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Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #15 –
Quote from: EricCoolCats;402015
You know what's awesome?

(What's that, Eric?)

Being able to buy new headlights for my car, at any time I wish. :P


:bowdown:
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #16 –
Quote from: EricCoolCats;402003
No, it's just that T-Birds have a different way to attach the structure at those points. You have other problems due to the rear window slope (rusting at the bottom corners of the window trim, for starters) so each car had a unique solution.

My first '84 was 3 years old in 1987 and I remember getting a few drips in the trunk underneath those seams. The service manager at the Ford dealership recommended the undercoating trick and that solved the issue completely. The car was never wrecked either, so there was nothing to break the seam. It was likely just the original body seam sealer that shrank from temperature cycles.

 
In all honesty I think the 87-88 T-birds are the only ones that have no water leakage issue with the trunk. The 87-88 lack the lip that rusts on the 83-86 T-birds. I've yet to see rot around the trunk seal area on an 87-88 T-bird. I've actualy never seen it on an 87-88 Cougar either.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #17 –
My trunk always seems to be damp, so it's not just a Cougar problem. Even when it's not raining, the cloth...cardboard...stuff seems to be damp to the touch. I'll have to take off the weatherstripping sometime and try to stop it from leaking. You guys don't want to see what the trunk sheet metal looks like underneath....it's bad.
2002 Honda Civic EX

1984 Ford Thunderbird Elan
5.0 CFI, T5, Dual Exhaust

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #18 –
I'm just messing with you, Seek. ;)
But it IS nice to buy off-the-shelf headlights at any parts store...heh.

The 1987-88 cars (both) do seem to be better with the trunk seams than the earlier cars. It's not just your imagination.
But I have had leakage issues on some of my old '88s. On one of them, I had to pull the body plug under the side spare tire well to let out all the water. Trunk leaked right at that seam seal. Silicone made it much better. I also got condensation under the trunk lid and the cardboard liner with that much moisture in the trunk. Eventually it stopped after the sealing.

It's a  shoot...flip a coin. You'll be lucky or you won't LOL.

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #19 –
Quote from: daminc;401987
How will you wash it then?.... ;)


I don't. Keep it waxed + California duster = good to go lol
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #20 –
lol...I got one too...They're awesome
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #21 –
still dry as a pop corn fart!

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #22 –
update several months later,,
trunk is still dry so i am marking this as solved.

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #23 –
I was reading this and discovered that I had water in my trunk in the hole where the spare tire is.


any ideas I don't see a trace of water anywhere

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #24 –
mix water with baking soda, pour it on then wait for a while.
look for the white trail and where is sources from.

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #25 –
good idea!

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #26 –
It's amazing that despite how "advanced" these cars were in design and features for their day...how archaic the manufacturing process still was. It makes me wonder if much has changed since then. Surely it depends on the manufacturer...maybe the luxury marque buyers really do have it better in that sense. I feel like I never see early 90s or even early '80s Mercedes Benz's or BMWs with any significant openly visible rust.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #27 –
I was shocked when I saw all the water in the trunk

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #28 –
Teal, there should be a drain hole at the bottom of that spare tire well.  If its plugged up, unplug it and leave it unplugged.  That's a lot of water!
1990 Mark VII LSC
1990 Mark VII LSC SE
1969 Cougar 351W

Ever get water in your trunk for no reason SOLVED

Reply #29 –
thanks ill check that out

Quote from: Davemutt;422923
Teal, there should be a drain hole at the bottom of that spare tire well.  If its plugged up, unplug it and leave it unplugged.  That's a lot of water!