That's a cool idea. I'll try that if what I've done hasn't solved the problem yet. 99% chance of rain here today, so I'll see.87manche said:Since you've pulled the carpet out you may want to try spreading some baby powder back there. The water should make tracks in the dust and you can more accurately figure out the source.
It's just a big mess to clean up afterwards.
Go to the car wash if you don't have a hose.Thayer said:Can anybody post some pics of the hatch/pillar/seam area that you're describing. I'm lost in everybody's description? I think I know what you're talking about, the area right above the passenger side hatch lift strut mount that's on the body (not the hatch)???, but pics with an arrow would help a lot.
Thayer said:Sorry, forgot to rotate some of those pics. They should look like this...
Where in NY are you? I'm near Albany. This rain is pissing me off too....ugh... I have no hose in my apt parking lot, so I have to wait for nature's hose...hehe...at least the rain isn't totally wasted. I might just go to those quarter car wash places when my sye is done to look for more leaks.
But it been raining for 10 day straightjth877 said:I'm just north of Albany in CP. My apt has no hose as well. I've been working on the jeep for like 2 months. Apartment life blows.
Yep, it pretty much has been. Today is the day that I'm going to pull back the panel to see if my cubbyhole is a pool. Damn, I'm almost scared.langer1 said:But it been raining for 10 day straight
I know what you're saying. My lift install would have been a million times more fun in a garage. I was lucky to do it over the summer when there was little rain, but I paid for it with the heat and humidity. I got a hardcore farmer's tan and even ended up puking from heat exhaustion one day.jth877 said:I'm just north of Albany in CP. My apt has no hose as well. I've been working on the jeep for like 2 months. Apartment life blows.
No don't do that, I want to know the real way to stop this thing leaking since I am in the same boat (literally)!!Thayer said:I think I'm just going to drill holes in that rubber plug at the bottom of the cubbyhole to let it drain instead of fixing the real leak.
I park on a pretty flat spot. I crawled into the trunk at midnight last night when it was raining buckets. This was the first time I actually saw active dripping from the leak. Water was beading and dripping from here, right on the seam...lapisxj said:No don't do that, I want to know the real way to stop this thing leaking since I am in the same boat (literally)!!
Is your parking spot on any incline? If so, have you tried parking the opposite way that you are now to see if water runoff direction makes a difference?
Could need new luggage rack seals or just tighten the screws. The rack screws have rubber tips that expand.Thayer said:I park on a pretty flat spot. I crawled into the trunk at midnight last night when it was raining buckets. This was the first time I actually saw active dripping from the leak. Water was beading and dripping from here, right on the seam...
But I don't know if water is coming from a higher point and beading there or if that is the real source. The worse thing is that I can't look any higher since the hatch pillar is all enclosed. I can only see as high as I can see by sticking my head in the cubbyhole.
lapisxj said:One of those pieces of black tubing is the washer fluid tube that takes fluid from the front reservoir to the rear window and wiper. The split loom goes to the tail light.