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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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Whenever it rains I get a wet floor. I have had the windscreen fully sealed, but there is still water coming in somwhere. WHERE? 
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SJ70MOZ
Joined: Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 134 Location: Under the overpass, South Rd, SA
Vehicle: SJ70: lift, gears, muddies
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This happening to me too. My passenger footwell gets a thorough wetting.
Pulled back some of the sound proofing and found 3 factory looking holes in the fire wall.
Going to try and find some rubber gromets or failing that just use some silicone to seal them up
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14498 Location: Here there everywhere
Vehicle: A manly awesome man jimny
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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usually you can just jam wire down the bonnet vents to clear out the crap in the pipes - then the water goes infront of the firewall rather than behind it =)
Mine also leaks though - it comes in through the top corners of the soft top at the front... kind of acts like an air-ram and forces water in past the sunshade to drip water on my right hand... only leaks noticably at 70km/hr+ though.
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foonji
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1286
Vehicle: Suzuki
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mine leaks in under the windscreen somehow, so I foamed it all up, it stopped the leak on the passenger side, but still leaks a bit on a the drivers (it used to create a swimming pool in the well).
When I have the dash off, I will sikaflex the basturd on the inside and hopefully that will be the end of it..
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whincup

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Joined: Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 1588 Location: Gracemere, QLD
Vehicle: '94 suzuki maruti
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:39 pm |
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mine just does a constant drip onto the accelerator pedal, right in the middle of my foot... light dripping, but highly annoying. never traced the source, but it happens whether its stationery, doing 100km/hr, makes no difference
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Zook_Fan

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Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 4530 Location: Toowoomba
Vehicle: Maruti and LJ80's
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:47 pm |
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mine leaks all over the place. the seal around the inlet for the fan is non existant, this would be fixed by shep's wet foot stopper. Also when driving through water or splashin water under the car it gets through some of the holes in the firewall as mentioned. as mentioned some gromets would work well. other than that its a good idea to wind your windows up if its going to rain 
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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whincup wrote: mine just does a constant drip onto the accelerator pedal, right in the middle of my foot... light dripping, but highly annoying. never traced the source, but it happens whether its stationery, doing 100km/hr, makes no difference
This is what happens to me. How do I fix it without losing the use of my fan? 
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Zook_Fan

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Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 4530 Location: Toowoomba
Vehicle: Maruti and LJ80's
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depends how keen you are. if you want pull the dash out and sikaflex the air inlet to the panel and tape off or get some rubber gromets to fill any extra holes in the firewall. that should stop most of it.
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Jord
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 196 Location: Perth, WA
Vehicle: 2012 Jimny, Locked both ends
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my leaks are fix now, I found that the airbox had two drainage pipes that go through the firewall (rubber pipes) and they where pretty loosly fitted, so a few cable ties later, there is no more leaks, may be worth a check.
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BlueSuzy

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Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 9716 Location: NSW
Vehicle: SJ51 LWB, SJ70 SWB
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I have a plate riveted and siliconed over the top vent infront of the window.
I have also silicone all around the front window.
No more leaks!
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BUZOOKA

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Joined: Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2659 Location: hobart tasmania
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zukmeista wrote: Whenever it rains I get a wet floor. I have had the windscreen fully sealed, but there is still water coming in somwhere. WHERE? 
i get water leaking in my doors when it rains as the rubber doesnt push hard againt the body no more
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shadowman55
Joined: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 40 Location: Maitland, NSW
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I ended up pulling my whole dash out and using flyscreen under the vent
Still working for me
Cheers
Sam
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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^^ Sam thats awesome and exactly what i was going to do - until i found out the only way in there was to take the dash out.. lol
you must have been either incredibly annoyed or very motivated!
Mine doesnt leak though - so long as you keep the rubber grommets clean from crap.
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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alien wrote: ^^ Sam thats awesome and exactly what i was going to do - until i found out the only way in there was to take the dash out.. lol
you must have been either incredibly annoyed or very motivated!
Mine doesnt leak though - so long as you keep the rubber grommets clean from crap. Where are these rubber grommets you speak of?
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shadowman55
Joined: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 40 Location: Maitland, NSW
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zukmeista wrote: alien wrote: ^^ Sam thats awesome and exactly what i was going to do - until i found out the only way in there was to take the dash out.. lol
you must have been either incredibly annoyed or very motivated!
Mine doesnt leak though - so long as you keep the rubber grommets clean from crap. Where are these rubber grommets you speak of?
Haha, I think it was a bit of both lol. It didn't take too long at all though surprisingly. Only two afternoons after work.
The rubber grommets are on the fire wall each side of the transmission tunnel. They are a 90 degree bend made out of 25mm (guess) dia. rubber.
Cheers
Sam
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marcman
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 106 Location: logan city
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i found the best way is to take the bung out of the floor, water runs straight out. its a zook they're meant to leak
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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^^ i've had to do that to stop my zuk floating away on water crossings! lol
funny too - when i had my inspection by the pits for licensing a few years ago i had the floor plugs out (10mm to the side of the hole mind you), and the wanker wrote in his notes "HOLES IN FLOOR" - as he wrote it i said, 'wait up ill just pop them back in' and he says "No no, it has to be written down as a failure to comply with blah blah" - so before second inspection i popped them back in... nuts.
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