[Umbra]

97, Had it since Oct.

Floor is wet on the drivers side after a good storm, no obvious water tracks on the firewall that I can see.

I pulled the cowl off a couple of weeks ago, area directly under the cowl is clear and I can't see any debris in the drain...(I'm assuming the drain is the hole in the center, could the drain be plugged waaaay down in there?). All of the seals around the cowl look good.

If the Jeep is backed into the driveway,facing downhill during rain, there is a half dollar size puddle caught in the treads of the mat directly beneath the steering column.

If it's facing uphill, the mat is dry, but the floor under the mat is soaked and much wetter than if facing down hill.

Windshield seal is good, no obvious leaks in the top and no water trails anywhere that I can find. It has GOT to be coming in along the firewall somewhere because NOTHING ELSE is wet except the floor



Any ideas?

 

[havasu]

Water leaks are caused by bad seals between the hardtop (or softtop), leaking glass seal, a clogged vent tube or a bad cowl seal. My cowl seal also looked great, but had shrunken and distorted so bad that it wasn't able to do its job properly. I ordered one on line and after a quick install, all is better and dry.

 

[Umbra]

I was thinking either there, or the seal between the cowl and the windshield, but I'm not even sure if there is a replacable seal there. Too new to the Jeep thing at this point.
Weather has been too crappy for me to pull the top up (soft) and see if the windshield will fold down okay since I bought it. Been reluctant to do it since I figure it will only get worse if I tinker too much while it's still cold out. I'm thinking I will just wait 'til the weather breaks and replace a bunch of stuff, including the top.

Does anyone sell a decent kit with all of the seals included?

 

[havasu]

First of all, I would use a high pressure garden hose and direct it towards the various seals, and with someone inside, have them yell when water starts gushing in. A full seal kit would cost an arm and a leg, so just find the seal that is needed and order it off the web. There are hundreds of great sites with good prices, just watch for the shipping costs. This is where the prices vary quite a bit. A few sites I've used are Morris and Quadratec, and seem to be pretty reliable.

 

[Xpress]

I feel the pain... I discovered a couple new leaks today. One is leaking somewhere around the HVAC/Radio panel, and the other is leaking in the middle of my windshield between the glass and the seal.. Only drips, nothing gushing out.