Member - 'Lucy' replied:

Not quite the same, however I have a 81 Datsun BBird station wagon that I have had since new.

Approx 2-3 years ago for no rerason whatsoever the bitch started to do what you are experiencing with your 60 series.

I tracked it down to water coming off the roof gutters, down the inside of the body door aperture trims, across the door sill under the trim and down into floor well under the carpet.

I tried a number of fix's , all to no avail and just let it defeat me, as it is the S H I T box workhorse, dog mobile.

Since then I have removed the floor grommets for drainage and put up with smell.

One day I am going to take to the carpet area with a box cutter and then all will be sweet or the old car will be in the wreckers.

Regards

Ken Robinson

Chriscd replied:

Thanks Ken - is a real pain in a@#* considering one lives in tropics during the wet. Have even run plastic tubing from end of gutters down to bypass possible internal leaks - even had to replace fuel regulator (located inside kick panel -$500.00 plus) so reasonably bleep orf.

Thanks again

Chris

REDDOG replied:

I hope this helps. I had the same problem with my 60 series. After lots of searching I found it to be the seam inside the vent duct. Very hard to get at but i took out the metal plate behind the master cylinder and if you reach in towards the guard you will feel the seam I got some silicon in there . Had to use finger to spread because it is hard to get at. I realise the silicon will prob need replacing or cause rust but I couldnt see how else to seal it. When I bought the car both sides got wet. I had a new roof put on and windscreen resealed which fixed the passenger side but still got water on drivers side. Now dry and happy. Very hard to make it leak when tryin to find it , used hose all over car to work it out, when in right place you will get lots of water in car.

Regards

120scruiser replied:

I'd try a windscree reseal or new seal first. If your screen has any chips or cracks it will be destroyed when it is removed but we get alot through the workshop like this and 99% are fixed with the reseal.
Hope this helps.

muzzgit (WA) replied:

I had the same prob with my FJ62. After taking out the entire dash and checking the entire heating system for leaks, I put it down to two holes under the bonnet where there is a rubber strip running along the front of the car just under the windscreen.

You can only see this when the bonnet is up, it is a soft black rubber strip held in place with plastic studs. The two outside studs, at each side of the car break off and leave a hole which I am pretty sure goes down into the inside of the car, but cannot be absolutely positive about this, but this is what it looked like to me. Sold the car to upgrade and never got to the bottom of it.

Tuff60 replied:

I have seen the same problem on a few 60's as REDDOG was talking about. One so bad your feet got drenched when it rained. There are three access panels above the firewall seam at the back of the engine bay, they're about 160 X 75mm each, maybe plastic or screwed in steeel, depending on year. Pull the two side ones off and reach in and feel for rust and holes, very few 60's are rust free in there. Behind the quarter panel there is drain tubes that get blocked from leaves and the like, then the water pools and along comes the rust.
The getter runoff lands on the outside of the door seal, so if the seal is good and there is no rust in the door it should not come in there. If the seal is no good or the rust is letting water passed and you have NO plans of painting the truck in the near future, fill the first part of the gutter up to 60mm before the bend with silicone, that causes the water to uverflow the gutter there where it lands on the outside of the glass. Hope this helps.