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Offline Stowburb

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Water leak
« on: March 27, 2009, 03:56:59 pm »
Hey Guys,
 I am installing OEM carpet in my '91 burb, it had a rubber floor in it and when i removed it i found the floor to be soaked! Best i can tell it is coming from somewhere near where the door hinges bolt to the body.
 Has anyone ran into this? is there a common problem with these trucks? and what can i do to correct it?
Thanks for any help, just dont want my " rustless" truck to rust!

 Chris

Offline oldwhity

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Re: Water leak
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2009, 09:33:34 pm »
Dry everything up and set a sprinkler on the side that is leaking and wait. You should be able to see the water coming in and pinpoint the source of the leak. Good luck.
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Offline justpball

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Re: Water leak
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 12:03:26 pm »
mine is doing the samething on my 2wd...I am going to be looking for mine and if I come up with anything I will post it here...

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Re: Water leak
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 12:56:25 pm »
Look around the windshield and kick panel area. The cowl can back up also.
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Re: Water leak
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2009, 01:15:52 pm »
You may also want to open up the cowl area and see if the seal is rusted.  I did my annual cowl cleanup about 3 weeks ago to get the junk out of there.