<VV> Rain & Box...

[Secular]

  Mark:

  You're exactly right ! The car was parked at an angle (driver side lower than the passenger). I just went and looked at the upper tray. 

  The lower left side was naturally where the water was collecting. I used a long screw driver to remove the few leaves and as you said there's a [triangular] space/opening in the body seam there -- once cleared, the water drained instantly :)

  Thank you for your help!

  Tony


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
To: "Secular" <rusecular at yahoo.com>
Cc: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Rain & Box...


>I assume you're refering to the engine air intake when you say "rear
> window." The rear air intake trough CAN get water collecting in it, to
> an extent, if the car isn't parked on level ground. There are drains
> near the corners in the bottom of the tough, but just not in the lowest
> spot, if the car's at an angle. You can also reach into the trough thru
> the engine firewall and see if there's something blocking them. Further,
> the upper tray serves as a rain baffle, preventing water from directly
> coming thru the firewall onto the engine. It doesn't have drain holes,
> but relies on space at the ends in the assembly of the car. It's
> possible for this space to also become clogged. You might have to remove
> the rear grill for access, so that you can properly clean out any debris
> at the ends of the tray.
> 
> The rectangular box is actually an air intake to the heater that was
> never used. If you notice, it's not on '66-later cars.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> Secular wrote:
>> 
>>   Hi:
>> 
>>   It's been raining here in Charlotte (nothing new) and looking down the vent area next to the rear window of my 65 convertible, I noticed that it's filled with water. Is there a drain plug there? if so where is it?
>> 
>>   Also, there's a rectangular box atop the area where the differential dipstick is located  - about 4 inches by 2 inch ! what is that? :)
>> 
>>   Regards,
>> 
>>   Tony
>>
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