>Greetings! Any Vanagonites (or otherwise) had experience with rainwater >leaking from behind dash? >After about 24 hours of driving rain, there were slow drips on both the >passenger and driver side (91 Vanagon) onto the floormats. I felt around as >best I could from below: very damp, unable to locate source. windshield seal >seems intact. Any ideas? Hello Pat, I have had a leak in the front of my '86. I had the winshield replaced and soon after I noticed the same signs that you have. I used a garden hose to spray large amounts of water at diffrent points on the front of the van. After each spraying, I checked under the dash. I found that it was the winshield seal leaking. It was leaking at the lower driver side corner. I used some silicone sealer to inject sealer up under the rubber seal. Bently shows that an adhesive bead ( sealer?) should be used around the rubber seal. I wondered if the installer I used did this. Be sure to check the grounding points behind the fuse panel. I had headlight problems relating to a corroded ground. Hope this helps. Colin A Moran If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull sh*t. '86 Syncro GL
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