Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all,
I need your advice please.

I bought my Traveller in the summer.
The woodwork is approx. 5yrs old & sound.
I've done quite a lot of work on the car, inc. a new rear Headlining & new under felt.
Although covered when at home, I do drive it very regularly & in all weathers.

The rear passenger foot area is a squelchy paddling pool..!
The cab-roof T-rubber does not seat too well at the ends so I have used some sealant as I did not know that
the Headlinings need parting to fit a new T-rubber...I'll tackle that job if I really have too later.

My thought is that it is unreasonably wet in the car for a slightly dodgy T-rubber.
Even the box "cross section" under the rear seat has water in it that does not appear to have tracked in via the cab-roof join.

Is there some other known point of water ingress that I do not know of?
When I renewed the under felt, I plugged up all the unused holes in the floor pan with grommets.

My Traveller is proving fantastic fun & ultra reliable but this persistent problem is very frustrating!
Any advice will be gratefully received!

Andy.

Check your front door seals. Are they a good fit? They may be letting in water as you drive along.

Check how good the closure is on your rear side sliding windows (where they close to the B post wood).Another source of water ingress.

I had this problem and found that the T rubber on the roof was just too short. Using a sealant we "piped" from the gutters right across the roof to the other side poking the nozzle of the sealant tube under the rubber seal on both sides. This seems to have sorted out the problem.

Hope this helps.

Meantime - remove all the carpets until you trace the leak... The fact that the area under the rear seat is flooded suggests to me ingress around the rear wing areas...

Id remove any grommits you have fitted as well to help let the water out.

What condition are the seals on the sliding windows? the water may be coming in over the top or in the end of these. Open the front sliding window, remove the wooden seat belt capping and just were the window runners end is there any sealant? Try some in there at the end and see if it improves.

Get someone to wash over with a hose (not blasting at the car) while you sit inside and look for leaks.

Deffo the best advice is as above, take carpets out completely.

With them gone, you will see where the water comes in and your floors will not be subject to trapped water.

Leave them out forever, they do only bad in any old car.

Al

Fantastic advice folks, lots of really useful tips.
I will remove all carpets & then work my way thru
all the suggestions!
Thanks everyone, I'm now feeling like I can actually sort this problem!
Andy.

Make sure your drain holes are free and open. I have the same problem only to find my waist rail has no drain holes at all.

I had the same horrifying problem, and spent a good while removing the seats and carpets and drying everything. I found eventually, that the dum dum seal between the ash frame and the cab had shrunk. I loosened the ash, used black silicon and re tightened the frame to ensure a tight seal.
Phil

bmcecosse wrote:Get someone to wash over with a hose (not blasting at the car) while you sit inside and look for leaks.

bmcecosse wrote:Meantime - remove all the carpets until you trace the leak... The fact that the area under the rear seat is flooded suggests to me ingress around the rear wing areas...

The water leaks on my car were so bad I nearly got rid of it! The car had been leaking for the majority of the 28 years I'd owned it. BMC described exactly what I did. I picked up the back seat base and played a hose on the side of the car and it was pouring through and filling up the area under the back seat. The water was coming through between the wood and the aluminium panels. I carefully used Tiger Seal which is a product for automotive use. Don't be tempted to use bathroom type silicone.It's not leaked since and that was nearly 4 years ago. The other area is behind the capping rails on the inside (beneath the rear sliding windows). The other evidence of water leaks in this area is that the side interior trim starts to buckle and the material starts coming away. I would also suggest making sure the floor pan under the back seat box section has a couple of drain holes in it on each side and is protected with a decent soaking of Dinitrol or similar.

Phew..!

Another day spent on the Morris....

I have now done everything advised by you good folks -

Sealed the roof t-rubber & all the rear panel to wood runs with suitable gooey stuff. Also the gaps at the waist rail to up-posts.

Drilled out some waist rail/window runner drain holes, removed the grommets I'd put in the floor pan & drilled a couple of holes under the rear seat box section.

Checked all door seals are good.

Dried out the under felt.

If the blasted thing still leaks I think I might cry.....

They don't leak much in a garage or under a cover. After rain I open the door on the old Landy to let the water drain. It's too high to get into the garage!