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Riffers70 Jan 7th, 99, 4:37 PM My driver's side carpet is wet. What is the best way to determine where it is leaking from? I'm not sure if it's the windshield, or the door. I'd take a hose to it, but I'm not sure when it will get above freezing around here (b-r-r-r-r-r). Thanks. Fred jaqazi Jan 7th, 99, 4:56 PM Where exactly is it wet? ------------------ Riffers70 Jan 7th, 99, 5:32 PM It seems to be mostly wet towards the door and up into the corner where the highbeam switch is located. RobertD Jan 7th, 99, 6:33 PM Do you have a vinyl top? What kind of car? Riffers70 Jan 7th, 99, 7:16 PM RobertD... 70 Malibu, and yes I have a vinyl top. One thing I've found is a loos piece of the vinyl top in the door jamp, and my be interfering with the weather stripping. Seriously considering ordering new w/s for the door, as it looks pretty aged. Fred 71ELK Jan 7th, 99, 8:32 PM Riffers70, My 71 EC leaks exactly where yours leaks as the wet spot is the same by the Dimmer. I don't know. I am going to dust some Talc powder above the area just prior to the next rain and follow the streaks to the source.I have eliminated a leaky windshield and firewall.I pulled the front kit and completely resealed all the seams. Does anyone else have suggestions???? Stump'd RichF Jan 8th, 99, 1:17 AM My 70 El Camino also leaks water there. Mine is coming in from the kick panel vent. There was a post here a couple of months back from someone that explained how to fix it here in the body section. I have been told that leaves and such accumulate in this area and prevent water from draining through the drain holes provided. I have cleaned mine out and drilled a couple of extra drain holes but mine started leaking again when I wash it. If I can find the post on how to fix it I will give the date and area. RichF Tino Jan 8th, 99, 5:21 AM If you have a non a/c car, you have to remove the vent and reseal it with non hardning goop. Its kinda like chaulk - don't know the name of it. RT Jan 8th, 99, 4:44 PM Fred, RichF was referring to my post of 12/7/98 titled "Rust gremlins hideout". If it's not your windshield, it's a good bet you'll find it's coming in from the kick panels. Hope you find it, Rich Riffers70 Jan 8th, 99, 4:58 PM Excellent..will try that this weekend and see what I can see. As soon as I find out, I will leave a post. Thanks all! http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif RobertD Jan 8th, 99, 5:34 PM Riffter70 I know on El Caminos and have been told Chevelles too that came with vinyl tops, when the roof was attacted to the posts, they used bondo to fill the gaps. On non vinyl top cars, they used lead. The bondo will deterorate after years. The bondo is right above the top corners of your windsheild. I found this the cause of my leak on my 70 Elky. Hope yours is something simple. Riffers70 Jan 8th, 99, 5:48 PM ouch..that sounds almost painful! I have printed out the archived "Rust Gremlins Hideout" and will follow RT's instructions and see what happens. Thanks! RussD Jan 8th, 99, 5:59 PM Well even though Riffers has found the thread here's the link to all interested: http://www.chevelles.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000698.html Steve | ||