juice Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Just made a horrific discovery. The underlay is soaking wet, not the carpets just the underlay, And I cannot find where it is coming from, all the interior is bone dry, floor plugs are in place, I have not driven in the rain for ages, but I have had it in the open lately, is is June after all, so it has been out in the rain, obviously a leak some where, but where, any ideas please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Blimey, where to start. The forward edge of the door windows can leak (water form the windscreen) around the 'A' post then down onto the floor. Heater matrix or pipes leaking. Door seals ill-fitting. Open screw holes on the front bulkhead dripping near ones feet. Windscreen seal. The underlay will always be wet long after any soaking of the carpets Roger Edited June 11, 2012 by RogerH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Bulkhead plenum especially around where the drain tubes are (or should be ) Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ragtag Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I know it isn't the answer to your question but I wonder how many TRs have been killed over the years by wet underlay! In my experience it is impossible to keep wet out of a convertible so I don't bother trying. I junked the underlay years ago and fitted removable rubber matting to tone down drumming. I also made the floor carpet easy to remove by cutting it round the seat runners but to be honest, I seldom bother having the carpet in the car much anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Hi Chris, my friends TR3 is used with the same philosophy. No floor covering at all and all the bungs removed. Can't hear the drumming for the wind noise. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJohn Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I had a similar but apparently less severe problem a couple of years ago after having a new windscreen fitted. It turned out to be the seal. I suffered major soaking of the felt last weekend as the result of having to negotiate floods on the way home from the RAF Leeming Families Day. I could hear the water lapping against the floor and it came in along parts of the joint between the transmission tunnel and the floor. Guess what I'm doing now! Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scorpio Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 My underlay also gets wet, it leaks in round the wiper spindle. Can i suggest that you lay with your head under the dash with a good torch, then get someone to hose your car with water. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thanks all, I have removed the underlay, its in the bin. Dryed the floor, and will get the garden hose out next. The perculiar thing is the felt on the bulkhead was dry, the carpets on either side of the foot wells is also bone dry, floor from the front of the seats back are also bone dry? Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 In that case check sealant around front edge of the floors to toe boards. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ragtag Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 My underlay also gets wet, it leaks in round the wiper spindle. Can i suggest that you lay with your head under the dash with a good torch, then get someone to hose your car with water. Steve Not a driving technique for the faint hearted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Davidw Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 In that case check sealant around front edge of the floors to toe boards. Stuart. I concur with Stuart. It' s surface water thrown against the splash plate and getting past it through a crack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted June 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 I think you are right Stuart. drove in the pouring rain on Friday, even with the vent open, legs and feet dry, floor wet, Eureka. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well, after all that I am back to square one. Or square 1/2, after getting everything bone dry, I went to The Lytham Hall Classic Car Show on Sunday, And guess what? whilst walking around drooling at all the wonderful cars and bikes on display, the good old english weather did what she is best at, yes, the heavens opened and it absolutely tipped it down, it was pointless trying to keep dry, I was absolutely soaked to the skin, I was so sorry for the exhibiters, who were not by there cars when it happened, most were, and got there hoods up or did something, but alot were not, and I saw many soden interiors, so I went back to the 6, waited for the mass exodus, to disappear, then had a soggy, but enjoyable drive home, but thinking all the time; the floor is going to be wet, the floor is going to be wet, the floor is going to be wet, the floor is going to be wet, well, be suprised Gentleman, be very suprised, Floor? bone dry!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dry store for her is a little way away, So, if I think I want to abuse her soon, I just pull her into the garden, out in the fresh air. It has rained very heavily here over the last 48 hours, massive biblical proportion downpours, went out today, opened her up, water in the footwells? So the challenge is; Can you drive in the pouring rain, and not get wet legs and feet, or floor, mores the point. But park it, in the rain, and water gets in? How? Kemo Sabbe. It does not make sense to my poor little brain. I would have thought the opposite to be the case? Aaaaaaaaaaaagrgh. Nurse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy K Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 How about a leaking catheter? Easy to nick it on the seat runner if you're not careful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiocheck Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yes mine seems to stay dry when driving it in the rain, but gets a very wet set of capets if you leave it out in the rain - mild drizzle (mizzle!) seems to be the worst. Now if it's likely to be parked in the rain, I use a small cover - a car cap - purchased through the TR Register shop. Seems to do the trick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scorpio Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 I've discovered small pinholes in my floor pan! While working under my car, and leaving my lead lamp clipped to the steering wheel, I could see the light through the pinholes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hi Steve, these are not pin holes, they are embryonic drain holes. Just leave them and they will get bigger - believe me. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Millward Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Hi Steve, these are not pin holes, they are embryonic drain holes. Just leave them and they will get bigger - believe me. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sixnick Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 my tr used to leak through the joints each side of the rear quarter deck, there is a large blob of filler on the under side, water would run down behind trim over rear wheel arch and soak the under felt. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) Just made a horrific discovery. The underlay is soaking wet, not the carpets just the underlay, And I cannot find where it is coming from, all the interior is bone dry, floor plugs are in place, I have not driven in the rain for ages, but I have had it in the open lately, is is June after all, so it has been out in the rain, obviously a leak some where, but where, any ideas please? That's why TR3A had rubber floor mats as standard. For my money it was a backward step fitting floor mats and underlay in our leak prone convertible cars... unless you like the smell of rotting cabbage. Cheers Peter W Edited August 25, 2012 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 That's what you would expect, I my case I think that underlay was wet for a very long time, And yet when ever I got in her the only aroma was of old vinyl interior, you know that smell you remember about cars when you were a kid. Drove in the rain last Friday!!!!!!!!!! floor? bone dry, I am just not going to worry about it anymore, until the seat falls out of the bottom of the car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Cheers, Think I will go along and say hello the the Red Rose set tomorrow night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobE Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Hi Juice The next Red Rose meeting is at Antrobus on Sunday 9th any time from 12.00pm hope to see you there. Cheers Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Is the Garstang weekend not this weekend? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobE Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Afraid not there, is no Red Rose meeting at Garstang see TR Action for dates Cheers Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juice Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Well blow me, I could have swore I had seen somewhere there was, I have had it the diary for ages! must have been another senior moment, unfortunatly I cannot do Antrobus, we usualy drive past The Crofters in Garstang most Friday nights, You may or may not remember me calling in a couple of years ago with my better half in her Silver MX5, I will never forget, I had just done the deal to buy "Trixie" my TR6, but had not yet picked her up, and blow me we are on the A6 heading off for the weekend and I spot row upon row of TR's in the car park, so we nipped in, and had a good look and a chat, I have been to Antrobus once, when the other half was away somewhere, as usualy Sundays is a no go area for me. Regards, Juice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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