With Spring almost here I am getting ready for April showers and chasing down leaks I have on my truck. One of which is, I have a leak in the roof storage compartment and get setting water in there. I decided to spend some time on the problem today and see where it is leaking and why it is holding water.
The where is from a torn weather strip that to my luck is no longer available. Checking on a used one, so maybe I will luck out there. But why it is holding water was the part where spring cleaning comes into play. There are 2 drains on each side in the rear of the compartment and mine were stopped up with crude. I simply took an old knitting needle I keep in my tool box and pushed on the drain and it allowed all the water to run out. I then simply reached down and pulled it straight up and it slipped out very easily. I wiped it out and then washed it with some clean soapy water. I cleaned the inside out and made sure it was good and clear. It simply pushes back in place. There were some small leaves in my truck from the previous owner. How they got in there is beyond me but I am sure that may have contributed to the crude build up in there.
So for those of us who have drivers I thought I would pass it along.
The where is from a torn weather strip that to my luck is no longer available. Checking on a used one, so maybe I will luck out there. But why it is holding water was the part where spring cleaning comes into play. There are 2 drains on each side in the rear of the compartment and mine were stopped up with crude. I simply took an old knitting needle I keep in my tool box and pushed on the drain and it allowed all the water to run out. I then simply reached down and pulled it straight up and it slipped out very easily. I wiped it out and then washed it with some clean soapy water. I cleaned the inside out and made sure it was good and clear. It simply pushes back in place. There were some small leaves in my truck from the previous owner. How they got in there is beyond me but I am sure that may have contributed to the crude build up in there.
So for those of us who have drivers I thought I would pass it along.