Leaking Windscreen - How to Fix

[lotus]

For those interested,this is the top support plate that causes the water problem. The pedal box bolts to it for support at the top.



You can see the rust where the water runs.



You can see on the pedal bow that the water will run to the front and land on your feet or go towards the firewall and run under your carpet.



This is how they fitted it to the body.Looks ok from the top but underneath tells a different story!! You can see where the water has run on the right side of the plate.



Just spotwelded it on the sides and at the back.Just a bad design.



I put a fluro light at the bottom of the windscreen and flexed the plate with a screwdriver as if you were using the clutch or brake. You can see the light coming through on the next shots.







Getting this welded up all around the plate edge and along the top where possible as well as repairing the broken spot welds and will be giving it a "test" before i fit it all back together.

Hope this has been helpfull to those wanting to know what the problem is. I can see over time that all the spot welds along the side at least will crack due to the having more stress on them as the other's will not be taking any pressure when the clutch/brake pedal is used.