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Sealing Patrol's for Water Crossings

Submitted: Monday, Oct 03, 2005 at 15:43

jdpatrol

I have GUIII 3L TD manufactured 12/03.

I was doing water crossings 2 weeks ago. Only just noticed a small mud stain around inside (rear) front seat mounts. Upon further investigation found a total of 5 open bolt holes (!!) in the floor near there which let muddy water in. Beware, I had no idea of the amount of mud / water under the carpet.

There are 3 holes directly behind centre console. The other two are located 2 or 3 inches towards the centre of the seats (on the same alignment).

Presumably these holes are for Patrol's sold elsewhere around the world with different seat config's.

I have seen no reference to this before so thought people would be interested.

Also I have following questions:
1. Can water get in thru side doors via drain holes at the bottom.
2. What might be the source of dust inside rear quarter panels.

Any ideas appreciated.
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AnswerID: 132866   Submitted: Monday, Oct 03, 2005 at 19:38

brian replied:

slightly off the main theme,but did anyone notice articals in recent 4x4 mags showing that genuine nnn snorkels are not waterproof and leak also ???????????

anyone ever test them before its too late,i wouldnt have .
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AnswerID: 132867   Submitted: Monday, Oct 03, 2005 at 19:39

charlies replied:

G'day, I have only noticed the problem with the drain holes in the bottom of the doors. A bit of a shock at first. Now have a bit of "Race Tape" over them, and clear them from time to time. Seems to work.
Cheers
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FollowupID: 387153   Submitted: Monday, Oct 03, 2005 at 20:48

geocacher (djcache) posted:

Beware though. Those holes allow the rain that runs down the windows and into the doors out again. If you tape them up you'll possibly end up with water sitting in your doors.

Maybe just tape them as required and remove after the trip is over, or after a few water crossings.

Your panel beater should be able to supply a multitude of sizes of the near factory like rubber blanking plugs to fill the other ones. Funny they weren't in there ex factory. I thought they filled them.

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AnswerID: 132912   Submitted: Monday, Oct 03, 2005 at 22:46

Crackles replied:

Interesting you mention the leaks in your Patrol JD as I was in a similar aged 3 litre one last year & couldn't believe the speed the water came in. End result for the poor fella was $4000 for driving into one bog hole. Dirty water got into the electricals & rear diff then as he didn't bother checking it, blew it up a couple of weeks later.
1. As for water entering via the door drain holes it shouldn't get in as there is usually a plastic sheet glued under the inside door lining. I would think it's more likely to come through a poorly fitted door rubber.
2. Dust inside the rear quarter panel could either be coming in via the exhaust vents (which normally have a flap to minimise this) or via a rubber grommit thats been pulled out by a stick catching the wiring loom. My Cruiser is shocking for that.
Cheers Craig..............
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