wet floor!

[madmark]

well this is the 3rd transit i have had this year and they all seem to be wet under the mat in the front! ,were is it comeing from ? would it be windscreen not bonded proply??? i dont think there is any holes in the bulkhead were it could creep in!

[MrMPuk]

Mine gets wet inside and have traced it to the top of the drivers door. haven't done anything about it though!

[FredTransit]

What about the heater matrix Mark? Could it be leaking?

[jay]

i have seen this on a few if its a high top the seal strip above the screen sometimes leaks....but most of them usually leak because the metal under the plastic cover at the bottom of the screen has rotten.water runs down the screen and under the plastic to the drain but the drain blocks and the water rots it...only found this by someone running a hose over the outside and you sit inside with the carpet out and you will see the water running down from somewhere....

[100ps_drw_hicube]

both mine and my dads hi cubes have the same problem i dont know why mine is like it but i know why my dads is, back in august he had a windscreen on his insurance thru rac, what a bodge, to date we have had 13 replacements the best bit is that they are tinted screens as well, they are screaming for the excess to be paid, but all the time the screen leaks it aint getting paid the guy who is going to paint my van reckons that leaves and crap get behind the plastic trim on the bottom of the screen, and it slowly rots the metal beneath

[jay]

yep as i wrote the base of screen rots under the plastic

[stivh]

Also one to check is top of the spring mount in wheel arch as there is sometimes erosion here so when you drive in the wet the water gets thrown up and forced into the van footwell, tell tale signs are the rust "dribble"! lines down the wheel arch and foot well.

[Gunslinger]

both mine and my dads hi cubes have the same problem i dont know why mine is like it but i know why my dads is, back in august he had a windscreen on his insurance thru rac, what a bodge, to date we have had 13 replacements the best bit is that they are tinted screens as well, they are screaming for the excess to be paid, but all the time the screen leaks it aint getting paid the guy who is going to paint my van reckons that leaves and crap get behind the plastic trim on the bottom of the screen, and it slowly rots the metal beneath

and you have a coolant problem too ?? i would start looking for where it is coming from quickish if i was you

as for screen fitment, try greyvanman if you can get it over to him if your not in his area

[100ps_drw_hicube]

both mine and my dads hi cubes have the same problem i dont know why mine is like it but i know why my dads is, back in august he had a windscreen on his insurance thru rac, what a bodge, to date we have had 13 replacements the best bit is that they are tinted screens as well, they are screaming for the excess to be paid, but all the time the screen leaks it aint getting paid the guy who is going to paint my van reckons that leaves and crap get behind the plastic trim on the bottom of the screen, and it slowly rots the metal beneath

and you have a coolant problem too ?? i would start looking for where it is coming from quickish if i was you

as for screen fitment, try greyvanman if you can get it over to him if your not in his area

thanks gs i got greyvanman to fit my screen but my dad had already had his done by then looks like we might have to get greyvanman to fit another screen for us bloody rac are useless avoid them at all costs coolant problem will have to be sorted this week as well as the spring hanger as i am meant to be going to sheffield on the 7th if not looks like i might have to borrow me dads van

[madmark]

rot this is only a 1999 van for god sake ,mind you the rest of it starting to rust so i would not be suprised! i will be haveing a new screen in it soon as it doesnt work !

[Gunslinger]

if not looks like i might have to borrow me dads van

and on the bright side ..... his fuel

[100ps_drw_hicube]

if not looks like i might have to borrow me dads van

and on the bright side ..... his fuel

problem is it only does 70 flat out, drinks twice as much fuel as mine, speedo doesnt work, windscreen is still leaking, no back brakes, not insulated like mine so will be freezing trying to sleep in the back of it. still better than walking i suppose

[100ps_drw_hicube]

:shock: rot this is only a 1999 van for god sake ,mind you the rest of it starting to rust so i would not be suprised! i will be haveing a new screen in it soon as it doesnt work !

saying that a builder friend of my dad has just bought a 53 plate swb 280 transit looks very mint until you open the front doors where the hinge pillar meets the roof is rotting away already smiley's also rust here but a 3 year old van shouldn't be

[Andrew-v4]

dry as a bone at the moment

[intransit 89]

ha if u sit in ya van when raining u can here rain driping in side the door panels in the front lol and i think it makes the step well rot if u look where a triangle is with 3 screws if u take it of thay are usly roten there . just cut a pice of steel and than tack weld it but dont screw it back on cos i think the 3 screw holes startit roting so i just got some ruber seal and stock them like that.
so theres a tip for ya lol