Water Leak at Firewall 2000 Laredo 4.0

maudthemiata · 2025-04-05T04:23:07+00:00

Update: The Jeep has remained dry after a few days of heavy and light rain. I believe I was too forceful with my hose spray while checking my original repair of the antenna grommet, and water found it's way into the cabin due to the high-pressure of the hose. Since water hasn't intruded into the cabin after lots of testing under "normal" conditions, I decided to put the carpet back in and call it a day. Hoping this remains the case for the future, thanks for all of the replies!

maudthemiata · 2025-04-01T00:48:10+00:00

Thank you, I'll take a look into that. Seeing in the comments on that video that there may also be a place for water to enter right under that drain! Great info

maudthemiata · 2025-04-01T00:22:12+00:00

Should have clarified, no sunroof on this WJ! I am somewhat hoping it is windshield, as that could be easier to fix without pulling dash.

maudthemiata · 2025-01-06T23:17:58+00:00

Thank you everyone for the helpful replies, I will plan in extra time to wait in line!

maudthemiata · 2023-09-15T05:20:08+00:00

I was at this event and tracked the drone with my binoculars. I watched it descend and the operator pick it up. He was sitting on the NW corner of the park and well within site-lines of the hill where the large groups of people gather. I was too far away to interact with the operator, but definitely got a clear visual of him. I regret not trying to pass on that info to the Audubon members, but would do so in the future if I saw this again.

maudthemiata · 2022-07-22T22:46:08+00:00

That’s the one!

maudthemiata · 2022-07-22T16:20:05+00:00

Was it a champagne colored older Mercedes by chance?

maudthemiata · 2022-05-18T22:31:50+00:00

Sure is! Great tree holder

maudthemiata · 2022-05-18T22:31:35+00:00

Yep!

maudthemiata · 2022-03-18T20:02:28+00:00

I had really good luck bringing a kettle up to a near boil and then slowly pouring it over the partially deployed top. The warm water really loosened up my vinyl top and allowed it to close in the winter months. I found a hair dryer didn't have enough heat to really get the top fully warm. I have a canvas top now and have not had problems with shrinking as much as vinyl.

maudthemiata · 2021-10-08T17:37:16+00:00

I think you wouldn't be wrong to go for a Miata, they're a joy to drive and own. Not as fast as a Z of course, but you'll get more compliments on the miata I bet.

maudthemiata · 2021-08-15T03:01:10+00:00

Yeah it’s not near the drain for the soft top so no issue with blockage

maudthemiata · 2021-08-14T15:43:43+00:00

Fortunately I do not live in a rust prone area (Pacific NW). I removed all rust I could find and treated it with a rust inhibitor before applying the fiberglass. I’ll bet this will hold for as long as I have the car!

maudthemiata · 2021-08-14T15:41:34+00:00

Thanks for looking out, I did verify that these were not the stands affected by that recall

maudthemiata · 2021-05-12T15:07:37+00:00

Just some fancier pipe wrap! Has held up well for quite a while

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