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Subject:Re: Leaking (rainwater, not vital fluids)
From:Doktor Tim
Date:Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:28:55 -0700

At 04:52 AM 10/18/2003, you wrote:

> > With the advent of rainy season up here in Seattle I've sadly discovered
>my
> > Westy has a leak. It announces it's presence by dripping on my left foot.
> > The windshield
> > seal visually looks fine.
> >
> > I'm not really sure how to go about troubleshooting and the archives seem
> > strangely devoid of information on this. Any ideas on where I should start
> > looking?

Do this. Lower the window enough to put your shop vac hose in then tape up
the opening to seal it. Hook the hose to the output side of the vac and
turn it on. Now go around the seams and seals spraying with windex or just
dish soap in water and watch for the bubbles. This won't work very well at
all unless all the door/hatch seals are in good order. If they are big
leakers, tape and seal all the doors. If you have the loovered vents in the
side windows, tape those shut too, and don't forget to close the heater
vents. It might be quite a bit of work, but the bubbles don't lie.