g10ens

I re-fitted these a few months ago but have noticed lately the drivers footwell seems to be getting wet after its rained, with the rear drains i can clearly see that they are draining out of the car behind the rear bumper, however with the front ones i have looked from underneath and inside the car but cant see exactly where the front drains should be exiting the car so wondering if that could be whats giving me the problem.
Whereabouts should i be able to see the front drain pipes exiting the car?

tosh

If they are the same as the saff mate which I think they are, then they finish up draining into the front section of the sills and drips out of the jacking section of the chassis, not a good design relay I was thinking about re routing min by trying to extending the pipe and pocking it through into the wheel arch just behind the arch liner, also take your carpet up to check for the dreaded rust because where mine had been jacked up wrongly over the years it had crushed the jacking point in which trapped the water and rotted the floor away it that point.

I will see if I can find the picks that I took to show you where I mean

g10ens

Mine do appear to drain into the sills aswell, it seems such a stupid way of draining the water that i didnt want to say it in my original post in case i had routed them incorrectly, was hoping somebody was going to tell me there was a proper hole for it to drain out of like how the rear ones do.

tosh

This is what i found when I striped up the tar sound deadening


After cutting out the crap


Ready for rust treatment


if you look I have re-shaped the jacking point which was crushed up towards the floor pan, "be careful where you jack them up from to avoid this"
In this pic you can see the slot on the left where the water drains from the inner sill into the jacking point area





The finished article, not bad for my first attempt at body repair and welding if I must say so myself



I also needed to do this on the passenger side, like you I first noticed damp carpets only to find this lot on further investigation even though there is no signs of any rust anywhere else on the car.

g10ens

Thats a nasty surprise to find! Hopefully ive caught mine in time if that is whats causing the problem, yesterday i poured a jug of water down both the front drains and it started to drain out under the car along the sills but nothing around the jacking area, not sure if thats cause its blocked or if its cause the 3drs drain differently. The jacking points do look slightly crushed but not too bad, I did have the entire shell sandblasted a while back so am wondering if possibly some sand is blocking up some water drainage routes somewhere

tosh

I think it does drain out of the sill weeper holes as well mate to be quite honest, but it does drain into the part in the photo also because once I had cut the floor-pan out in that area I could see the water run in there when it rained,

also check the firewall/bulkhead for leaks because mine used to leak in a couple of places ie: rubber grommets, and it also leaked at the steering column bush