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70vwbug
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Joined: April 22, 2019
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 Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:03 am Post subject: Water accumulation on Driver door |
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Hi
I have water accumulating in the driver side door of my 70 Std Bug. How does the water drain? There are supposed to be holes at the bottom, but I donīt see any. Should I drill some holes? Where would the water drain?
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andk5591
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Joined: August 29, 2005
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Location: State College, PA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Water accumulation on Driver door |
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Clean the bottom real well...There should be 2 holes there. Partially covered by sheet metal. If no holes, then yeah drill a couple....at least 3/8" and make sure you have plastic on the inner door panel side
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KTPhil 
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Water accumulation on Driver door |
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| The holes (sometimes more like slits than holes) are probably plugged with dirt, so a thorough cleaning is needed! |
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Tim Donahoe
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Location: Redding, CA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Water accumulation on Driver door |
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I had two holes at the bottom of the passenger door, and one had a chunk of glass in it (where the window had been shattered at some point, I assume); the other hole was partially blocked by a fold of original metal from the factory. I drilled out the second hole to make it as large as the first, and vacuumed the glass chunks that blocked the first hole.
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unclewede
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Location: Oxnard, CA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Water accumulation on Driver door |
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This is NOT unique to the ACVW world. My dad's new wife was driving around and had sloshing every time she changed speeds. Took a pipe cleaner to the 2 drain holes on her Ford, and the gunk that came poring out once I cleared the mud was rancid. For some reason she thought I was amiracle worker  |
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