andyconnollys '98 S-Spec

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:51 am

Sell your lude and buy another that isn't an S spec?
It's your car man so do what you want with it of course, but I'm with Donald it seems a shame to strip out an S-spec for the track?

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:45 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Sell your lude and buy another that isn't an S spec?
It's your car man so do what you want with it of course, but I'm with Donald it seems a shame to strip out an S-spec for the track?

Wouldn't get much for it though got that dent over the rear arch from the lorry incident front splitters damaged
It's already been tracked before and is almost ready for it struts all round and lowered all I would need to sort is the engine which I can do in work saving me a fortune and it's ready . I like the car too much to get rid of it wouldn't be a complete strip out so everything could be put back in

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:17 am

And so it begins

Started the strip out last night

I found a decent amount of water in the boot at any low points, any ideas where this could be coming from ?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:28 am

Rain clouds.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:31 am

Sunroof drains would be the first suspect (if your car has a sunroof?) Check the bladders at the bottom of the pipes are clear (the black rubber bits where they exit through the bodywork)

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:36 am

NafemanNathan wrote:Rain clouds.

I knew someone would say it!

wurlycorner wrote:Sunroof drains would be the first suspect (if your car has a sunroof?) Check the bladders at the bottom of the pipes are clear (the black rubber bits where they exit through the bodywork)

Yea it has a sunroof, need to try find the pipes see where they go to
There was water sitting on the wee flats behind the lights and some in the bottom of the tyre well, I would assume the stuff in the tyre well will be run off from somewhere else.
The H badge is off the rear until I get it painted so there are two wee holes but don't think that would contribute to this that much

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:03 am

The sunroof drains are inside the rear arches, just a bit out of sight.
Stick your head inside from the boot and inside the arch look towards the front of the car and you'll see them.

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:06 am

wurlycorner wrote:The sunroof drains are inside the rear arches, just a bit out of sight.
Stick your head inside from the boot and inside the arch look towards the front of the car and you'll see them.

Cheers bud

I'll have a look tonight

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:27 pm

the sunroof drains were dry and clear

sealed round some seems and the rear lights with some gasket maker and it seems to have solved the problem

But the lude now sits lifeless as the radiator went bang

hopefully get another within the week.

BigTom · Post by **BigTom** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:13 am

Yeah my boot water was from the rear light gaskets too. Just flipping the gaskets over to get a better seal seemed to fix it (for now at least). That was a pretty obvious diagnosis though because I had an inch of water inside each light whenever it rained :p

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