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Posted: 6/11/12
firewall leak right below the panel that the steering shaft goes through., | 
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Posted: 6/12/12
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Posted: 6/12/12
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Posted: 6/26/12
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Posted: 1/1/13
inside the firewall where the brake booster comes through. looks like this is rusted out. Somehow wa... |
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Posted: 1/1/13
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Posted: 1/1/13
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Posted: 1/1/13
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Posted: 2/17/13
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Posted: 2/17/13
needed to get these wires through the firewall, got a hole saw and opened up the clutch plate blank,... |
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Posted: 2/17/13
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Posted: 2/24/14
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Posted: 2/24/14
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Posted: 3/7/14
pulled the cowl, this is what the trough looks like. I'm not sure where the seams are that go down a... | 
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Posted: 3/7/14
this is the trough before I re-sprayed it. |
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Posted: 3/7/14
this small hole, which I'm pretty sure it there to drain water into the trough is underneath the win... | 
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Posted: 3/7/14
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Posted: 3/7/14
this is the trough after I sprayed it again with the flex seal material. this initial application di... | 
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Posted: 3/19/14
it poured again... | 
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Posted: 3/19/14
and there is the water...so either I didn't seal the trough good enough or the leak is coming from s... |
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Posted: 3/21/14
getting ready to replace the windshield for the 2nd time in the last 2 years. this time the guy remo... | 
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Posted: 3/21/14
you can see in the upper right hand corner what looks like rust. it's doubtful, but maybe the water ... | 
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Posted: 3/31/14
So after all that is still leaked. clearly my problem was not the windshield. | 
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Posted: 3/31/14
I used a tube of the Dyantron seam sealer to try and address the leak..my assumption was that it was... | 
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Posted: 3/31/14
used what was left of the dynatron grey seam sealer I had and spread it across every possible crease... |
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Posted: 3/31/14
this application of seam sealer was not nearly enough. | 
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Posted: 3/31/14
got a as close to the drivers side fender as possible..it was difficult getting my arm in there... | 
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Posted: 4/16/14
It poured yesterday and I mean torrential....the only thing the tarp did was keep the water off my b... | 
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Posted: 4/16/14
no water under the floor mat.. it looks like I finally solved my firewall leak.. | 
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Posted: 5/2/14
That was short lived...the next rain the leak was back... |
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Posted: 5/27/14
This is a pic from inside the trough. That lip runs the length of the trough on the firewall, I'll s... | 
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Posted: 5/27/14
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Posted: 5/27/14
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Posted: 5/27/14
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Posted: 5/27/14
still wet after the last application of seam sealer. |
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Posted: 6/5/14
got this brushable seam sealer and acid brushes from Eastwood. much cheaper than the stuff in the tu... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
mix it up really good before applying. | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
I'm going to show how to remove the cowl to access the trough. First removed the windshield wipers. | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
starting from the top, I remove these phillips screws that hold the cowl down. There are 5 of them t... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
you can see all of the holes for the cowl screws in this pic. |
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Posted: 6/5/14
then pop the cover off the antenna mount and remove the 4 screws, pull the antenna up and unplug the... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
remove the antenna cable | 
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Posted: 6/7/14
now under the hood. on mine at least, there are 4 additional screws there are two at opposite ends a... | 
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Posted: 6/7/14
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Posted: 6/7/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
only thing left is to disconnect the windshield washer hose. I cut mine in the middle and splice it ... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
and you're done..
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Posted: 6/5/14
this pic is from the inside of the trough facing the firewall. The black stuff at the top is a putty... |
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Posted: 6/5/14
over the years, I'm sure it has started to deteriorate. I'm going to cover the entire area with a lo... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
there you go... | 
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
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Posted: 6/5/14
I went back an covered over this area again. | 
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Posted: 6/7/14
Result of a heavy storm last night. Even after applying the seam sealer across the seam on the insid... | 
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Posted: 6/8/14
This is a picture from inside of the trough. In addition to applying the seam sealer along the seam ... | 
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Posted: 6/10/14
This is the area where the brake booster meets the firewall..I had pulled the booster and sealed it ... |
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Posted: 6/8/14
we had some rain, nothing major, maybe a 15 or 20 minute shower, but the floor board stayed dry. | 
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Posted: 6/8/14
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Posted: 6/10/14
got a pretty decent down pour. I'd say 30 to 45 minutes of heavy rain. | 
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Posted: 6/10/14
from the inside watching the rain come down... | 
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Posted: 6/10/14
floor board is dry. |
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Posted: 7/7/14
Determined to find the leak, I sprayed the hose in the spot I thought it was most likely coming from... | 
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Posted: 7/7/14
The water was being sprayed across the top of the brake booster and near the clutch plate cover. | 
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Posted: 7/7/14
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Posted: 7/8/14
Water dripping down after spraying around the brake booster. | 
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Posted: 7/8/14
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Posted: 7/8/14
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Posted: 7/8/14
top of the brake booster where it meets the firewall. this is the suspect area, | 
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Posted: 7/8/14
after applying a copious amount of seam sealer across the top of the brake booster, the leak has gon... | 
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Posted: 1/8/19
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Posted: 1/8/19
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Firewall Leak Troubleshooting