie shape patch as it lays in the molding and lengthens the channel.