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The cab vents behind the rear passenger seats. After a year of water pooling under my rear seats i finally stumbled across a thread that mentioned these vents. I had no idea they were there. But sure enough, i found the source of the leaks.
You can verify this without disassembly by feeling for water logged material just below the vents. Pic below shows where you can feel the expansion. Just reach beneath the seats.
This picture actually shows it
If youve already done the back seat mod, this will be a breeze but if not, you have to remove the seats like i did. While they were out, i went ahead and did the mod.
To fix the seal, i dont know if there is a preferred method, but i went ahead and used RTV between the ribbed seal on the vent.
A better shot of vent placement
I did alot of searching over a period of 2-3 months about pooling water but only the 3BL and window seals were mentioned as the fix. I found the vent thread completely by accident. It may be a less common culprit to the pooling but i feel it merits a mention for all future threads.
Anyway, thanks for looking
You can verify this without disassembly by feeling for water logged material just below the vents. Pic below shows where you can feel the expansion. Just reach beneath the seats.
This picture actually shows it
If youve already done the back seat mod, this will be a breeze but if not, you have to remove the seats like i did. While they were out, i went ahead and did the mod.
To fix the seal, i dont know if there is a preferred method, but i went ahead and used RTV between the ribbed seal on the vent.
A better shot of vent placement
I did alot of searching over a period of 2-3 months about pooling water but only the 3BL and window seals were mentioned as the fix. I found the vent thread completely by accident. It may be a less common culprit to the pooling but i feel it merits a mention for all future threads.
Anyway, thanks for looking