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Originally Posted by jay_bob
I would say your holes in the floorboard are causing your wetness in the back. If you go at the holes with the fiberglass that should seal it up nice.
Driving in the rain and squirting with a hose are totally different, it's like the difference between drizzle and a hurricane. The aerodynamic effects causes the whole underside of the car to be bathed in high pressure water and it finds it way into any and all openings.
Just beware, that is a major structural area and i would take great care to ensure that area is sound. The rust on a 123 has a nasty way of sneaking under the coating and what seems like a little soft spot can turn into a whole region of iron oxide dust bound together by an undercoating and sound deadening sandwich.
My 123 had the same problems and it is unfortunately a byproduct of the non-galvanized steel they had at the time the car was made. I sold it to greazzer, and even though I thought the car had some issues it was 90% better than the one he had.
124s and newer were made with galvanized steel which is much more rust resistant.
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Ah, that makes a lot of sense. I figured something about driving in rain would do that. So I'll seal up the holes and keep an eye on it.
And that's really interesting on the steel. I always wondered why these older models were so bad about rusting. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by komputodo
Check the HVAC drain hose inside behind the center console. Its made of foam. You'll probably find it in pieces. I replaced mine with a piece of rubber hose and that fixed my wet floor problem..
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As of right now, my HVAC system is far from functioning. haha But when I get around to working on it, I'll keep that in mind to look out for!
So I found my tail-light seals are a little leaky. If needbe, I can seal those up to, but is there any good replacements made nowadays? I looked online, but didn't see any.