My firewall is leaking but not through the clutch cable...

[xp_wannabe]

Hey guys my 5 speed AU2 XR6 is leaking water from the firewall and onto the brake pedal...

Has anyone else had this problem and can you give me some tips on how to fix it?

Its coming from above a bracket that is spot welded to the right of the pedal box, the bracket holds some wiring with an orange plug, see the pics...



you can see the water dripping off the loom in this pic below:





Also what is up with my pedals, are everyone elses bent like mine? the pedal box seems very flimsy...



the clutch pedal is alot higher than my brake pedal too, should I try and adjust this out?

[Mr Hardware]

perhaps that avatar's not the best idea when asking for help

and lots of people have water in the footwell issues - in fact i think it's covered in the common AU faults sticky thread - otherwise there'd be threads and threads on this. a search might do you some good.

[sleeper393]

i'd be looking at where the rust is in the third pic, as that is above the black wire harness, looks to dripping from there to the wires below

[xp_wannabe]

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

perhaps that avatar's not the best idea when asking for help

and lots of people have water in the footwell issues - in fact i think it's covered in the common AU faults sticky thread - otherwise there'd be threads and threads on this. a search might do you some good.

haha sorry mate it was not meant to be taken so literally but I have fixed it now - I call it "sunshine and happiness"

that thread is 18 pages long, and I have done a search, seems most people's leak is from where the clutch cable enters the firewall, and there is a well documented fix for it (weld the crack and then reinforce)

mine is not coming from there though, mine is coming from the far right hand side of the firewall, it seems under the brake booster

[sleeper393]

nice calming avatar , lol , im thinking windscreen leak , then dripping onto that steel bracket , then onto the cables

[Mr Hardware]

LOL WUT

also

sikaflex everything

[xp_wannabe]

Originally Posted by sleeper393

nice calming avatar , lol , im thinking windscreen leak , then dripping onto that steel bracket , then onto the cables

thanks mate. I have had the windscreen checked and its not that. In the third last pic you can kind of make out a hole in the shadow above the loom with the water on it, that is where its coming from

[kenz]

pretty sure this is a fairly common problem in manual au's. I remember when I had mine I tryed on here to find out what it was and lots of people had the same problem with no solution

[CRAIGAU3220]

This will fix it.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...37&postcount=1

[my67xr]

Originally Posted by CRAIGAU3220

This will fix it.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...37&postcount=1

+1, very common problem with the spot welds cracking

[xp_wannabe]

Originally Posted by CRAIGAU3220

This will fix it.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...37&postcount=1

thanks very much, not sure how I missed that in my search...

[fourl6]

This was my exact problem... was causing the rear drivers footwell to fill up...

[kensim]

good post craig au i got the same problem

[Cadge]

Yeah i had the same problem as well... was like "no way, that wont fix my issue" when i saw that thread... was very humbled when it did...

[cedric]

fixed mine too

[jdrooke14]

found it when wasing the falcon.....and after a huge smashing of rain filled up the rear footwell......this works great and happy to have a fix!