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Old 25-02-2013, 07:21 PM
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noticed the other day my s2 was letting in water from behind the dash looking into it more found out it was comeing in through the fusebox area looks like it had a bad repair in the past took it into the garage after takeing the dash out found the area behind the battery tray rotton also bodged bad repair and both a posts rotton

going to be an expensive water leak
Old 25-02-2013, 08:02 PM
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This is standard on a 80s ford
Old 25-02-2013, 08:10 PM
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just ring it lol
Old 25-02-2013, 08:14 PM
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Scrap it hahah only joking i had same issue on my ERST, i had to have it all fixed as well.
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The joys of 80's Ford ownership im afraid
Old 25-02-2013, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Zetecfiesta
Scrap it hahah only joking i had same issue on my ERST, i had to have it all fixed as well.
thought had crossed my mind.......nah get it fixed and back on the road
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Originally Posted by Cozziekid
The joys of 80's Ford ownership im afraid
yeah lol the more covers i take off the more rust i find dont even want to go near the roof
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Or dear.Just get the silicone gun out and fill the holes up lol.

Get it repaired properly and it should last for years.
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Or dear.Just get the silicone gun out and fill the holes up lol.

Get it repaired properly and it should last for years.
That's the plan as long as all goes well unfortunatly welding is not my strong point so taken it to a local firm that are good but can't start till Monday as long as they do a nice repair take as long as they want will try and get some pics up of the rot and the on going repairs
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