Found Water In My Trunk! (wtf!)
08-07-2008, 05:19 AM
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RE: Found Water In My Trunk! (wtf!)
ORIGINAL: 0NF1R
okay, i dont have any pics but this is where i found the water...you stand in front of your truck, open it, look right behind the passenger side tail light...the carpet that is against the tail light plastic trim, pull that up...then you kinda move the interior panel carpet that is next to the tail light and you will see a little "cubby hole" that goes down towards the ground...i found about 2 cups of water at the bottom of this cubby hole..i was like "wtf" because i always keep my trunk closed...anyone else have this?
okay, i dont have any pics but this is where i found the water...you stand in front of your truck, open it, look right behind the passenger side tail light...the carpet that is against the tail light plastic trim, pull that up...then you kinda move the interior panel carpet that is next to the tail light and you will see a little "cubby hole" that goes down towards the ground...i found about 2 cups of water at the bottom of this cubby hole..i was like "wtf" because i always keep my trunk closed...anyone else have this?
08-07-2008, 05:23 AM
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RE: Found Water In My Trunk! (wtf!)
ORIGINAL: viperrmk
Did you replace your tail lights or for any reason pull them out. There are like little rubber things that go on before you put the nut on (they are crappy little things that always come apart when you take the nut off) But maybe you didn't put that back on there and water is leaking in from there. Sounds about the right place.
Did you replace your tail lights or for any reason pull them out. There are like little rubber things that go on before you put the nut on (they are crappy little things that always come apart when you take the nut off) But maybe you didn't put that back on there and water is leaking in from there. Sounds about the right place.
08-07-2008, 06:53 AM
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RE: Found Water In My Trunk! (wtf!)
I am not sure but I believe those washers around the bolts to the tail lights are meant to deform and form a googy seal around them. When you take them off (as we're finding) it's almost impossible to get them back on.... at least to form a good seal. I was wondering it you could purchase new ones somewhere to replace them when you remove them. I really believe they were designed to be a one-time component.
08-07-2008, 11:54 AM
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RE: Found Water In My Trunk! (wtf!)
ORIGINAL: ddiehl
I am not sure but I believe those washers around the bolts to the tail lights are meant to deform and form a googy seal around them. When you take them off (as we're finding) it's almost impossible to get them back on.... at least to form a good seal. I was wondering it you could purchase new ones somewhere to replace them when you remove them. I really believe they were designed to be a one-time component.
I am not sure but I believe those washers around the bolts to the tail lights are meant to deform and form a googy seal around them. When you take them off (as we're finding) it's almost impossible to get them back on.... at least to form a good seal. I was wondering it you could purchase new ones somewhere to replace them when you remove them. I really believe they were designed to be a one-time component.
integrity of the body, like when a taillight bulb burns out and the taillight assembly
needs to be removed to replace the bulb, then thats stupid on Fords part. Like who
would replace the one time use seals with new one time use seals. Most will just
install them back without the seals and now the S197s gets known for trunk rot. [:'(]
ORIGINAL: viperrmk
Did you replace your tail lights or for any reason pull them out. There are like little rubber things that go on before you put the nut on (they are crappy little things that always come apart when you take the nut off) But maybe you didn't put that back on there and water is leaking in from there. Sounds about the right place.
Did you replace your tail lights or for any reason pull them out. There are like little rubber things that go on before you put the nut on (they are crappy little things that always come apart when you take the nut off) But maybe you didn't put that back on there and water is leaking in from there. Sounds about the right place.
Do you have sequentials or replaced the
taillight bulb(s) on that side recently?
Rubber gasket on taillight housing nuts
may be missing. [
] Ireplaced mine with small O rings when I did my sequentials.
03-14-2010, 03:55 AM
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If Ford designed a rubber seal that needs to be replaced to ensure the watertight
integrity of the body, like when a taillight bulb burns out and the taillight assembly
needs to be removed to replace the bulb, then thats stupid on Fords part. Like who
would replace the one time use seals with new one time use seals. Most will just
install them back without the seals and now the S197s gets known for trunk rot. [:'(]
integrity of the body, like when a taillight bulb burns out and the taillight assembly
needs to be removed to replace the bulb, then thats stupid on Fords part. Like who
would replace the one time use seals with new one time use seals. Most will just
install them back without the seals and now the S197s gets known for trunk rot. [:'(]
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