Odd question, but does the W123 trunk seal so well that it won't let water
*out*?
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Odd question, but does the W123 trunk seal so well that it won't let water
*out*?
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Odd question, but does the W123 trunk seal so well that it
Rusty Cullens wrote:
If you have 3 feet of water in there it will come out somewhere, trust me.
The passenger cabin?
Is a 123 line a 116 in that the wells behind the back wheels can fill with
liquid to several inches deep?
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Rusty Cullens wrote:
If you have 3 feet of water in the
Odd question, but does the W123 trunk seal so well that it won't let
water
*out*?
You mean if it's a swimming pool and slopping out of the top,
or do you wonder if it has drains in the floor? (It should.)
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Rusty Cullens wrote:
> If you have 3 feet of water in there it will come out somewhere, trust me.
Nah, it isn't 3 feet. When I bought the car, the trunk was leaking. The
service shop says it was the broken antenna, that water was coming in there.
So they've broke
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Rusty Cullens wrote:
> If you have 3 feet of water in there it will come out somewhere, trust
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:24:34 -0400 Ed Booher wrote:
> So my thought was, is it sealed so well that this water has no where
> else to go.
No, not if the three drains are unplugged.
> However, I've not noticed any drains. I'll have to make time to try to
> locate the ones mentioned here. Greg say
: [MBZ] W123 Trunk Seal
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Rusty Cullens wrote:
> If you have 3 feet of water in there it will come out somewhere, trust me.
Nah, it isn't 3 feet. When I bought the car, the trunk was leaking. The
service shop says it was the broken antenna, that water was c
It's been a while since I've had enough free time to really get online and
ask questions. So this is going back quite a ways to when I was asking about
my leaking trunk. I did eventually find the extremely clogged drains on both
sides of the rear wheel wells and free them of quite a lot of gunk. Wi
I vote rear window.
Wilton
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It's been a while since I've had enough free time to really get online and
ask qu
way around through these parts and make it into the trunk area.
Dan
--- On Sun, 6/6/10, Ed Booher wrote:
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It's been a while since I've had enough free
veral layers
> of metal between the rear window frame and the trunk, and the water will
> wind it's way around through these parts and make it into the trunk area.
>
> Dan
>
> --- On Sun, 6/6/10, Ed Booher wrote:
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> From: Ed Booher
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 Trunk S
is able to enter and then run down the wheel wells in twin streams,
one on
other side, into the pockets where the drains are located.
The sunroof drains come down there, and should be tubed
to beneath the car. Or the window leaks badly!
My SL's trunk seal is leaking, the water is getting unde
Rear windshield/windscreen, whatever.
Dan
--- On Sun, 6/6/10, andrew strasfogel wrote:
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Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 12:22 PM
Rear window or rear windSHIELD??
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:25
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Rear windshield/windscreen, whatever.
Dan
--- On Sun, 6/6/10, andrew strasfogel wrote:
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Date: Sund
The rear window can only be a windshield or windscreen if you are
driving
reeeaaallly fast in reverse. Otherwise there is no wind to shield or
screen
you from.
Speaking as an SL owner, I beg to differ. The blast of air
roiling forwards as you drive can be quite unpleasant. The
flip-up after
Jim is right - from my hippy days driving an MGA with long hair whipping
into my eyes - it hurt and was dangerous.
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
> The rear window can only be a windshield or windscreen if you are driving
>> reeeaaallly fast in reverse. Otherwise there is no
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