Hi folks,
This is gonna be long winded, so please bear with me. Please note this car does NOT have a sunroof.
The other halfs 2001 Micra has delevoped a water leak on the passenger side. I've read most, if not all the posts regarding leaks whilst raining (the water in the footwell is fresh, not from the matrix). I removed the plastic scuttle and found that the plastic clip (green one) that's on the bottom of the screen had rusted through the scuttle, I've repaired and sealed it, I've also removed the plastic scuttle clips as the rubber grommets had perished and sealed them in with sikaflex. I have also run sealant around the bottom of the windscreen, just incase.
So, looking inside the metal box under the plastic scuttle, I can see the air intake for the blower, with a torch looking at where this box meets the inner wing/A pillar (behind the mud shield) on the N/S, the drain hole was full of mud/plant debris, I managed to scrape most of it loose and flushed it out with water. After this, the car still leaked, it's dripping down from the inner wing/A pillar side of the footwell.
I decided to remove the N/S wing to get a better look a couple of weeks ago. The inner wing has fluted tubes (want for a better description) at the top part. The metal box under the plastic scuttle panel, drains through this panel (hope that makes sense), just under this drain, the inner wing/A pillar had rusted way. I repaired and sealed this, unfortunately the car still leaks.
With all this inmind I think I now need to remove the dash and then the blower box to get a look from the inside. Can anyone please advise me how to remove both these items.
Sorry for the short novel but thought I'd give you as much detail as possible.
Thanks
Craig
This is gonna be long winded, so please bear with me. Please note this car does NOT have a sunroof.
The other halfs 2001 Micra has delevoped a water leak on the passenger side. I've read most, if not all the posts regarding leaks whilst raining (the water in the footwell is fresh, not from the matrix). I removed the plastic scuttle and found that the plastic clip (green one) that's on the bottom of the screen had rusted through the scuttle, I've repaired and sealed it, I've also removed the plastic scuttle clips as the rubber grommets had perished and sealed them in with sikaflex. I have also run sealant around the bottom of the windscreen, just incase.
So, looking inside the metal box under the plastic scuttle, I can see the air intake for the blower, with a torch looking at where this box meets the inner wing/A pillar (behind the mud shield) on the N/S, the drain hole was full of mud/plant debris, I managed to scrape most of it loose and flushed it out with water. After this, the car still leaked, it's dripping down from the inner wing/A pillar side of the footwell.
I decided to remove the N/S wing to get a better look a couple of weeks ago. The inner wing has fluted tubes (want for a better description) at the top part. The metal box under the plastic scuttle panel, drains through this panel (hope that makes sense), just under this drain, the inner wing/A pillar had rusted way. I repaired and sealed this, unfortunately the car still leaks.
With all this inmind I think I now need to remove the dash and then the blower box to get a look from the inside. Can anyone please advise me how to remove both these items.
Sorry for the short novel but thought I'd give you as much detail as possible.
Thanks
Craig
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