<VV> Water ingress
hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Thu Aug 3 22:36:18 EDT 2017
### Good thing I like a challenge! I can see the fresh air vents from
above if I look down after I took the cowl off. Water seems to coming in
the right heater vent but not the left. I have the entire interior
stripped out so I should be able to trace it. I hope.
On 2017-08-03 18:58, Geoffrey Stozek wrote:
> If I remember correctly, there is a large hole (bigger than a finger)
> on the bottom of the front of the rocker to drain water that enters
> through the cowel. Easiest access is by removing the fresh air vent
> (one each side) that is controlled by the lever on bottom of the dash
> near each door. I had a 62 coupe that had a similar mystery leak
> problem. I replaced the floors and left the carpeting out in an
> attempt to locate the leak. One at a time I hosed down the cowel,
> the
> windshield, the doors and the rear quarter glasses but observed no
> leakes. Overnight it rained and thee floor boards were full of
> water
> with no tell tail trail of where it came from. Tried the hose again
> but could not find a leak. I gave up and just left the carpet out
> since it was a beater. Maybe my evil neighbor snuck over at night
> and pored wated on the floor. I'll never know. Good luck.
> --------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 8/3/17, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Water ingress
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Date: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:45 PM
>
> ### The plot thickens - I took the front cowl
> panel off and all the
> holes under it had been blanked off
> with bits of stiff plastic sheet
> held on with silicone sealer. I ripped
> them off & played the hose on
> that area, and water is sort of
> dribbling out of the front of the rocker
> panels. Doesn't look nearly enough flow
> to me for a drain hole though. I
> tried to get a knife blade up there but
> it didn't want to play. I'll try
> with an air line tomorrow - if that
> doesn't work I guess I'd be best off
> drilling a hole up into the rocker
> panel where the drain is? The car is
> facing downhill on my drive at the
> moment, so after I've sorted the
> front end out I'll turn the car round
> & focus on the rear.
>
>
> On 2017-08-03 14:29, jim bannister
> wrote:
> > The folks at GM knew the rockers
> would get wet, so they are made of
> > galvanized material in an attempt
> to hold corrosion in check. These
> > things were not designed to last
> forever.
> > jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
> [mailto:hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017
> 6:13 AM
> > To: jimster1 at earthlink.net
> > Subject: RE: <VV> Water
> ingress
> >
> > ### That's an interesting design
> feature - I would have thought
> > they'd want to keep the rocker
> panels dry to stop them rotting out -
> > I
> > guess they're designed not to trap
> water though.
> > I will certainly go right through
> them from front to back - but the
> > only thing puzzling me at the
> moment is that the car has been sitting
> > on my drive, facing slightly
> down-hill, for a couple of weeks. It
> > hasn't moved, so the water must be
> coming in from the back & running
> > forwards.
> > Anyway I'll check it all out &
> see what I can find - thanks for your
> > help.
> >
> >
> > On 2017-08-03 00:18, jim bannister
> wrote:
> >> The rocker panels are actually
> hollow and serve as drains for the
> >> cowl
> >> vent.
> >> If they are plugged with
> composted leaves etc., the water can back
> >> up
> >> and enter the cabin via the
> foot-well vents. Best way to solve this
> >> is to remove each vent and ram
> a hose with water running down the
> >> rocker to flush out the
> gathered crud. It exits just in front of
> >> the
> >> rear wheel.
> >> When they
> >> are free flowing, the airflow
> from the cowl vent helps keep them dry
> >> and rust free.
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]
> On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Hugo Miller via
> VirtualVairs
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 02,
> 2017 4:27 PM
> >> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >> Subject: <VV> Water
> ingress
> >>
> >> New member here (refugee from
> the UK!) restoring a couple of '64
> >> convertibles in Central
> Florida. I just cleaned up the floor pans &
> >> treated them then painted with
> POR 15. I kept finding little pools
> >> of
> >> water on the floor while I was
> working on it. We've had a lot of
> >> rain
> >> here in Florida & I just
> assumed it was a leaking roof seal. But it
> >> seems to be coming in the
> heater outlet on the sides of the floor -
> >> in
> >> what we in England call the
> sills. Doesn't seem to be coming under
> >> the
> >> back seat, so where would it
> be starting its travels? That explains
> >> why the carpets were staying
> damp & had made the front floor pans
> >> rusty.
> >> Rest of the body is absolutely
> sound and original though - it's a
> >> Nevada car. Thanks - Hugo
> Miller
> >>
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