HJ61 leaking water

Thanks KiwiAngler but no, its not the air-con though I know what you mean.
I have tried carefully running the hose sequentially over the outside of the vehicle while watching for water inside. Following Murphys law, the odd drip suddenly becomes becomes apparent about 15mins after I started and I have no idea which body panel join, vent or whatever is the entry point...
On the aircon idea, a mate and I were visiting various rivers in sth canty fly fishing one very hot day with the air con on full tit for several hours. Suddenly on a sharp corner my passenger let out a scream as about 1/2 a litre of cold water sloshed out of the air con onto my mate feets and into the carpet. Turned out the aircon drain hole and tube was full of broken windscreen glass and had blocked and backed up inside the air con! very funny at the time...

In that case Gerard, given the above scenario, the broken windscreen glass in the air con pipe, it may be time to have a windscreen fitted!

Hi gra

its on both sides but only after heavy or sustained rain... whats on your mind???

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Gerard

gra

Thanks for tips, I will have a look as you suggest although I must have run the hose in that vent for a full minute. I should actually find out how it drains itself... probably shoulda checked that before I put the hose in it...

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g

Hi Peter

Yep, its got a sunroof but I did not know about the drains. Do they run right down the A pillars and into the front guard door panel area? I mean if I take the footwell kick panels off can I access the lower end of the tubes?

W.r.t the wipers, there is a plastic surround to the spindle that kinda clips into the bodywork or do you mean a rubber seal on the spindle?

the plastic bit is missing so it could be there that the water is getting in.

thanks for the idea

BTW I saw an item on TV where an a german guy was importing "tired" ex US Army humvees complete with gun turrets etc from the middle east, fully refurbishing them and selling them privately for around 40000 euros. Still pretty utilitarian inside but nicely done in brushed alloy dashs etc. They looked very nice.

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Gerard

I'm with Peter on this one - sunroof drainage is most likely the culprit. Might need to drill some drain holes in the sill panel.

Phil

From memory the tubes are accessible through the kick panels but again from memory to clear them the fella applied compressed air to the hole at the top. the tproblem is that if they kink/perish or just plain come off at the top the water runs down the inside of the A pillar and can go pretty well anywhere.
The wiper tubes have a rubber that fits on the bit that turns and fits over the fixed bit, right up under the actual arm, some vehicles do anyway, can't remember whether 60's do though.
Well our Humvee's were sold as scrap to the Saudi's to be destroyed, they promptly resold them intact to whoever and wherever much to the US's dismay. Most had less than 30 -40 k miles on them and only needed things like seals and consumables to bring them back to peak condition.