[W126 Coupe] Leaking Front end!

[Jack Emery]

Check the gaskets around the tail-lights. I had a problem there. Jack OZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Cross" <bradcross at hotmail.co.uk>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:19 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Leaking Front end!



> Hey guys, wonder if I can pick your brains.  Just bought a Merc 560SEC, 

> lovely car, pretty good condition but definitely a fixer-upper!

>

> Appart from the MOT test and service that I'm about to put her through, 

> the main problem is water: in that there seems to be a lot of it getting 

> into the car.  I originally thought it was that the previous owner had 

> left windows open (the damp was the reason the car was cheap), but when I 

> drove it in the wet, it got much worse.  I thought it must be coming in 

> through the floor, and there must be a hole in the floorpan, but when I 

> jacked it up the whole undertray is completely intact (and in immaculate 

> condition).

>

> I am left thinking maybe it is the grill at the bottom of the windscreen 

> and it's coming in through the back of the dash?

>

> Anyway, any ideas on what it is/what is needed to fix it/scale of the 

> problem/cost to fix would be GREATLY appreciatied.  I spent last weekend 

> seriously scrubbing carpets, cleaning the interior of the car thoroughly 

> and, with the exception of the headlining (the re-lining of which is this 

> weekends task) the inside looks like new, I just need to fix the leak!

>

> Oh, and the slide roof won't slide, just tilts, and the control doesn't 

> seem to want to make the roof slide.  Normal?

>

> Info greatly appreciated!

>

> Brad (London)

>

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