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Old Oct 24, 2010
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Urgent help needed

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It has been raining constantly here, I parked my 89 ranger truck outside last night it sat overnight in the rain ... well I start driving to work today and as soon as I go on an incline in the road water POURS into the passenger side of the truck!!!! I have a puddle of water that is as deep as the first joint of my middle finger.... What do I do??

Here are some pictures; it seems to be coming out near the underside of the glove box on the passenger side near i would liek to say the fan blower??

That is a Pepsi cap floating in the puddle



That is my first knuckle of my middle finger

 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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id say you have a leak in the cowl somewhere
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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remove the carpet completely before mold starts to grow in the bottom then have someone lay under the dash while you let water run in the cowl, then on the windshield etc. it could be the heater box, the windshield or where the dash panel and kick panel metal meet there is seam seal, and the seam seal falls out and it leaks
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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thanks for all the help guys !! i will look into doing all this when i get home tonight :( ... i was looking in the book and no were in the repair manual there is directions to removing the cowl to get to the seal
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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there is no seal under the cowl, the seam seal i am talking about is like caulking between the two pieces of metal visible from under the dash
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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yea its that seam sealer crap...stuff is kinda pricey
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010
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seems its coming from the blower unit that is under the glove box interior but not sure .., i did remove all the wet old carpet and opened the drain plug on the pas. side ... im off wednesday and thursday so ill investigate then more thoroughly ... i forgot to mention that about a month ago my heater core took a dump on me and started pouring antifreeze in the same area ... the pas side... i bypassed it for now as i do not have the money or time to replace at this time ... i don't know if that has anything to do with it just a thought
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010
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My trucks that body style both had a leak in the windshield, ran down into where ever it could.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010
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My truck just did this the other day. Soaked my friends shoes. lol

Still trying to figure out where it came from.
 
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