Since I bought Percy a couple of years ago I've been plagued with damp carpets & sound deadening & had windscreen out & resealed twice trying to cure it without success. I decided it wasn't that much of a problem till about a 2 weeks ago, I parked next to a mini (classic) at work, we both came out & jumped into misted up cars, mini cleared first. Something had to be done!

I'd read several opinions about dash out sealing & windscreen sealing & decided to try everything again.

I took dash out & saw water marks on the sound deadening behind it where there had been a leak previously, but that was dry so guess the windscreen reseal cured that.

I took all the dash out (not as daunting as it sounds) and poke around without finding anywhere obvious that would leak. Having a ponder moment we took the wiper arms off & that long plastic trim under the wiper arms off. There are holes under there for the wiper arms & trim securing pegs for both left & right hand drive models. The left hand drive holes had no seals over them so we filled them will silicone/mastic & went of for a cuppa. Then put the trim back on & aimed a hose at him, after 10 minutes of

sitting inside (no carpets, underlay, seats etc) he was dry. I've put the dash etc back in and so far he is DRY :).

I found the hardest part of interior & dash in/out was putting a new power socket in where the cigarette lighter was & don't actually think taking the dash out was necessary.

hi mate... any tips about taking the dash out? Struggling to get hold of a manual at the minute...

Looks like ive got a leak on the drivers right hand side in the corner..

you also say not necessary to take dash out? How so?

Is the leak definately water?

Taking the dash out is easier than haynes make out but still a good days work.

If I were to do it again on another car I'd start with the plastic panel under the wipers followed by a windscreen reseal.

To get the dash out, you need the seats & centre console out. Take steering wheel off (look out for airbag). There are nuts on the engine side of the bulkhead behind the battery, heater & wipermotor (I think 6 or 8) these need to be undone. Then I think four bolts from under the dash & some screws behind the fascia (either side of light switches behind the blank, behind blank near fog light switch + I think another).

Disconnect headlight level switch then grab a friend to help you lift the windscreen side of the dash up & forward (remembering to disconnect all switches etc) you will also have to undo the bolts on the steering column to give you more clearance.

Then you see a mass of dust & sound deadening & bugger all sign of a leak!

Good luck with it, if I get to the haynes manual I will check on what bolts you undo & from where.