Windshield frame hole to interior.
At least in Europe it turned out that a tiny spot usually ends up in a
complete hole under the windshield seal rubber, including water ingress.
Or maybe an aftermarket sunroof?

If I had to connect the smell to the rust hole, I´d say it´s an
eletrical smell. Check wiper motor (above glovebox).
Check driver´s side fuse box and behind fuse box.

Regards
Raimund

Am 29.06.2014 22:03, schrieb Harry Hoffman:
> Hi Volks,
>
> So, after not having driven the van in a couple of weeks I hop in to go for a ride.
> It had rained pretty heavily a day or two prior and while in reverse I found a bit of water come down from the passenger side around the glove box (not sure if this is pertinent but I'd like to solve it).
> Get to driving a bit, on a hot day, and all of the sudden I'm smelling what I can only describe as a metallic burning smell. Not unlike that same sort of smell that is produced in a car fire.
> Stop and look everything over. Temp is reading its normal mid point, there's plenty of coolant in the reservoir tank. The temp light works on startup by blinking. Switch the air controls from cool to hot and the smell lessens but doesn't completely go away.
> What is going on? Is it a radiator issue? I was thinking temp would have gone through the roof if so.
> And what's up with the water? Tiniest bit of rust under the pass side windshield but I've not had this happen before.
> 89 tintop with bostig conversion.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Harry