Help with some damp
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Forum Name: 1970-1971 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: Help with some damp
Posted By: lurch
Subject: Help with some damp
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 1:55AM
Need a spot of help on this one ordered a new carpet for my 71 GT as the old one was a bit ropey. Just removed the old one and found that the passenger side is completely soaked (front and rear) but the driver side isn't any suggestions as to what I should be looking for. as this has me a bit stumped
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Posted By: 1973gts
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 3:08AM
It would help for a little more info, stored inside/outside, driven in the rain, etc. If no holes in floor if it has been driven in the rain or washed I would check passenger side weatherstripping, seals around windshield/ rear window. Also heater core or connections would be suspect.
------------- Dave - 1973 GTS N code
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 3:15AM
Stored outside at the moment but no rain anytime recently, no signs of any holes in the floor. I shall check the seals and the heater core
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 3:31AM
cowl stand-off pipe
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 4:54AM
all good possibilities, more than likely ford cowl rot check up behind the glovebox where the heater is...
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 8:19AM
Hi all thanks for the ideas with this cowl idea what's the best way to go about checking it out for rot I've currently got the front bench seats out and the carpet fully removed where abouts should I be looking from there. cheers tom
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 9:15AM
never mind found this vid on a 67 Fairlane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjmjcTpLaw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjmjcTpLaw
although is there any way to see this without takeing off the top portion?
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 11:18AM
Make sure it not just a leaking heater core before you go too far. Did you notice if the carpet had a sweet smell like coolant? You can also get a garden hose have someone run the water on the car at different spots while you crawl under the dash and see if you can find where the water is coming in from.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 11:19AM
not sure how the 70-71's are but should be somewhat similar to the 72+ those if you remove the heater intake off the inside you can see and feel up in there for rough rust or holes if you look up there and see holes then its pretty bad but just that air stack thing can rust at the bottom and let water run in
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 1:29PM
pour a bucket of water into the vents in front of the windshield
it could be maybe the butyl sealer around the windshield has given up,
and / or the window channel is rusted.
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 24-March-2019 at 3:23PM
aren't the 70-71's gasketed in? like the mustangs and older cars...???
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 25-March-2019 at 12:13AM
I think the hose/bucket of waters a good idea to try. ill do it over the weekend and report back. on a side if I bunged the cowls up would that be a bad thing if it turns out to be the cause
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 27-March-2019 at 2:13AM
Ok so I've just poured about 2ltrs of water over the windscreen and into the vents here's where it gets interesting not a drop came though into the passenger side but about 500ml came into the driver side the rest went out driver side vent behind front wheel. So this has me even more stumped as it was the passenger side that was soaked with water before whereas the driver side was mostly dry picture attached is driver side
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 27-March-2019 at 2:14AM
Some reason pictures come out upside down
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 27-March-2019 at 11:26AM
That looks pretty rusty. I'd suspect you may have a cowl issue based on your report. Have you pulled the cowl screens to inspect inside? Sometimes photos from mobile phones aren't recognized correctly by forum software and it doesn't get the orientation correct. Usually rotating it with a image editing program and uploading it again fixes it.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 27-March-2019 at 11:38AM
if i'm seeing it correctly... looks like small rust holes near the flasher and to the left by the red wire???
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 28-March-2019 at 6:05AM
a few more pics of what i found, across the middle,
drivers side where the non-A/C vent would be
the rest of the gallery https://www.supermotors.net/registry/10950/74222-2
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 01-April-2019 at 4:50AM
so I've just been out to the car thankfully no water inside which is good :) I have removed the cowl screens and they are pretty much U/S now so ill get a new set but as I was removing them I noticed that the lower weather strip for the window is pretty much hanging off on both the driver side and passenger side only really held on for about 5 or so inches the whole way across so ill need to locate a new one as well as the upper hood strip as that's pretty much deteriorated as well. I've poked my phone in the cowl covers and taken some snaps and it also seems that the driver side cowl is no existent and the passenger is rotted though at the lower half.
so on the needs list is some new cowls and some new rubbers anyone have any ideas where I can get some?
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 01-April-2019 at 12:09PM
Macs has the cowl screens, and the window felts. https://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_fairlane_torino/cowl-vent-screens-molded-black-plastic.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_fairlane_torino/cowl-vent-screens-molded-black-plastic.html What's the plan for the rusted out cowl?
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 01-April-2019 at 9:42PM
I've got a mechanic just down the road from me and between us we reckon it might be best to get the whole cowl area flattened with a small slopping tray to the two exit points in the fenders so water cant sit in the cowl and then see what sort of rust damage has been done to the firewall. how does that sound to you guys?
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 01-April-2019 at 11:27PM
similarly making something similar to guttering under the cowl screens and lead it to the fenders that way no water can sit on the metalwork. just bouncing ideas haha
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 03-April-2019 at 1:45PM
I don't think making gutters would be necessary if you take off the top of the cowl and replace the metal. If you then coat it with a good quality rust paint it should be fine. Ford left these unpainted from the factory which is why they rusted out.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 6:59AM
would it be worth flattening over the top hats (if they dont do anything important)
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 7:10AM
the cowl is where you get fresh air for the passenger compartment. the 'hat' on the passenger side of the car is the air intake for the heater A/C system.
