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Replying to: beaton38 (Jul 16, 2007 4:26 am) The page links on the gray bar above (and also below) the list of messages will help display the previous messages within a discussion. And the keyword search on the left side of the page will help find other discussions and messages. Hope this helps! 
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Replying to: mtnman1938 (Jul 15, 2007 8:08 pm)
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| I have a '97 Crown Vic which use to have a water leak on the driver's side carpet. I had to remove the wiper arm on that side and lift that plastic tray up and clear leaves and other debris that had plugged a weep hole. I used a long piece of plastic (12" cable tie worked for me) and swished it around until water began running out behind the drivers side front wheel as it should. I have not had a problem since and it has rained cats and dogs here on several occasions. The whole procedure takes about an hour as there are five or six screws to be removed and a plastic snap off rivet to be removed but you only have to do this once. Hope this helps. | |
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Replying to: ifixleaks (Sep 28, 2007 3:42 pm) far right side of the gasket to cover every gap, and still it leaks when I put the hose like you said on the roof towards the right side of the windshield. My idea is if there is a gasket right at the firewall were it meets the plenum inside the car, how can I replace this without messing to much withtall that plastic, my Grand Marquis is a 92 and after all those years things can get pretty brittle.Thanks for your help. Mike
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 11, 2007 7:55 am) I think Ford Motor Co should have had a recall on all these Ford Crown Vic, Mercury Marq, and Lincoln town cars to fix this problem but they have not! Bill Eaton
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Replying to: beaton38 (Oct 11, 2007 8:11 am) After my first posting, I did called the local Ford dealer in which I have a friend working at the parts dept., and asked him if he had heard of that problem, he said no but in fact he has a 92 Marquis as well and it leaks at exactly the same place, but he did not mind as long as it drives good. After checking for the gasket he said the same thing mentioned here, they sell the entire plenun for $65.98. So I will start today by taking that air intake out and prepare the gasket myself with plummers putty, and observe how it behave before closing that area again. I will also look for a drain tube that should be somewere around the A/C plenum at the engine side firewall to see if it is clogged., By the way do you know were it might be?. Thanks. Mike
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 11, 2007 10:54 am)
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 11, 2007 4:39 pm) housing. I did find the weep hole and make sure was not clogged because I swished the area with the cable tie. After checking the gasket I've decided it was deformed mainly flattened, so I removed it and applied a thick bead of silicone and tight everything back. I haven't tested out yet, and it's sunny today, so later on today I'll spray some water on that area to see if it made a difference. Will post result, but still can't understand (as vernes97 mentioned on previous post) if nothing is clogged and water runs free on that area why water sips thru there and ends up inside?.
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 12, 2007 7:22 am) One thing I didn't mention about the crown vic is that I drilled a small hole just to the right and of that weep hole after all the water drained out in the plastic tray as insurance. The hole was in the side rather than the base of the tray. My carpet has stayed dry after numerous heavy rains. Good luck and best wishes.
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 12, 2007 7:07 pm) I still have the carpet to one side to allow more time to dry since it was pretty wet before I worked on it. Hopefully it will stay that way. Thanks for the good advice.
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