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 Wet Passenger Floor
#730860
06/13/06 04:44 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 71
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I have a 97 Wrangler, and notice when it rains the passenger floor carpet getting wet, and this past storm, I have water standing on the passenger floor.
Does the coweling air vent have a drain somewhere that may have gotten clogged? (and where is the drain?)
Or is there something else leaking?
Appreciate the suggestons
Doug
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: Crallsjeep]
#730861
06/13/06 05:06 PM
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Anonymous
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Check in the jeep archive section, This is a very popular question that is very well covered
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
#730862
06/13/06 08:37 PM
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Anonymous
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I found the best way to clear the drain is to remove the cowl cover (between the hood and the windshield on a TJ) and physically remove the debris which are blocking the drain at the bottom. If you simply run a wire up from the bottom of the drain you can remove some of the garbage but it will plug up again (especially if you deal with lots of mud). It wasn't hard and should eliminate the problem for a longer period of time, note when the cowl drain becomes plugged it will submerge your windshield wiper motor (on a TJ)- not a good thing.
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
#730863
06/14/06 02:19 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 71
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Good point, I hadn't even thought about the wiper motor.
I havn't found a drain hose yet either, in the archives someone posted that there was a large hose that resembeled an elephant trunk that ran from the fire wall somewhere down close to the starter....that I should have seen and didn't, he must have a different model jeep.
Gotta do something soon, the wife is complaining about her wet shoes every morning...lol
How do you remove the coweling on a TJ??? I am guessing a bunch of screws everywhere?
Doug Crall
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 Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: Crallsjeep]
#730864
06/14/06 02:37 PM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,768
Web Wheeler
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The coweling is the GRILL between the hood and the windshield. The screws are on the OUTSIDE looking UP! The drain hose is very obvious.. It does not hang to the starter it is up high next to the firewall under the hood.. Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
professional bovine relocation specialist
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: BigJim]
#730865
06/14/06 04:00 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 71
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Hay, I found the drain, Looks well designed, big plastic plenum on the fire wall that tapers down and has a rubber end, just like the guy said...like an elephant trunk. And the coweling looks easy to remove, however it is clean inside.
When I get home I will run a garden hose into the coweling to see if that plenum is blocked. Otherwise I am guessiing that maybe the coweling has a leak or need re-caulking?
Any ideas??
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: Crallsjeep]
#730866
06/14/06 11:25 PM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,768
Web Wheeler
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Why don't you lift the carpet or otherwise check real good to see if it has coolant in the liquid.. It is a common thing for the HEATER CORE to leak and it is directly above the passengers feet! If it does dry out after a rain then it is not the heater core. Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
professional bovine relocation specialist
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: Crallsjeep]
#730867
06/15/06 08:45 PM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 326
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I've had a puddle on the floor as well. turned out the top wasnt quite on right. I found out when i was driving home and it started to rain pretty good, and soon enough from the top corner water just started rolling in. It wasnt a drip either <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />
just had to adjust the top and good to go.
99 wrangler sport, auto. 2.5 inch lift, 31 MTR's
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: tcoff]
#730868
06/16/06 04:18 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 71
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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It's definatly rain, I haven't added any coolant to the jeep. You mentioned top....top of what? Cowling?
Thanks
Doug
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Re: Wet Passenger Floor
[Re: Crallsjeep]
#730869
06/16/06 05:07 PM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 326
Mudrunner
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your top. soft top, hard top. where it rests on the top of the windshield. i've had to have the rubber seal, thats on top of the windshield, replaced the first time (under warrenty).
99 wrangler sport, auto. 2.5 inch lift, 31 MTR's
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