What Does "Front of the Drop Off" mean?

 

You WASH tour car with WATER??
I rarely use water on my old 66. Instant detailer most of the time. When it does get wet I blow dry around all the chrome trim (especially the rear window trim)
I'd drill a hole in the bottom of the quarter panel.
No real advantage of an Alum shaft.........butt you need to closely measure your old shaft to decide if it will fit.
6sally6

Thanks Rudi and Sally....

I will crawl under there tomorrow and check this Drain Plug.....I watched the water trickle down the Wheel Well inside the Trunk, is this Normal???

Sally couple times a year I do was the car fully with soap and water yes   just to remove and finger prints or trapped dirt from humid days and Bugs splattered all over the windshield and Nose....

Back to my leak, I just cant figure why and how water would be trickling steadily down my wheel wells if those Vents are not Leaking, its the only way for water to get in that I can think off....Perhaps I will need new seals? do they sell seals or is this one of those things where you have to make it seal with Liquid Tube Stuff???

MS wrote:

1. Too short to fit

2. Rear window gasket

Rear Window meaning Rear Windshield? its all Brand New, how the %#$@ did/would they install that POORLY and/Or Wrong??? 

You should verify that the trunk seal isn't leaking.  If the trunk leaks, water will usually pool in the trunk area rather than in the wheel wells, but it is something to also check out.

I agree with all this, I needed the 69 changed and had a hard time finding someone to do it, and even then they didnt guarantee their works (super weird).....

My only debate on the rear windshield is the trickle pattern....As Mentioned in the initial msg, Its Trickle Streaming Down the Rear of the wheel well Inside the Trunk.......meaning from the Higher Point Up the wheel well, then down towards the taillights.....I cant see how the rear windshield would cause that, I mean itd have to pool and seep enough at the higher point of the windshield/car, then travel all the way down the vent area and quarter, onto that then fall back.......

Both Sides??? (left worse, but that Could be just concentration of water from the hose, I dont know...I think im just going to have to test both the windshield and vent with a hose...focus on the vent first, then move up

 

Blue painters tape will be your friend. Start masking things off and break out the water hose. 

Also, on my 68 coupe, the rear area of the trunk seal Where it rounds the corner above the taillights, part of the body where the seal fits, was bent downward. Simply pulling up on it allowed t to seal.  This would be s problem with exhaust fumes   A dollar bill laid across the seal where you can grab it and pull it out after closing the decklid will tell you if the seal is working.

BobE wrote:

Years ago a friend had a Nova (a daily driver) with the trunk leak, took to a body man friend who took a rubber mallet and beat it a bit, no more trunk leak.

Like a good wife?!

A woman a wife a willow tree,
The more you beat 'em the better they be!"
Author unknown (and with good reason I might add!)
 

Huskinhano wrote:

If you want a cheap excellent quality driveshaft you want one from a 94-01 Explorer 4 door 2WD. They are 50.5" long and typically use 1330 U joints. Mustangs many times use a 1310. You can get a 1330/1310 combination, they're pretty common. In my 66 Mustang I have a aluminum shaft out of a 94 V6 Explorer and that has 1310 joints. If you have a 9" you should measure your driveshaft. I believe they are slightly shorter and the Explorer may be too long.

That is the driveshaft that I used - out of a 98 2wd.
 

6sally6 wrote:

BobE wrote:

Years ago a friend had a Nova (a daily driver) with the trunk leak, took to a body man friend who took a rubber mallet and beat it a bit, no more trunk leak.

Like a good wife?!

A woman a wife a willow tree,
The more you beat 'em the better they be!"
Author unknown (and with good reason I might add!)
 

And I heard it as:
"A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree -
The more ya beat 'em, the better they be"
Nowadays two out of the three will get you in jail.