Water leak,..oh no!!

[66SportFury]

Where should I be looking for slight water leaks on the passengers and drivers side when it rains? I end up with some water on the floors after a rain. I'm thinking windshield gasket. What should I look for other than that?
Thank you...

 

[Catfish]

From just sitting in the rain or also driving in it?

 

[66SportFury]

LOL,.i don't drive it in the rain. Just sitting.

 

[1978 NYB]

Use a garden hose to figure out where the water is getting in the car. If that doesn't work...try running the car through a car wash. Look with a flashlight to see where the general area the water is getting in.

 

[66SportFury]

Good idea. I will try that.

 

[Mr C]

Cowl, I bet...plugged drains.

 

[66SportFury]

I think you are on to something. The car was under a pine tree for about 6 months. I had to clean a lot of pine needles out from the cowl area and under the hood when I first purchased the car. I would need to remove the cowl? After that is done can you see these drains?

 

[1978 NYB]

You should be able to vacuum it out with a shop vac.

 

[66SportFury]

You should be able to vacuum it out with a shop vac.

After removing the cowl,.right?

 

[detmatt]

I don't think you can remove the cowl, at least you can't on a B-body or my Imperial unless you have a spotweld cutter.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

You can try to aim compressed air with blow gun toward the front lower corners to try and knock debris out of cowl letting water drain to side instead of interior.

 

[66SportFury]

That's what I was thinking. I will use a long small rubber hose and hook it to my air blow gun and try that. It has to be pine needles that have clogged the drains plus some other crap in there I'm sure. It does look to me that the cowl can come off. There are screws under the hood that can be removed that hold the cowl in place, but I'll try the blow gun first before I remove it. Hopefully that will work and I'll get that stuff outta there.