Posted by Mavman (IP: 192.62.107.213) on December 15, 1999 at 09:25:52:
In Reply to: Re: water on floor boards posted by Dennis on December 15, 1999 at 06:28:00:
I sealed off my vents on my old Mav. I've been looking at the ventilation area on my current Mav, and if you pull the front fenders, you should be able to open the rain drain on both sides in order to get enough ventilation in the car. This is if you have the inner wheel well covers the are right behind the front tires. They keep the water from the tires from splashing up into the door jam, and would keep it from splashing into the new openings created on either side of the cowl area.
If you take the fenders off, you'll see the real small rain drains. Right inside is where the leaves get, and rot. Causing the cowl to rust out. I'd suggest that anyone go ahead and open the sides up. It will allow better flow, and better ventilation.
: unfortunately there is no easy fix for this problem. It's very difficult & very labor intensive. To do it properly the cowl must be removed & it is a major pain in the ass to do it. I had to do this on a 67 Mustang for the same reason. The Maverick is even worse to remove cause it has an extra brace welded on. I removed my Maverick Cowl cause it got bent up by a falling tree limb. The best way is to get a doner car & sacrifice it. cut the whole cowl assembly out at the firewall & gring off what you dont need. Then grind off the cowl on your maverick. You have to remove the fenders & windshield. once the cowl is off you will see where the problem is. The Mustang replacement panels can be modified to use as patch panels. The simpler solution would be to seal off the cowl vents but this is treating the symptom rather than the problem plus you wont have any ventilation in your car. Floor panels, as far as I know are not available. Depending on how bad they are, you can buy sheet metal & patch them ( i told you its a pain in the ass)