My Mk1 questions (with pics); your answers

[Cory_Langford at bcit.ca (Cory Langford)]

"Phil Boeye" <roccophil@gmail.com> wrote on 05/18/2006 01:51:10 PM:


> Moving on, I found my first wet spot under the accelerator pedal.
> Guess I am not surprised.  Rotted through the carpet.  I pulled it
> back a bit and didn't see too much rot, but I think I am being duped.
> I'll cut it at Cincy and then do a beer bong or something to dull the
> pain.
> 

Pull up the carpet and sand down any rust spots that have happened. 
If you caught it early enough (no rot like you say) then I would por-15 
the area.
I take the preventative approach and simply pull the entire carpet on the 
81's and por-15'd the whole floor pan to keep rust at bay.. 


> 
> Which leads me to ask, what is the deal with the drains under the rain
> tray?  I know where they are in the Mk2, but I don't see such ones in
> the Mk1.  Instead I see rubber booties more towards the raintray (the
> Mk2 are at the edge towards the fender).  So, in this pic on the left
> side, is that the drain boot under the ECU cables?  If so, it was
> kinda boogered up with crap (which might explain the rot inside).  Or
> so I am hoping.
> 

The mk1 has the drains in the rain tray almost at the edge of the 
windshield.
The mk2 has the slits by the fenders, the mk1 has two holes drilled out of 

the rain tray and two rubber boots put in there to funnel the water. The
rubber boots should have an X arrangement at the bottom and each leg of 
the
X is slit to allow the water out.  Usually filled with 20 years of crap
as no one ever cleans them out :)


Cory Langford
'86 Roc turbo, 
'78 Roc turbo - RIP,
'81S Roc,
'65 Ghia Coupe,
95 Eurovan, etc, etc... :)