mk 1 leaking on the fusebox

[raveracer77 at yahoo.ca (raveracer77)]

    A friend at work who believes in bandaid fixes told me to use super glue to keep my crack from spreading.... in my windshield you sickos.  Mine actually caught fire from water dripping on my fuse panel that's why I got the GLI.  Now I can do the 16V swap doing electrics and all.  I think there's another leak though.  Check under your rain tray under the hood.  About where my ECM is (I think) there was a plug and it rotted.  Now that I know where it is I'm just going to seal up all of that.  This car was a mess when I got it though so I have my work cut out for me.  This hole might have been drilled there by someone.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Todd Guse 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 08:07 PM
  Subject: mk 1 leaking on the fusebox


  I don't post here much but I read the forum a lot. My 79 (daily driver) mk1 is leaking water on the fusebox. I live in Olympia, WA and we've had hella rain. Tonite on the way home, this clicking noise started under the dash. I was turning in to the Safeway, and it died. Managed to roll into a parking space without having to push Helga. Thought it might be out of gas because it was low, but I put 2 gallons in and still no start. Called the towtruck, out 50 bucks (idiot me doesn't have AAA and drives a 27 year old car). The driver was very cool and backed it in the garage. I looked under the dash, water is dripping around all the relays and the fuses. Yanked the fuel pump relay...drip drip drip. PO included a spare 5 years ago when I bought the car and I located it in the toolbox. Plugged it in, and Helga behaved like the well treated pet she is and started. So I can go to work tomorrow, but the fuel pump relay will sit on my desk while I'm there if it's raining.  I've
   noticed water on the floor lately, and I know this problem has been brought up on this board before, but I can't remember what people did. The windshield is perfect except for one star that's getting fixed as soon as it's warm enough. I don't want to take it out. Does anyone know of a way to seal it without removing it? The car also leaks water in the footwell behind the driver's seat. There isn't any rust on this car and I don't want any. Helga sleeps in a garage but sits outside at work. Suggestions? For now it's a garbage bag on the windshield when I park at work...

   
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