Help with leaks

[Sonny]

I've replaced every seal there is on my 70 Belvedere. Push out rear window seals, felts, upper door seals, lower seals, the works and my carpet still gets wet when it rains but couldn't find the leaks. So today I left it out, uncovered and let it get soaked in the rain. Turns out there were major leaks coming from the bottom of both front interior door panels. To the point my panels are now warped. My new window to door seals are new but have gaps between rubber and door panel. I didn't use any sealant between the rubber and door panel. Fits tight to the glass. Should I have glued them in? The originals were not. There is also a 1/8" gap between the bottom of the vent window seal and the body. Is this adjustable or should I try and caulk the gap with window sealant? Is it normal for that much water to go in the doors? It's soaking the carpet from the sills down.

 

[Sonny]

I've replaced every seal there is on my 70 Belvedere. Push out rear window seals, felts, upper door seals, lower seals, the works and my carpet still gets wet when it rains but couldn't find the leaks. So today I left it out, uncovered and let it get soaked in the rain. Turns out there were major leaks coming from the bottom of both front interior door panels. To the point my panels are now warped. My new window to door seals are new but have gaps between rubber and door panel. I didn't use any sealant between the rubber and door panel. Fits tight to the glass. Should I have glued them in? The originals were not. There is also a 1/8" gap between the bottom of the vent window seal and the body. Is this adjustable or should I try and caulk the gap with window sealant? Is it normal for that much water to go in the doors? It's soaking the carpet from the sills down.

I just stumbled on a topic about "cowl drains". Had no idea what this was but I took a small screwdriver to the drain hole and it was completely plugged. Both sides! Sure this isn't helping the doors but I did have a drip from the vents and I'm betting that's why. Still looking for comments about the doors however.

 

[mmissile]

Got the plastic sheeting, behind the door panels? Keeps the water in the doors. And yes, in the cowl drains get plugged, they'll fill to overflowing. Lots of pressurized air and keep washing them out.

 

[Sonny]

Got the plastic sheeting, behind the door panels? Keeps the water in the doors. And yes, in the cowl drains get plugged, they'll fill to overflowing. Lots of pressurized air and keep washing them out.

No sheeting. Can you tell or send me a link to get them?

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Get a roll of plastic and cut to fit

 

[Cranky]

You HAVE to direct the water 'away' from the inner doors from coming into the car. The factory used plastic sheeting and it was laid in to channel any water from going into the car. Think about how shingles of a house works....same principle.

 

[Sonny]

You HAVE to direct the water 'away' from the inner doors from coming into the car. The factory used plastic sheeting and it was laid in to channel any water from going into the car. Think about how shingles of a house works....same principle.

Got it. So how was the plastic secured at the top of the door and inside where the glass is?

 

[Billccm]

There are thousands of post to look through, but this project page has what you need to water shield the doors. In fact, Jim lent me his roll of plastic and templates to replace the shields missing in my doors.

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/1968-coronet-500-project.114333/

 

[Billccm]

Try this page:

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopar...net-500-project.114333/page-21#post-910576778

 

[Cranky]

Good pic on post #422 but I like to only use a few dabs of the sealer at the bottom to hold the plastic in place....but only at the bottom. So, if water does get to the plastic, it can drain into the rocker area and exit out of the weep holes. Just make sure the plastic goes into the slot at the bottom.