A few months back I found a hole by the sliding door(lower panel) hole was fixed and water removed, at the time the insulation was soaking wet obviously from the hole.
Fast forward till today and I decided to stick my hand there and the little cavity is full of water, it can't be coming from where the original hole was as the water was not escaping from it. It can't be coming from above as the insulation/lagging is bone dry ! Lagging doesn't just dry !
I feel your pain. I've the same issue. Replaced the window seal and the slider seal and it still gets water in there. It's made a right mess of the panel. I haven't discovered where it's getting in either.
1989, 1.9 dg 4 Speed Panel Van with Gash windows cut in the side.
After much hand fiddling the water seems to be coming in from the bottom corner nearest the door, it rained a lot over night and it is only wet in that corner. I noticed that where the latch is there is like a tube like structural bit so maybe it is coming in from latch and running straight down I that cavity thus meaning the insulation would never get wet as it's protected ? Does all this make sence ? Is there anyway rain water could splash up when driving and be getting caught /sprayed into a little hole ? Doesn't seem right though???
Oh well.should have put a little over the area then refitted it ,that way it would have got omeo all the leaky bits ,but you done. Now. So see how it goea
just what i said...remove catch, clean out holes as they rust , then instead of a gasket you apply a dollop of sealant over the van body and then place your offending catch back onto the gloop and screw it down ,then wipe away the excess ,job done
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