Moisture under Bed Carpeting

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Mar 20, 2002 | 11:04 PM

#16

Leland

Thread Starter

Senior User

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 122

Likes: 0

From: Columbus, Ohio

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

I haven't looked into this further but I do know that I don't have a rust problem. If I have a roof seal problem I'll add "sticky rubber" and seal with silicone if needed. I have some minor cracks in the "gutter" (drip rail molding). I'll fill them with touch-up paint and then seal with silicone and go from there.

Mar 21, 2002 | 06:39 AM

#17

JoeB

Senior User

Joined: Jan 2000

Posts: 289

Likes: 0

From: NJ

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

Hey guys their is a TSB out on the rain gutter problem for our Broncos. I don't believe it has anything to do with rust. The rear area around the back of the rain gutter cracks and leaks giving you the wet carpet behind the seat. I siliconed mine a couple of years ago and it worked good as a temporary fix. I have to check mine again becuase I tink it's leaking again.

The TSB mentioned a repair kit which contained some reenforcing brackets that go up under the headliner. So I'm assuming that the cracks are caused by stress.

Mar 21, 2002 | 05:45 PM

#18

noseminer

New User

Joined: Feb 2002

Posts: 7

Likes: 0

From: USA

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

It's TSB #96-20-11
It includes Roof Repair Kit (F5TZ-9850223-A)

-matt

Mar 21, 2002 | 10:10 PM

#19

rich1489

New User

Joined: Mar 2002

Posts: 6

Likes: 0

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

I siliconed the rain gutters. I still have moisure but now its not near the rear speakers but the far back right of the truck! I think the tailgate window has bad weatherstripping. Anyone encounter this? I'll update the silicone rain gutters after a couple of rainstorms. (It's actually snowing in NJ right now)

Mar 22, 2002 | 06:11 AM

#20

SBV1

Junior User

Joined: Sep 2001

Posts: 84

Likes: 0

From: Round Rock USA

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

When it is wet out and you are driving down the road at 55+ water will seep in and run anywhere. Check your door seals as well. On the older models you can get seals from after market sources like LMC Truck and JC Whitney. But for my buck, I will get it from Ford whenever I can. I bought an aftermarket upper tailgate window seal from JC Whitney and it just doesn't fit right. Get the right stuff from Ford. Don't go with some rubber stuff that you stick in with a paint stick. I don't imagine it would look all that good.

Mar 22, 2002 | 09:49 AM

#21

tamarackstyle

Senior User

Joined: Oct 2001

Posts: 157

Likes: 0

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

hey guys. where I live we get 200 inches of rain a year and finding leaks (guessing leaks) can become very frustrating. I had the same problem with the carpet on the back floor getting wet, and to find it with out spending the rest of my life doing it i took out all the carpet and the cargo panels, cleaned everything up, and just watched. I actually had it in two spots. one leak was from the side window all the way in the back and running up to the back seat floor, and the other was a rust holein the inner quarter near the speaker hole.

Mar 23, 2002 | 06:04 PM

#22

4drbrnko

Senior User

Joined: Feb 2002

Posts: 134

Likes: 0

From: Idaho

Moisture under Bed Carpeting

All the big Broncos have stress problems at the rain gutter. I had a friend who bought a '93 brand new and Ford cut the entire top off twice trying to eliminate the problem. He never took the thing off road either. That was the worst case I ever saw but you see a few Broncos with the tell tale spider cracks at the trailing edge of the gutter. I have the same problem on my Centurion Conversion but it's a little more involved because the Bronco roof is spliced to the crewcab roof. My bodyman says he can fix it though...all it takes is money.
:-staun
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/centurionconversions/