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February 2015 - Update #2
Another update courtesy of my personal mechanic, Russ! Take it away mate...
Yet again, another big thumbs up and thank you to Russ
Another update courtesy of my personal mechanic, Russ! Take it away mate...
I have a list of parts currently I am waiting for, so this weekend it was getting on with tackling the leak.
The leak has been a big issue for Andy, as the Trophy currently lives on his drive, the leak combined with the cold weather has left more ice on the inside of the car than on the outside - nothing worse than ice on the windscreen and ice puddles in the footwell!!
Sooooo, I checked all the normal places, but all drain holes were free, I also stripped out the N/S footwell, removed the sound proofing (As it was soaked through) and got out my watering can.
When pouring water over the front, I managed to pin point it to the N/S of the N/S footwell - the sound proofing that goes up behind the dash was soaked on the far left, but no where else, so it had to be up in that N/S corner.
The odd thing was, I didn't think it was any of the drain holes, as if you poured gently, the water correctly ran out the drain holes; if you poured a large amount of water (especially down the windscreen) it gushed inside the car.
First job was wipers and scuttle panels off.
As expected, the drain holes looked unblocked, so the next step was pulling the washer bottle out, so pump was removed and out it came.
And what do we have hiding behind that section of loom??
A-HA!
That pipe is for the rear washer, it goes from the pump, down behind the dash, along the floor and up to the rear wiper, and it passes through the bulkhead through it's own small hole and is kept dry by a bung - the bung had pulled through, leaving the hole open and water to come down off the windscreen, down the bulkhead and right into that hole.
A quick pull on the pipe popped the bung back through:
All I can think is over time that section of loom has rubbed against the pipe and put enough pressure on it to push the bung through (The loom was hard against the pipe) so hopefully as a preventative measure I moved the loom about an inch or so away to stop it happening again.
A quick test of a full watering can directly over it revealed no more leaks
Now before I refitted all the bits, I noticed the scuttles looking a bit grey, so I spent half an hour or so with some Auto Glym plastic restorer and here is one done, the other not, to show the difference...
And here they are refitted...
I will see how that soaks in, I may give it another coat.
So once that was all back together, I have made good progress drying the sound proofing out, but alas the dark set in, and I had to pack her back away for now.
The interior has pretty much all dried out now, so this week will see the other bits arrive, and I should be able to get the interior back up together and fitted, then a trial outside to see how I have faired.
Looking forward to the parts deliveries mind, getting lots ticked off the list, only a few things left to sort.
Yet again, another big thumbs up and thank you to Russ