I had a sunroof leak once in a interesting way.It was winter, it had snowed
about 8 inches. And was very cold out.I did not sweep the snow off the roof and
had driven to the ski area.I came back to the van finding a pool of water on my
drivers seat.It had never leaked before!What happened was it was cold enough
that the drain lines were still frozen.But the snow was melting (car was black)
from the sun hitting the roof.And the seal must not be as good as it should
have beenI had a waterfall into the seat.
Johnny Spiva
PO Box 4283
Coos Bay Oregon 97420
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> 1. Rusted Rear Seat Well in Charger GLHS (Jerry and Melody)
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> It has been so long since anyone pointed out causes for the water leak that
> causes the rear seat to rust, that it took me months to figure it out again.?
> So I thought I would share it again so someone else would not have to waste
> the time.
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> The most recent post that I had seen that caused this issue was the drain
> tubes for the sun roof so I check that they were not clogged and attached ?by
> pouring a bucket of water on top of the car with the sun roof cracked.? I got
> water coming out of the center of all four tubes so that was not the issue.?
> I then thought it might be sun roof gaskets so I went thought an automatic
> car wash and checked for a damp head liner.? It stayed dry so my next thought
> was that it was related to the hatch.? I noticed that if I parked facing
> uphill, that I would not get any water in the seat well but it would be damp
> at the rear of the trun k space.? So maybe it was the seal under the glass
> around the opening of the hatch .? I tested this by using a water hose with a
> sprayer on the end to give the water some pressure.? The trunk space got
> slightly wet but not as much as I would have expected it to with directed
> water pressure if it was this seal.? I also checked the seal for any cracks o!
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> any areas the was not touching the hatch.? If you ever owned a charger, you
> know that a LOT of water is stored in the bottom portion of the hatch near
> the spoiler.? I thought that I might have a bad seal around the glass that
> this stored water was getting in through .? I was not looking forward to the
> cost of having that replaced since I would not be comfortable removing that
> BIG piece of glass.?
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> In the process of troubleshooting this issue, I had removed the interior
> panel that covers the rear tail lights.? This is the long panel that you have
> to remove to change the bulbs.? This morning it happen to rain before I was
> leaving for work.? I looked inside the car through the hatch glass towards
> one of the rear tail lights and noticed a pool of water inside the tail light
> assembly.? AH HA!? I finally found my leak. ?? It was the seal between the
> tail light assembly and the metal of the chassis .? Enough dirt had wedged in
> between the two that the seal c ould not do its job any more.? Also probably
> due to 27 years of being compressed has also caused the seal to fail.? The
> water would fill up the space between the bulb housings and then run into the
> inside of the car.? I fixed this by drilling two holes in each tail light
> assembly in this space.? This will allow the water to drain outside the car
> and not cause any more rust issues.
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> I might have explained this poorly so if anyone needs any pictures, I would
> be glad to send them to you personally.? I do remember someone on the list
> mentioning drilling these holes MANY years ago so I am not trying to take the
> sole credit for this.
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> Now I just have to find someone to fix my metal bracing (not well) for my
> rear seat since the bottoms have rusted away.
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> Jerry
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> 87 GLHS #630
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