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Leaky Quarter Windows
My SSP has had to sit outside for the last few months, unfortunately. Now It's got a garage again. My question is about the quarter windows. I think that they leak water into the cabin. I have found water in both rear seat cubby holes after heavy rain. I was thinking that it was coming from the doors, but I have replaced those seals, so it was confusing me. Has anyone else had this problem? Do the quarter windows tend to leak with age?
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Toshi '93 SSP '90 LX 'vert - Sold '87 LX hatch (parted out) '88 LX 'vert (should have never) '83 GL hatch (college car, long gone) |
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Toshi,
I have never had a quarter window leak but I have had the rain come in around the door seals. Best thing to do would be get in the car and have someone with a water hose soak each side down with you sitting inside so you can see where it is coming from. Jim
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Jim for the first time since 1998 there is only two left: 1984 Oregon SP unmarked 1986 Idaho SP |
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X2 on the door seals.
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Toshi '93 SSP '90 LX 'vert - Sold '87 LX hatch (parted out) '88 LX 'vert (should have never) '83 GL hatch (college car, long gone) |
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My 82 sat in the driveway while I was stripping it, and I spent a rainy afternoon sitting in the car dismantling the dash, after I had the rear trim removed. I can say, without a doubt, that water flowed in through my quarter glass. I watched it. It seemed odd, the glass was still solidly mounted but the sealant must have contracted enough to to let the water in.
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1982 CHP 0366 Ford Mustang 1970 CHP 5698 Mercury Monterey 1968 CHP 3286 Dodge Polara(sold) "You know, I think it was James Joyce who said that a genius makes no mistakes, that his errors are on purpose and they become the portholes of discovery, that's the kind of thing you say when you do something real stupid." Red Green |
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My 86 had a hole under the drivers side quarter windows from a leak also. I have never seen the 87-93 qtrs leak though.
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Bernie 1993 FHP 813 1986 UHP SSP slicktop- Getting there little by little. 1993 Floyd Co Ga\Rome Ga pd SSP SOLD Even grief recedes with time, but we must Never Forget. 9-11-01 Mustang Club of America member. |
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Nice to know.
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Toshi '93 SSP '90 LX 'vert - Sold '87 LX hatch (parted out) '88 LX 'vert (should have never) '83 GL hatch (college car, long gone) |
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Thought that I got away from leaky door seals when I sold the convertible.
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Toshi '93 SSP '90 LX 'vert - Sold '87 LX hatch (parted out) '88 LX 'vert (should have never) '83 GL hatch (college car, long gone) |
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You may have to bend the door a little to increase the contact area. Fox body Mustangs are not known for their good door fit. Just open the door and use your knee on the inside rear portion of the door to brace it as you "gently" tug on the upper portion of the door. Just give a little tug and then check the door fit. You may have to do this several times to get the right fit. Since the door half of the hinge is welded on there is no way to adjust the door inward other than minor bending. Just be careful. Doug
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