[wjbiv]

All, forgive me for possibly re-introducing this topic, but I'm desperate to give my service-dept. any addiitonal info on this situation.

Next week my GT will go in for the second time for a severe rain leak into the passenger-side foot-wells. We've had two unseasonably heavy rains in the past couple weeks, and each of them has caused a flood in both the front and rear passenger side foot-wells.

This flooding is odd, in that little sign of leaking is visible on the surface of the carpet. The water seems to be coming in from below and saturating the padding beneath the carpetting.

In the first trip to service they indicated that they resealed with windshield, cowl, and heater core after discovering some leaking there. If true, I must have additional leaks, 'cause with the last rains it all happened again, just as bad as before.

There appears to be something going on in the outboard sidewall in the front foot-well. Behind the plastic trim panel things get noticably wet, especially around the rubber gromet sealing the cabling coming in from the passenger door. Is it possible that water is finding its way inside that area of the body/fender and flowing in through the various bolt-holes and other openings?

Can anyone shed any light on this? Any help appreciated!

[antdog]

Look up Redlands Ford 92373 on Ford Direct. They have dealt with this problem before. It's was a person I know that first had this problem. Perhaps they can direct you in the right direction.

[jqaq]

Originally Posted by wjbiv

All, forgive me for possibly re-introducing this topic, but I'm desperate to give my service-dept. any addiitonal info on this situation.

Next week my GT will go in for the second time for a severe rain leak into the passenger-side foot-wells. We've had two unseasonably heavy rains in the past couple weeks, and each of them has caused a flood in both the front and rear passenger side foot-wells.

This flooding is odd, in that little sign of leaking is visible on the surface of the carpet. The water seems to be coming in from below and saturating the padding beneath the carpetting.

In the first trip to service they indicated that they resealed with windshield, cowl, and heater core after discovering some leaking there. If true, I must have additional leaks, 'cause with the last rains it all happened again, just as bad as before.

There appears to be something going on in the outboard sidewall in the front foot-well. Behind the plastic trim panel things get noticably wet, especially around the rubber gromet sealing the cabling coming in from the passenger door. Is it possible that water is finding its way inside that area of the body/fender and flowing in through the various bolt-holes and other openings?

Can anyone shed any light on this? Any help appreciated!

I remember reading on this board somewhere that there were missing floor plugs. Check under the chassis and see if there are any open holes,
jq

[67&05 Ragtops]

I have the same water issues. I have even had the door locks and head lights do a freek out when they got wet. The dealer said the sealed the cowl panel and the electrical shorts went away, but I still get water from behind the plastic kick panels. What did you find out with yours? I don't understand the Redlands message from the other poster on the bb

Any results from your search will be appreciated
Thanks

[txjunebug]

Man I'm sorry to hear that the weather channel needs to post a flash flood watch for your GT. I had to laugh though because my '66 had horrible leaking problems even after replacing all of the usual suspects, i.e. cowl, window gaskets, etc. In fact the day i got my license was a rain shower of noah like proportions and my parents were watching water slosh around in my rear tail lights as i pulled out of the dmv on the way to school. By the end of the day i probably had a quarter inch still in my back seat floor boards. Still wouldnt trade that car for anything, except my '05 !!!