Virginia Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 After heavy rains, there is water standing in my passenger floor board. I sat in the truck once and watched it come down the firewall from under the passenger side dash. Someone recommended that I take the grill off from under the windshield wipers and make sure the little drain hole isn't plugged up but dang if I could find any drain hole. Any other suggestions where this might be coming from? And I have a little surface rust on the floorboards. I've long since removed the carpet and padding and just have the sheetmetal showing. What can I coat that with to keep it from rusting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I would suggest that it's possibly a worn out windshield seal. It could possibly be the drain hole is clogged, but I don't have a picture of it to show where the exact location is. :dunno: As for the rust on the floorboards, you could coat with Rust-X or (my preference) Rustoleum's Rust Reformer product. Either that, or wire wheel the rust off and coat in POR-15 or bedliner paint, as some others have done here. You're better off going with a combination of the two most likely for best results. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 I've used both. I'll clean it up and go with Rust Reformer. If you could find a picture of the drain hole, that would be helpful but I can't find ANYTHING that looks like a drain hole. Can I reseal my windshield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Picture of drain holes courtesy of Cherokeeforum. :cheers: They are in the same location for both sides. As far as their cowl location goes, they should be inside at the corners. They're more like a channel than an actual hole, IIRC. My advice would be to remove the wiper motor and vacuum out the area inside. That's what I did with mine when I was replacing bushings on the wiper arms. Also, it may be worthwhile to give this a lookover. http://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/water-leaking-cowl-34969/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeless Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Put some baby powder on your truck, run some water over it, wait till it dries, trace the baby powder to the leak source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Thanks for the drain hole picture. I'll try the baby powder trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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