water leak fixed

[spraybomb85 at gmail.com (Kenny Della Croce)]

yeah i hated it.mine had to of been at least be 3 inches.
i cant wait until vintage rubber starts making a whole seal kit for the
rocco 2's.
anyone ever hear about using the cabriolet window scrapers?maybe i should
try this.hmmmm
-lil spraybomb

On 12/19/06, Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My 84 with stock sunroof that my brother is driving did the same thing.
> It sat for a year through an entire winter and never leaked one drop.  But
> when by brother came over a few week ago during one of the bigger rain
> storms he had a lake under his front seats.  I mean the carpet was under
> about 1" of H2O.  I am assuming there is a GIANT hole along the fire wall or
> in the floor pan since water did not enter the car sitting but while it was
> moving.  Did not have time to pull the carpet and look for the culprit since
> that was the day I just got my Wii :)  My point being that if you spray your
> car make sure you do it from every possible angle just like water would be
> if you were driving through it.
> Totally agree on the vapor  barriers.  They have rolls of thick plastic at
> home depot and spray adhesive also.  Easy 1/2 day project.
> New window scrapers would be nice but are impossible to find and $.  I
> heard to look for Cabriolet ones since you can still get them rather cheap,
> just have to cut them to fit since they are too long.
>
> Tonights mission is to drive 40 miles south to my state's capitol,
> Salem, and get a pair of leather Corrado seats for $100, YUMMY.  Then
> tomorrow night drive to Hillsboro and get a 9A bottom end for $150.  God I
> love Craig's List!
>
>
> On 12/19/06, Kenny Della Croce <spraybomb85@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > well i was at it for about 2 hours with the hose and no water had shown
> > up.
> > so its fixed.
> > i had to rip the carpet out because it was in really bad shape.
> > anyone have a black carpet for a mk2 rocco?
> > also where can i get the seat track bushings(3 total)?
> > so for anyone who has a scirocco 2 nonsunroof and gets the swimming
> > pools in
> > the rear floor check these areas
> > 1.bottom corners of the windshield seal(i lifted up the seal with a
> > screwdriver carefully and filled it up with the black windshield sealant
> > stuff).
> > 2.evap drain(ginster poisted a pic on the tex in one of wolf walkers
> > threads)
> > 3.vapor barriers(if they're ripped,make new ones)
> > 4.door seals
> > 5.window scrapers.
> > 5.tailight seals(mine didnt get to the floor but still puddled a little
> > in
> > the trunk)
> > 6.body seam right above the tailight
> > 7.hatch seal
> > hope we can make some sort of FAQ in here about this.
> > if anyone has a black carpet or knows where i can get the seat bushings
> > cheap lemme know.
> > -rich
>
>
> --
> Gordy
> MK1 x 4
>