Wet brake pedal (Honest!)

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:05 am

My missus is like that she hates the lude too low, too fast, slow down, watch that car, stop racing with that car, nag nag nag

Post by **simonc** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:04 am

Forgot about the 'too low' bit.

Post by **Donald** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:51 am

The ones that brake for you are annoying as well... she can drive bumper to bumper in chaotic Italian city traffic at 10mph over the speed limit but as soon as we get back to empty England I've apparently forgotten how to drive. Boils my body lemonade but I find just getting out of the car and leaving them at a set of traffic lights usually does the trick.

Post by **Doggo** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:57 am

Direct and to the point as ever Donald

Post by **simonc** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:50 am

Well, we think we may have found out the root cause of the wet pedal.
As you can see, the scuttle was in pretty good nick. Bit of dust but no tropical flora and fauna wedged in there.
Shot 1.

Shot 2.

Shot 3.

It did drain so the scuttle is not the culprit.
Jason also put on some new foam tape to seal it better.

Thanks for the info from the profiles on how to do this.

Now, after much head scratching and going round the houses with some wacky ideas we came to this conclusion, which may or may not be correct.

Now here's a shot of my footwell. As you can see, there's no rust, no wetness and no puddles.

Our conclusion is that because the pedal is right in the line of the air-con blower and because I have the setting on 'Face and Feet' the pedal is getting condensation on it which perhaps causes the wetness.

I've changed the setting on the air-con to 'Face' and we're going to leave it there for a week or so and see if it makes a difference. We may be clutching at straws here but it does seem a fairly feasible.

Thoughts anyone? Ta so much, Simon.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:41 am

Sounds reasonable

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:59 pm

yeah sounds like an idea

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:54 pm

I'm not so sure about that one mate.. if it were condensation from the air-con, why is it localised to that one spot ..and how come it's concentrated enough to soak your shoe and nothing else? Carpets, etc..
Get in the car, head in footwell, get a friend to pour water on the car until you see a drip. Or make friends with local DJ, borrow his smoke machine and fill the car with smoke until you see it coming out (of the leak spot, if there is one) ..I'm aware of other, potentially more enjoyable ways to smoke box a car, but I don't think the legal system is worth messing with out there.

Post by **simonc** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:03 am

@bb1boy. Morning chap and hope you're well. I hear what you're saying and if, after using the car on 'face' air-con mode for a week and the pedal is dry then your plan is what we'll have to do.
Don't know any DJ's out here matey, so no smoke I'm afraid, unless I take a pack of B&H into the foot well and smoke myself to death looking for the alleged hole.
I'll keep you up to speed if I feel a soggy sock in the next few days...

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:25 pm

I'm great thanks mate

Good luck with the car though.. it's bad enough having car troubles in the UK so respect for tackling them in a foreign country! I know you've had your issues with the Prelude, so even more respect to you for keeping it going.. in fact, +rep for you dude, you'll get there with it and you'll be so glad you did

Lude Generation

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