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Old 12-24-2007 | 12:50 PM
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I have a 94 GT Vert with a unique problem. I keep getting a puddle in the back driver's side pan every time it rains. I cannot find any dribble trails, or obvious ways of water intrusion (no tears in roof, can't find an obvious hole in the weatherstripping, etc...). I just replaced the weatherstripping piece on top of the post (which had a hole in it - and I thought was the problem). Next rainshower - problem not solved! It only goes into the floor pan behind the driver's seat, nowhere else. Any ideas?
 
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Old 12-24-2007 | 01:04 PM
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Around the windows would be a safe bet.. as exciting as it is.. you might have to wait for the rain and then look around the car inside as it is raining.
 
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Old 12-24-2007 | 02:34 PM
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Like watchin' grass grow? LOL Thanks. Fortunately, I may have to wait a while. It looks like a rain free Christmas.

By the way - Hokies (VT right?): Michigan??
 
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Old 12-26-2007 | 08:39 PM
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Okay, now I'm completely baffled!! It rained last night and today. New puddle. Sat in the car and looked for a drip. Couldn't find one at all. No wet "trails" down the interior or anything! And it's only the driver's side rear pan. I'm stumped.
 
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Old 01-01-2008 | 09:42 PM
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Get in the car.
Have someone spray water from a garden hose on the roof area above the rear pan to pinpoint the area of the leak.
 
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Old 01-01-2008 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DaGonz
Get in the car.
Have someone spray water from a garden hose on the roof area above the rear pan to pinpoint the area of the leak.
are you on autopia also? i swear i've seen your S/N before.
 
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Old 01-04-2008 | 12:23 AM
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Gonz - Well I sort of did just that. I washed it last weekend (after sucking all the water out with shopvac). Lots more water came in. No water trails anywhere!! I started taking trim pieces off, seats out, etc... BINGO!! Under the outside trim on the driver side, where the vert top forms a "channel," there was a 3" tear. The water was coming in through there, running down the inside into the tray under the left rear seat, and then seeping into the floor pan. Got a vinyl repair kit and did what I could. Right now waiting on more precip to see. (At 20 degrees outside, I ain't running water on it on purpose right now - lol!)

CoDiddy - Nope, not on autopia.
 
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Old 01-05-2008 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Codiddy
are you on autopia also? i swear i've seen your S/N before.
I am on a number of firefighter and car website forums as "DaGonz".
 
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