T- Top Leaking
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T- Top Leaking Hey guys I noticed today that my rear floor mats in the back were wet anyone know how to seal it correctly. Going to figure out exactly where it is but when I do how do I go about sealing the leak?
There are 502 reasons why your floor mats would be wet. The t-tops account for 3 of them.
Is there something that makes you think it's coming from the top and not the window or the hatch?
Is there something that makes you think it's coming from the top and not the window or the hatch?
You'll want to make sure you don't have this common problem that usually leads to that type of leak: https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...dow-guide.html
Unless someone tried to break in to the car or a dog chewed on your door, the rubber is fine. Problems arise when the glass doesn't contact the rubber in the right way.
This only leaves something in the door being broken or out of adjustment.
This only leaves something in the door being broken or out of adjustment.
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Lets keep each other posted on the progress, and hopefully we'll both get our rides leak free by the weekend.
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Talk about coincidence - My 02 TA just started leaking at the same location as yours. It's been raining here all week, fairly hard, when the car is in motion is when I'll see the water coming in, onto the rear hatch passenger panel and then of course, running down.
Lets keep each other posted on the progress, and hopefully we'll both get our rides leak free by the weekend.
Lets keep each other posted on the progress, and hopefully we'll both get our rides leak free by the weekend.
How are you going about it ?
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This would make sense on a framed car window, but not on a frame-less window, like we have on the F-bodies. The ONLY things that govern how the glass contacts the weatherstripping is the door hinge/strike, hardware attached to the glass, the hardware attached to the door that interacts with the glass, (in our case, it actually pushes the glass away from the weatherstripping) and the adjustment of all the above.
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This would make sense on a framed car window, but not on a frame-less window, like we have on the F-bodies. The ONLY things that govern how the glass contacts the weatherstripping is the door hinge/strike, hardware attached to the glass, the hardware attached to the door that interacts with the glass, (in our case, it actually pushes the glass away from the weatherstripping) and the adjustment of all the above.
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Well in the mean time, anyone how the best way to get rid of the mildew smell out of the carpet?
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I've found my problem, and it's probably the same for you!
This link was helpful: https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...-out-help.html
There is some foam sealing tape under the weather strip, back of the t-top area, right where the small bolt is holding the strip down.
Mine is all but gone, and creating the leak into the car. There is more of the foam sealing tape down lower on the side, at the screw holding the weather strip in place.
Tomorrow I'll clean those areas and re-seal with some weatherstrip sealant, and hopefully fixed the leaks.
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The rear hatch is definitely a possibility if the car is parked nose down in the rain. Feel under the rear seat bottoms, if that's wet it's most likely coming from the rear hatch. This is a very common problem with these cars and there are multiple topics on here about it. Hope you get it figured out.
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Id love to start figuring out where the leak is coming from but it's been torrential Raining for the last 2 days and don't have a garage !
At least I have a few options to check !
Thanks guys I'll keep you posted
At least I have a few options to check !
Thanks guys I'll keep you posted
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This weekend I pulled part of the pass weather strip off, and found the 2 areas GM had used some foam sealing tape.
I removed the old stuff and cleaned the areas, wasn't easy but got it done.
Then I applied black RTV sealer in the same areas, screwed and bolted the weatherstrip down, locked the t-top in place to help keep pressure while it dried.
A day later it all looks good! We'll have more rain here next weekend, that'll be my test.
I removed the old stuff and cleaned the areas, wasn't easy but got it done.
Then I applied black RTV sealer in the same areas, screwed and bolted the weatherstrip down, locked the t-top in place to help keep pressure while it dried.
A day later it all looks good! We'll have more rain here next weekend, that'll be my test.