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If you find water leaking
in the car there is more than an even chance it will be
because the rear hatch drain holes are blocked.
This will be for the simple reason, they
are made from steel (eh?), yup they made them from steel
and they rust into nothingness, damage the fibreglass, the
hoses fall off and the holes block resulting in wetness
in the boot area and even water running up the boot and
ending up in the rear seat well.
And here is the solution.
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Cut yourself some
50mm (2") - 10mm copper pipe chunks and splay
the ends out a little. |
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A blunt drill may
be the solution you are after here, but some pressure
is required. this is how I did it.
This would be a
'centre' drill (I think) run quite slowly and
with lots of pressure, the end result is exactly
what you would not want to happen in an engineering
sense, the metal distorts into a funnel shape
- just right. |
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Drill
out most of the old drain channel with a slightly
undersize drill and then knock the remains out
with a small hammer and punch. |
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Glue the new drain
in with some resin (or Araldite). Let it cure
for a day or two then fit the internal pipe for
that 'job well done' instant low cost gratification
feeling. |
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