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xny1989
08-05-2009, 11:53 AM
I was gone on vacation for a week when we had very heavy rain in MD. When I got back, I had several inches of water on the passenger side floor and under the rear seat! W.T.F?? I thought that there was some leak from the rear window curtain I had installed in June. The trunk was bone dry!

As I was wet-vacc'ing the water out with the top down, I noticed that there was water sitting in the well inside the rear quarter panel. I pushed the vacuum in there too and noticed leaves blocking the bottom drain hole - alas, the source of the flood! After cleaning the drain, I poured water in and it drained properly. Cleaned out the drivers side too. Thus far, it's taken almost 4 days for the carpet to dry out, despite the wet vac and use of shammy's for absorbing the water out of the carpet. Glad it wasn't the top. The lesson learned is to keep an eye on the drain and ensure that it's kept debris-free:read:


Devils Mentor
08-05-2009, 01:11 PM
Another good thing to do for maintenance against water is to blow out the water drains in the weatherstripping. Build up of dirt, dust, or whatever will get in there and slowly close the drains off, like fat in your arteries. ;)


DM

LS1Wonder
08-05-2009, 07:33 PM
damn! im on vacation now, and i hear Jax has been getting slammed with rain. i hope i dont come home to the same ordeal.


Devils Mentor
08-05-2009, 08:03 PM
damn! im on vacation now, and i hear Jax has been getting slammed with rain. i hope i dont come home to the same ordeal.

Yeah it got STUPID BAD in like 5 minutes today. I go into Winn-Dickme for those 5 minutes and come out to a tropical storm and standing water in my back floor pan:cry:



DM

96 Z-Ragtop
08-05-2009, 08:39 PM
Another good thing to do for maintenance against water is to blow out the water drains in the weatherstripping. Build up of dirt, dust, or whatever will get in there and slowly close the drains off, like fat in your arteries. ;)


DM

Good to know, Im gonna blow mine out this weekend :cheers:

LS1Wonder
08-05-2009, 08:43 PM
Hey Devils Mentor, where abouts are you in Jax? Just wondering, cause I never see any other 'verts out here. I'm right off Hodges and Atlantic, near The Woods subdivision.

Devils Mentor
08-05-2009, 11:12 PM
Hey Devils Mentor, where abouts are you in Jax? Just wondering, cause I never see any other 'verts out here. I'm right off Hodges and Atlantic, near The Woods subdivision.

Just call me DM :devil:

I live off of 9A between Beach and Atlantic. I have seen a few Camaros, but no Trans Am verts.


DM

xny1989
08-06-2009, 10:34 AM
After 4 days, the carpet has finally dried out!

Devils Mentor
08-06-2009, 10:37 AM
After 4 days, the carpet has finally dried out!

Well here is to hoping for the same in my case, lol.


DM