Date:         Sun, 10 May 1998 20:43:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mysterous puddle....wheres the leak?!!!
Comments: To: CanineWolf <CanineWolf@AOL.COM>
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, CanineWolf wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well up here in the North East were haveing lots of rain and well my van has
> somehow succomed to a leak but im not sure where.  If your sitting in your
> drivers seat and put your feet down there is a puddle right there....now how
> does it get there??
>
> Tim G
> 87 gl syncro(164k)

Well, it could be like my '81 van and have rusted through in the area
around the windshield seal...  for your sake, I hope not.
If you have any rust at all around the
windshield it's time to get paranoid.  The winshield seal channel
appears to have been designed with planned obsolescence in mind,
as it's a V shape, so that any water that gets in there has
absolutely no place to go, and can spend the next few years
patiently rusting its way into the interior.

I've acquired a second car for the specific purpose of parking
the van so that I can weld new metal into that windshield area.
It will take me a long time just to get to the point of trying it,
since I have about 3 hours of welding experience so far...
and it's a nasty little area there, where two pieces of very
contoured metal are spot-welded together to form the inner lip
of the V.

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Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea