Floor Pan Drain Plug?

[OrangeMango]

Hello all,
Im in California and the storms were really bad beginning of this month, well today i decided to take a look at my beetle to see if I can get her running again. Did a few things and finally got to pit the battery in when i see a big puddle on the driver side. My cars in the drive way to the front is dry but its a deep puddle in the back. I believe my pop out windows un-popped and water came in from there, its happened before but it hasnt rained like this in a long time so ive never had water in the car like this. Is there a drain plug hole anywhere I can pop or should I just drill a hole for the water to drain out?

https://imgur.com/a/IO25mp3
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[jeffrey8164]

No such thing as a drain plug.
Please don't drill a hole in it. It will only become a place where water can find its way in. Vacuum it out, put a fan on it and dry it out. Then find and fix the leak.
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[67rustavenger]

EDIT:
Never mind. My suggestion has already been presented.
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[OrangeMango]

[Big Bull Shooter]

How about a cup to scoop some out and then a big sponge?
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[OrangeMango]

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[Busstom]

[BMFBMF]

Hi folks, I noticed from the information given in some of the links that the later Beetles had a front drain hole, along with the usual one in the back of the tunnel. can anyone take a picture to show me exactly where that front one is? Thanks!
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[Busstom]

[BMFBMF]

Thanks for the link Busstoom, unfortunately the picture is cropped like that, its not your phone 😉😒.

Cusser just posted (by happenstance) a picture of his drain hole (haha that sounds dirty) present on the later supers . Im wondering if I should drill a hole there.....

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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[Busstom]

Hi BMF, that's interesting.

Here's the pic I was referring to, you can see that this new hole is in a different location. Maybe it's a tooling hole, maybe it's a later drain hole location, I don't know.

Also, I think I understand what is going on with these remanufactured floor pans; it sounds like the original hole gets removed in the modification process (that's an assumption), I copied some of the steps from this supplier's process to show how a new frame head/crossmember is used, and how the old hole might get covered up by new parts.

Photo courtesy of FlatOut Customs https://www.flatoutcustoms.com/product/remanufactu...egory_id=5

Reprinted from https://www.flatoutcustoms.com/product/remanufactu...egory_id=5 (some steps omitted)
- Remove old 1303 frame head.
- Remove front center spine closing plate.
- Add reinforcement plate to center where the frame head over laps.
- ...
- Align new 1303 frame head using a special jig and using measurements at key Datum points.
- Seam weld the 1303 frame head onto the center spine.
- Spot weld and seam weld the napoleons hat on the 1303 frame head.
- Seam weld the reinforcement plate to the frame head.

I will say this, VW put those drains in there for a good reason. This is what can happen if oil starts leaking into that tunnel. I'm in the midst of a pan-off to drain and clean this mess from my tunnel right now.

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[vwoldbug]

If you drill holes on both sides get two nipples like the one on the rear of the tunnel. If you don't fix the leak right away they should drain water and keep bugs out.