does any1 else's rst mist up inside the car when it rains??

 

Would suggest the car is getting damp, did some work on a friends car a few weeks back that this happened on ,turned out to be some minor holes in the footwells ,car does not mist up now .

 

Sorry completely off topic but rs tommy your Avatar is quality

Hint hint nudge nudge

 

 

whats the most common places for water leaks and holes to occur?
checked under me battery tray and thats ok

 

check the sunroof drainage tubes arent blocked, and you might find the inner sun roof tray is rotten/got rust holes in it.

Bottom of the windscreen seal too, the scuttle panels tend to rot

 

worth keepin a eye on your coolant level, it could been seeping out of the matrix

water can get in loads of places, inner arch/ floor, battery tray even it if looks ok check from under dash behind the sound proofing, fuse box, or just feel about on the floor will feel if its wet , if its just water off ya boots get some mats

 

The dreaded leaky matrix

IS your car behaving now by the way

 

hmmm yeah pretty much, keeps holding back when i get to about a ton and most of the way up at some time or another, not that i know now cos the speedo cable bust today and replaced 90 spec clocks with 88 and nuffin worked so im back to the 90 spec again *now i know thwy are NOT interchangable, tryed it today with 2 ests of clocks neither worked as they shud*

shes gettin faster and better tho, stripped more off my yella turbo today so garadually sorting the lost bolts etc etc i am missing my bigger turbo tho

maybe soon ill fit a rear mount to the gearbox propperly

needs to have quite a bit done but ill strip it and scrap it before i get round to it all

bought meself a long crack bar today too so i can play driveshafts without a scaffy pole of a ratchet

 

yeah was a minor repair that !!!

 

dash out for heater matrix? id better check, wheres its located?

 

dash out is easier if it were me (it was last week )

but it can be removed by only takin the soft part off on the pass side, maybe even squeesed out with it in but dashes come out easy

 

Forgot to say, its only ever the front screen that mists up

 

could be your heater matrix weaping very slightly, do u lose any coolant at all?

 

Ive got a torque wrench thats only about 2 foot long and i can undo drive shafts a piece of piss with that, u must be a wimp

Did a CV gaitor a few months back on my orion (can u believe it had the original CV gaitor on it for 20 years and the driveshaft had NEVER been out, spotless just pushed out, no rust at all )

Heater matrix i believe can just about be done with dash in, bit of a slag though.

 

my crack bar is 2 foot long

the ratchet i usually use is only bout 8- 10"

 

Well thats fine then

(are you sure your interpretation of 2 foot is the same as my 2 foot )

 

yup the ladies love my foot long

 

So its only a foot now then

 

i wasnt talklin bout the bar this time

 

 

not sure, cars at the bodyshop, have to check when its out