Leaky Cab
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Leaky Cab
Greetings,
I am new to this site. I have a 1994 ford F-150 extended cab 4X4. If I leave the truck out in the rain my drivers side carpet gets saturated. I have replaced the seal around the drivers side door on the cab but can't specifically identify where the water is getting in. It does seem to start around the bottom of the A Pillar. I can run a hose over it but it not like there is a visible leak. It just appears and takes forever to dry. Does anyone else have this issue and have they solved it?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
MTCTH
I am new to this site. I have a 1994 ford F-150 extended cab 4X4. If I leave the truck out in the rain my drivers side carpet gets saturated. I have replaced the seal around the drivers side door on the cab but can't specifically identify where the water is getting in. It does seem to start around the bottom of the A Pillar. I can run a hose over it but it not like there is a visible leak. It just appears and takes forever to dry. Does anyone else have this issue and have they solved it?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
MTCTH
More Turbo
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There's a cowl drain on that side if the truck. It's known for filling up with sticks and leaves and what not. From the top you have to remove the cowl, but you can pull back or remove the inner fender and try to clear it from the bottom. I am sure others will offer more advice. Welcome to the site.
Cross-Country
Joined: Dec 2019
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As mentioned above, the cowl is known for leaks to the interior on the trucks. There are drains on each side of the firewall that have a rubber boot called a duckbill to keep critters out. These get plugged up with debris that comes through the cowl. The seam sealer in the cowl also dries up and cracks causing leaks. The master cylinder has also been known to leak water into the cab where it attaches to the firewall if the hood seal on the firewall is dried out and cracked. And then there is the possibility of cracks in the seam sealer on the rain gutters above the doors or cracks in the body were the A pillar meets the roof. Good luck!
Elder User
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Pittsburgh
I went through this last year. Check your door seals, your cowl seal, your steering shaft boot, cab lights if you have them. Check the seam sealer in the drip rails, if it's cracked it can leak. And lastly check your windshield. I had to replace mine because it was leaking.
There are about a million places on these trucks where they can leak, it can be very frustrating trying to track them down. My truck still gets a few drips in it now and then but not nearly as bad as it was.
There are about a million places on these trucks where they can leak, it can be very frustrating trying to track them down. My truck still gets a few drips in it now and then but not nearly as bad as it was.
Tuned
Joined: Dec 2018
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From: SE WI
Fought this all last year and have gotten it to just an ever-so-slight driver's side leak in the same location you've mentioned. It was far worse at one point, I had to pull my carpet out entirely before my floorboards got rusty.
I removed the cowl and sprayed a bunch of bedliner in there after cleaning up any nasty spots I found (after I did the large firewall reinforcement plate) and cleaned out the giant mouse nests in both cowl drains. That helped immensely. I then resealed the door gutters with seam sealer and a few other questionable spots on the cab. Good luck, definitely a PITA to chase down.
I removed the cowl and sprayed a bunch of bedliner in there after cleaning up any nasty spots I found (after I did the large firewall reinforcement plate) and cleaned out the giant mouse nests in both cowl drains. That helped immensely. I then resealed the door gutters with seam sealer and a few other questionable spots on the cab. Good luck, definitely a PITA to chase down.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Jul 2020
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From: Northern California
On mine it was on the passenger side. Turned out to be the corner of the windshield, big spot with missing sealer. Water would leak in on the computer and the truck wouldn't start and if it did it would misfire. I finally found it by running a hose around on the cowl area.
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