Today we (the Mrs and I (she built the kitcar with me 25 years ago )) got all the carpet, underlay and other foam padding out and it's all currently hanging up in the garden to dry.
I thought (led to believe) that the underlay would never dry out but although the o/s/r carpet was like a paddling pool a while back, both it and the carpet are now bone dry?
Or maybe they were talking about the foam backed rubber sound deadening that is under the front only as I can see how that might never dry out as the water would be sealed into the sponge / foam by the rubber skin on the top?
Now, I thought it was only wet on the o/s side but after pulling *all* the carpet and underpadding out, the n/s is quite wet at the front as well? ;-(
Now, I know leaks on the o/s are normally around the pedal box plate to bulkhead and the n/s are around the box holding the BCM so tomorrow morning we'll get under there with a torch and run water around the screen / bulkhead and see what we see.
I did notice a bit of corrosion around the edge of the heater matrix so I wonder if it could be leaking there as well (as that might also explain it being wet on both sides)? Would the water be antifreeze coloured if that was the case? Is there any dye you can use as with air-con systems do you know please?
At least I can get it back together and she can use it 'banger stylee' as she only has a short drive to work at the moment, at least until we are sure where the leaks are etc.
Cheers, T i m