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Old 06-26-2015, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by neiasden
i cant even imagine a game plan for that, a hose adapter ? lol
You're in Oklahoma -- surely you can find a redneck engineer around there somewhere.
 
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Originally Posted by neiasden
i cant even imagine a game plan for that, a hose adapter

And some 3/8" rubber hose.
No imagination needed.
 
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Get a small funnel, Put a small hose(one that will fit in the hole)on the end and the shop vac hose on the other end. I bit redneck but it will work.
 
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Happens constantly in the south. Pine needless would be the biggest culprit. It's on the passenger floor when it backs up. I had this problem constantly with a Grand Cherokee I had. If you pull back carpet from the top of passenger side to bare metal you'd see a small hole, this where water backs up to. A flexible wire would push all kinds of sludge and broken down pine needles out the bottom. Then I'd flush with clean water from the top.

Usually had to do it once every year or two...
 
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awesome, i will try, lol
 
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by pin hole, how big is that, a hanger size, paper clip ?, i am a complete idiot and disabled a little as well, so simple to you guys is rocket science to me.i pulled the carpet and there was a rubber mat, so i stopped, lol. would this hole be up high, or down low ? thank you guys so much, you are all so helpful..
 
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Old 06-30-2015, 02:23 PM
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as unreg. user, pointed out, i am in oklahome with oakie thinking, lol the 1/2 hose was the first thing i tried, i think its still getting wet, it was dried, after two days of using ac it seems to be damp, not easy to tell yet, but anyway, the 1/2 hose was too snug, but i did use my oklahoma creativity and cut a garden hose, fits great, will that work, its snug but not tight, will stay on maybe a clamp, if it even works but i was thinking , can i just run water into it ? will that be the same as air, will it hurt anything ? thanks
 
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hey spillage, i pulled the carpet up, there was a rubber mat, i watched for awhile and saw water drippin on top of the rubber matt, it looked like it was coming from a black plastic thing, about maybe 3" round and sticking out about a 1/4" not much, i have no idea, lol
 
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This is where the drain goes through the firewall... the gasket between this and the firewall deteriorates, and allows the condensate dripping on the outside to run back inside under the carpet and onto the floor pan.

 


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