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Old 03-16-2009, 06:14 PM
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Drain holes?

on a 300sd W126, Are there any drain holes in the floor, or the bottom of the doors? I have standing water in both places.

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I don't have an SD but a D. I imagine the doors have similar drain holes. There is a place along the inside bottom that can get clogged with debris. You should be able to stick a toothpick or popsicle stick up there and clear it out. If I had standing water sloshing around in my door, I would remove the inside panel and clean out the debris from the inside and dry the door out thoroughly with a hair dryer. If there is any rust starting, you can treat it before it gets worse. There are rust neutralizing products available but I am not an expert on this subject so will leave it to the more experienced members of the forum to comment.

I don't believe there are any drain holes in the floor. You should not be getting water in the cabin. You should try to identify the source. Is it in the front or back or both? Maybe you have a windshield leak.
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yeah pull out the rubber grommets inserted in the floor pan.
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Old 03-17-2009, 12:07 AM
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on a 300sd W126, Are there any drain holes in the floor, or the bottom of the doors? I have standing water in both places.
If you can't find any now, you will be able to find some soon

I don't mean to make light of a serious situation, but these cars are like houses, you have to start from the top if you want to waterproof them and make them last. It wouldn't do any good to rustproof the heck out of the underside just to have standing water come in from above. I'm fairly familiar with a 107, but I'd look the following:

1. The blower motor seals
2. The firewall seals (for the wires, hoses, etc)
3. the door gaskets
4. Worst case scenario, the windshield gasket.

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