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Water in floorboard (Take 2) - The Permanent Fix



Well, mine still leaks, a little. Not as badly, but it still does. Thinking maybe I need to do some more sealing or something.
 


scottydoggs said:
that plastic bag i installed over the dead beat up deflector is still working lol :D and was free.
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How do you keep the fan from sucking it in? I picture it getting sucked down and blocking off the opening altogether or coming loose and getting sucked into the fan. Just curious.
 
Abrasive said:
How do you keep the fan from sucking it in? I picture it getting sucked down and blocking off the opening altogether or coming loose and getting sucked into the fan. Just curious.
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there are 2 pieces of plastic that the original flap is tucked into, i tucked it in with the old one, and a smear of caulk. has held like champ so far.

the way to do this and really make it last is to get some rubber, like a old car tube rubber, and some rubber cement, glue up the old flap, and the new rubber, let them dry, them press the new rubber over the old flap. also tuck the rubber into the grove.

rubber roofing would work to, EPDM its called,(it feels like a inner tube) sometimes scraps are left on roofs that are large enough to do this repair. or ask a roofer for a scrap piece.
 
Taz Magister said:
so will this divert all of the water? lol
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its like recovering the old torn up, ripped up old flap. you do the top side where the water drains over it., you are just covering the old soft material, nothing else, if you look down the vent holes on the pass side corner of the cowl, you can see the old flap, may need a flash light but its there.

look at it like a re roof, roof over another roof... or new vinyl floor over a old one, same idea.

this piece.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/KCPM/Jays Photos/GBP/waterdeflector/DSC01280.jpg this flap is all that is between the rain and your fan.

i also sealed the top rubber stripping (small bead of caulk) to rule that out as well, but my flap was torn up good, covering it did the trick.
 
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scottydoggs said:
i also sealed the top rubber stripping (small bead of caulk) to rule that out as well
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I need to try this as well, but I can't get my wipers off :th_angry-cussing:. I tried removing my wiper arms when I did this install so I could take the cowling off and I couldn't get it, damn 1 piece cowling.
 
did you take that nut off?

because of the spring ive found using a panel removal tool and some spray lubricant works great. just wiggle+pull em off, just dont crack the glass lol
 
Tommyp2010 said:
I need to try this as well, but I can't get my wipers off :th_angry-cussing:. I tried removing my wiper arms when I did this install so I could take the cowling off and I couldn't get it, damn 1 piece cowling.
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under the cap is a nut at the base of the wiper, i used a claw hammer or a pry bar, cant remember witch, to pop mine lose.

i have a 2 piece cowl only one wiper has to come off that way.
 
scottydoggs said:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/KCPM/Jays Photos/GBP/waterdeflector/DSC01280.jpg this flap is all that is between the rain and your fan.
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Negative. That flap only stops the rain that rains straight through that vent in the cowl, from splashing over into the fan. It does nothing about all the rain running down between the windshield and cowl, which is a lot.

That's what this piece of rubber is supposed to to take care of (but rarely does) by diverting it around the fan opening.
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I guess if what you're doing works... it works. Seems like a lot of trouble fastening plastic, caulking, or maybe running to buy an innertube or whatever when you could have just spent <$5 at the dealership for the improved diverter. Not trying to be a naysayer, just my 2 cents.
 
scottydoggs said:
under the cap is a nut at the base of the wiper, i used a claw hammer or a pry bar, cant remember witch, to pop mine lose.

i have a 2 piece cowl only one wiper has to come off that way.
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ya I had taken the nuts off but I couldn't get it off as hard as I pulled, I'll have to try a pry bar next time, or see if one of the mechanics where I work can help me.
 


brandonl2000 said:
i broke this sucker off http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/KCPM/Jays Photos/GBP/waterdeflector/DSC01280.jpg

and installed the $3 thing from the dealer and viola i haz dry carpet. why do all the rigging with the bag and the borrowed roofing sh*t and all that mess when you can guy a $3 piece of plastic and call it a day?
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well i used to be a roofer,( the foreman, not a pee on) so i know a thing or 2 about water proofing, and from 20 years of roofing i know what materials would work well in what situation.

a old bike tube, and rubber cement are things that a lot of people have on hand, just sitting in a closet. and a tube of caulk just sitting there from other household projects.

and, because at the end of the day it only cost me 15 minutes of my time, and no parts to buy, and it still works. for me any ways. and my floor was soaked a bunch of time before i got to fixing it. bone dry now for over a year. and im using a bag lol ( i totally thought i'd be shopping for that part weeks after i did this, why fix what aint broken?)

i do see how that new dealer cowl hooks under, and just lets the water go by with out bucking water on a seam, and that should by all means work, but if you got a torn up flap, my way works on the cheap.
 
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