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 12:09PM
lurch wrote:
would it be worth flattening over the top hats (if they dont do anything important) |
Unless you want no fresh air vents and poor heat, I'd try to save them.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 1:36PM
it'll run heat / defrost from recirc, just lock the plenum door in place
you'll just never have fresh air coming in through the vents,
with the temp slider all the way to cold you'll just get whatever air is in the car already
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 2:53PM
Sorry your right Rock, I was thinking of a non-a/c car since there is no recirculate option. AFIAK, they just draw fresh air, but I guess it could be modified to draw from the interior (see pic below). In any case, running heat in recirculate mode is terrible, things fog up in no time.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 04-April-2019 at 3:58PM
pretty sure my heat only box has recirc?
heat in recirc, we call that Bake
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 05-April-2019 at 1:24AM
thanks guys over here its only going to be driven in the nicer weather that we occasionally have with the windows down and the 351c rumbling :) I reckon blocking them off will be job
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 05-April-2019 at 6:51AM
Rockatansky wrote:
pretty sure my heat only box has recirc?
heat in recirc, we call that Bake
| Not that I am aware of, you only got recirculation mode for A/C cars and it was activated when the A/C was set to the coldest temperature settings on the slider. But like you said, you set the door to keep it in recirculate full time. See the diagrams below: Heat only (note all the air intake is from outside): A/C and Heat (note the air can be drawn from outside or inside the car):
lurch wrote:
thanks guys over here its only going to be driven in the nicer weather that we occasionally have with the windows down and the 351c rumbling :) I reckon blocking them off will be job |
It should work and other's have done it this way as long as it's driven in fair weather. Just keep in mind your defroster will not be effective without fresh air. I am not sure if that is require as part of the vehicle inspection over in the UK.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 05-April-2019 at 10:54AM
Hi Vince thankfully due the age of the vehicle we don't have to pay any tax or do vehicle inspections (MOT) which book did those drawings come out of that's something ill need to look out for
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 05-April-2019 at 12:10PM
All the drawings I posted are from Ford service manuals. The first one is for a 1970 Torino, and the second two images are for a 1972. The second two photos are just schematics that show the air flow paths (this is not how they actually appear) but the 1970-71 systems operate the same way. Good luck with your cowl repair. Keep us posted.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 4:08AM
Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 6:02AM
72FordGTS wrote:
Rockatansky wrote:
pretty sure my heat only box has recirc?
heat in recirc, we call that Bake
| Not that I am aware of, you only got recirculation mode for A/C cars and it was activated when the A/C was set to the coldest temperature settings on the slider. But like you said, you set the door to keep it in recirculate full time. See the diagrams below: Heat only (note all the air intake is from outside): A/C and Heat (note the air can be drawn from outside or inside the car):
lurch wrote:
thanks guys over here its only going to be driven in the nicer weather that we occasionally have with the windows down and the 351c rumbling :) I reckon blocking them off will be job |
It should work and other's have done it this way as long as it's driven in fair weather. Just keep in mind your defroster will not be effective without fresh air. I am not sure if that is require as part of the vehicle inspection over in the UK. |
i forgot about the old cars that came heat only had manual vents on either side in the kick panels.
i guess i don't get any outside air?
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 1:39PM
my 74 don't have the piece up to the cowl anymore so it draws from inside if i want outside air... i just roll the window down!
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 2:57PM
Rockatansky wrote:
i forgot about the old cars that came heat only had manual vents on either side in the kick panels.
i guess i don't get any outside air? |
All my old cars were non-A/C vehicles. Those fresh air vents work pretty good on hot days when you have no air. My Torinos vents move a ton of air. Did you block off your fresh air intakes too when you did your cowl? Looks like John did too (can't remember if he has A/C or not).
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 3:24PM
mine came factory A/C i'm putting in a heat only plenum
my last one i cut the evap housing off and made a transfer duct from the blower motor over to the hole going in to the factory A/C plenum. i don't even remember if that worked for fresh air or if i cared? i guess i'll finger it out soon enough
------------- 72 GT Ute
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 3:44PM
mine was a non a/c car. remember i put the speaker grill over the opening so you couldn't see the squirrel cage
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 18-May-2019 at 1:18AM
Got another question for you guys do any of you know where I can get a new front windshield weather-strip ordered one off auto krafters and it got cancelled as non in stock
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 22-May-2019 at 12:10AM
Do you mean the cowl to hood weatherstrip?
Here is a one on eBay that ships world wide.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-1971-TORINO-MONTEGO-CYCLONE-HOOD-to-COWL-SEAL-NEW-/302930967852" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-1971-TORINO-MONTEGO-CYCLONE-HOOD-to-COWL-SEAL-NEW-/302930967852
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 22-May-2019 at 2:48AM
i think he means the windshield gasket...weren't the 70-71's still gasketed not glued in like 72+???
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 23-May-2019 at 1:16AM
sorry guys ive attached a picture ordered this one but got cancelled https://www.autokrafters.com/p-21997-windshield-strip-1970-76-ford-galaxie-torino-ranchero-71-73-mustang-cougar-more-plastic-cut-to-fit-60-d3az-6503243a.aspx
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 23-May-2019 at 1:03PM
Oh, that plastic strip at the bottom of the windshield. That part is pretty generic and is shared with lots of other Fords. Part number D3AZ-6503243-A. Keep checking ebay, there was an old listing on there for one. I also found one here: https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/d3az-6503243-a.html" rel="nofollow - https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/d3az-6503243-a.html
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 21-October-2019 at 9:44PM
for those interested the cowls very nearly sorted top sections been removed the rotten cowl is now out, next step is to fabricate a new section without top hats and add an actual flow point, paint it up and put it all back together
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 22-October-2019 at 12:02PM
It looks like it is coming along nicely. Post more pics the repair comes along. It will be great help for others who encounter the same problem.
------------- Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car
GTS.org Admin
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 22-October-2019 at 4:31PM
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION
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Posted By: lurch
Date Posted: 22-October-2019 at 8:56PM
cheers guys ill certainly add more pictures if it will help others its been a good project once this parts done we are going to move onto the engine so stay tuned
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