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Hi All:
The floor carpet where the driver would place their feet when they are not otherwise on the pedals is sopping wet in my JLU. Perhaps you have ideas where I might look for the source of the moisture. The relevant facts:
Maybe I just need to dry the area and run a hose over the top to see where the leaking point lies, but if you have any ideas I'm all ears.
Thanks.
The floor carpet where the driver would place their feet when they are not otherwise on the pedals is sopping wet in my JLU. Perhaps you have ideas where I might look for the source of the moisture. The relevant facts:
- The rubber floor mat above, which is cupped, so it would collect water (Bestop brand) is bone dry and has no holes in it.
- The floor mats and carpeting everywhere else in the vehicle are/is bone dry.
- Where I am located right now had a lot of rain last week.
- I have a hard top in back and a Bestop Sunrider in front. The latter's latches were firmly closed. I cannot detect any trace of water from above, anymore than if I could, wouldn't the floor mat on top of the driver's side front carpeting have taken on moisture too? AS mentioned, it's topside is bone dry. Maybe direct exposure to sunlight dried it....?
- For all the talk of limits in the rain gutters, particularly those of the Bestop Sunrider, which are somewhat covered near the windshield by the fabric cover, the vehicle hasn't been used. It's not as if water dripped down when I opened a door.
- I've run wires from the engine compartment into the cabin via the grommeted hole under the steering wheel I believe normally used to run components of a standard transmission JL into the cabin (I have an automatic transmission.) I drilled through the grommet, ran my wires and sealed the grommet. As rain getting in is protected from the closed hood, certainly when the vehicle's parked, I just don't see this being the source of the moisture either.
- The floor drain plug, having checked both sides of the driver's side plug (top and bottom, below the vehicle and above) is sealed. It has never been removed. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, water does not flow against gravity. I have absolutely no drainage problem where park, let alone did the water come above the 30" water fording clearance point.
- The windshield is secured tightly. I don't see any water marks dripping down to where the water pooled in the carpeting. The dash and all else is bone dry.
Maybe I just need to dry the area and run a hose over the top to see where the leaking point lies, but if you have any ideas I'm all ears.
Thanks.
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