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70orangeboy · 04-04-2005, 05:04 PM

ok, it was raining today, and i got in my truck, i noticed water droplets hitting my carpet after dropping from underneath my ashtray and glovebox, when i got home i looked, found it ran from out of the glovebox. looked in the glovebox, and ther's a puddle in there...!!!!!!!!! stupid thing, my registration insurance, etc, all soaking wet.!!!!! im pretty sure that it is the rubber on the widshield, but am wondering if it could also be somewhere else, does anyone know off the top of your head how much that rubber would cost to have someone do it for me. or has anyone else had this problem of water in the glovebox? thanx

shifty · 04-04-2005, 05:10 PM

I had a similar problem the other day - I had my hood up and the water was running into the cowl and somehow a lot of it ended up on my floor on the passenger's side of the tranny hump. I didn't know this until the other day, but I think there is a seal between the firewall and the cowl...not sure if water can leak into the cab from there. I suppose if it's that close to the glovebox, if you have A/C, it could be condensation from that or water from the heater core/assembly/lines. The heater and A/C lines come through the firewall behind the glovebox.

Weird question, but did you smell the water to see if it had an odor?

busterwivell · 04-04-2005, 05:20 PM

It can also leak down from the seam in the driprail thru the "A pillar" alongside the windshield.

72K10 · 04-05-2005, 06:59 AM

Replacing the windshield rubber can be a do-it-yourself project. The seal costs $40 or so. See FAQs for a guide on replacing the seal. Took me less than 2 hours to take out the old and put in the new seal.

chickenwing · 04-05-2005, 09:13 AM

I would suspect the antenna grommet.

SuperCheyanne72 · 04-06-2005, 02:47 AM

i have the same damn problem, i suspect its the rubber around the windshield or the driprail like busterwivell said.

70orangeboy · 04-07-2005, 09:50 AM

thanx guys, don't think i'll do this one myself, but thanx, i really think it's the windshield, and i don't think it was an ac line or heater core thing. I will investigate the problem more thoroughly though

04-04-2005, 05:04 PM	#1
70orangeboy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 74	aarg, mad, leak somewhere ok, it was raining today, and i got in my truck, i noticed water droplets hitting my carpet after dropping from underneath my ashtray and glovebox, when i got home i looked, found it ran from out of the glovebox. looked in the glovebox, and ther's a puddle in there...!!!!!!!!! stupid thing, my registration insurance, etc, all soaking wet.!!!!! im pretty sure that it is the rubber on the widshield, but am wondering if it could also be somewhere else, does anyone know off the top of your head how much that rubber would cost to have someone do it for me. or has anyone else had this problem of water in the glovebox? thanx __________________ 454 runs on unleaded as well as natural gas orange white two tone paint so many plans for the future

04-04-2005, 05:10 PM	#2
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	I had a similar problem the other day - I had my hood up and the water was running into the cowl and somehow a lot of it ended up on my floor on the passenger's side of the tranny hump. I didn't know this until the other day, but I think there is a seal between the firewall and the cowl...not sure if water can leak into the cab from there. I suppose if it's that close to the glovebox, if you have A/C, it could be condensation from that or water from the heater core/assembly/lines. The heater and A/C lines come through the firewall behind the glovebox. Weird question, but did you smell the water to see if it had an odor? __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM. Last edited by shifty; 04-04-2005 at 05:11 PM.

04-04-2005, 05:20 PM	#3
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	It can also leak down from the seam in the driprail thru the "A pillar" alongside the windshield. __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

04-05-2005, 06:59 AM	#4
72K10 Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: New York Posts: 288	Replacing the windshield rubber can be a do-it-yourself project. The seal costs $40 or so. See FAQs for a guide on replacing the seal. Took me less than 2 hours to take out the old and put in the new seal. __________________ RLTW 70C10 72K10 72K10 Cheyenne 72C10 Cheyenne Super

04-05-2005, 09:13 AM	#5
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	I would suspect the antenna grommet. __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!

04-06-2005, 02:47 AM	#6
SuperCheyanne72 #1 OU Soonerfan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 85	i have the same damn problem, i suspect its the rubber around the windshield or the driprail like busterwivell said.

04-07-2005, 09:50 AM	#7
70orangeboy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 74	thanx guys, don't think i'll do this one myself, but thanx, i really think it's the windshield, and i don't think it was an ac line or heater core thing. I will investigate the problem more thoroughly though __________________ 454 runs on unleaded as well as natural gas orange white two tone paint so many plans for the future



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