Got to school yesterday and noticed my passenger side rubber floor mat looked a bit wet, so I lifted it up and loan behold my carpet was soaked. I grabbed some paper towels and soaked it up a bit while I was at school and hurried home and pulled some of the carpet up and stuck a dehumidifier in the passenger seat overnight. Just went out and checked it and it has dried the carpet but that insulation is still a bit wet. Anyone know any cool tricks to drying a carpet in a truck? Tried taking the passenger seat out but found out its spot welded to everything else and didnt feel like taking it all out because of the mess and it was late. Anything helps, thanks!

 

EDIT: I have 0 clue what caused it, just checked the AC drain and it wasnt clogged so I checked the weather stripping and it isnt torn up or anything, so any incite on that would be very much appreciated. Thanks again!

Edited September 13, 20186 yr by TheGreatWhite

Just now, TheGreatWhite said:

I meant with the front seats and console, mine seem to be spot welded together. Did you use dry ice to get rid of the sound deadening material?

I can't remember now, I think one seat came out with center console and the other by it self. Had some pictures someplace but can't find them now

5 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

I can't remember now, I think one seat came out with center console and the other by it self. Had some pictures someplace but can't find them now

Might have to do that. Thanks!

I just bought this & glued it onto mine with some "Shoe Goo".  Amazon has them for WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY cheaper than Orilies....

 

I like that its not a 90* so you can aim it, so that it does not drip in the inner fender well....

 

Bob

 

My cab marker lites leaked a couple times before I figured it out. Water ran down inside the window /door pillar. It wasn't enough to soak the carpet though. I put small O rings on each screw head and that stopped it.

 

Another time I did soak my carpet while rinsing out the evaporator inside the HVAC plenum with the blower motor pulled. My water run out tarp shifted and got the carpet soaked. By removing the door threshold I lifted the carpet and pad and slide old towels underneath and kept squishing water into the towels. Next I slide 1x2's under the carpet pad to create air space, leaving those 1x2s in there it took three weeks to completely dry but it did dry.

 

I like Dieselfutures way about getting things done

Edited September 14, 20186 yr by JAG1

On 9/14/2018 at 9:33 AM, JAG1 said:

My cab marker lites leaked a couple times before I figured it out. Water ran down inside the window /door pillar. It wasn't enough to soak the carpet though. I put small O rings on each screw head and that stopped it.

If mine was doing it wouldnt the headliner show wet spots or anything?

It might...water seeks it's own level.  Finding and drying out sometimes not easy as it sounds. Trapped water in carpet padding or wherever takes time depending on how much.  Dehumidifier and a fan helps alot.  I have couple of these that I use in rv's and few other places.  I look up my humidity level at my local airport and compare to my gauge, after gauge has been in 4 hours or more.  When numbers get close (within 5) of each other, rv or car or whatever is as dry possible.   Wifes sunroof leaked and took quite a while to get dried out.  

https://www.amazon.com/Xikar-832XI-Round-Digital-Hygrometer/dp/B004167OY4/ref=asc_df_B004167OY4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198061059251&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15982910390463949716&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9053013&hvtargid=pla-373712639447&psc=1

 

Humidity is interesting... right now my closet airport is 67% and inside my house is 51%. 

 

 

Edited September 15, 20186 yr by 015point9
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9 minutes ago, 015point9 said:

It might...water seeks it's own level.  Finding and drying out sometimes not easy as it sounds. Trapped water in carpet padding or wherever takes time depending on how much.  Dehumidifier and a fan helps alot.  I have couple of these that I use in rv's and few other places.  I look up my humidity level at my local airport and compare to my gauge, after gauge has been in 4 hours or more.  When numbers get close (within 5) of each other, rv or car or whatever is as dry possible.   Wifes sunroof leaked and took quite a while to get dried out.  

https://www.amazon.com/Xikar-832XI-Round-Digital-Hygrometer/dp/B004167OY4/ref=asc_df_B004167OY4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198061059251&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15982910390463949716&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9053013&hvtargid=pla-373712639447&psc=1

 

Humidity is interesting... right now my closet airport is 67% and inside my house is 51%. 

 

 

As of now it's been drying for around 3 days, minus the 5 hours I was at school yesterday, and it has mostly dried out. Once it is I'll start hunting the problem. Starting to lean more towards the water getting pushed back in to the drain.

If hard to determine if leak or not you could get a piece of paper and put a drop of food coloring on it.  And see if coloring runs because it gets wet after some time.  Maybe 2 days

 

When messing with my cab, lots of ways for moisture to get in.  Including vents on sliding back window.  Air getting pushed around with fan and dehumidifier, you'll get it out, but takes more time than you would think.  Especially in insulation.  

Edited September 15, 20186 yr by 015point9

In my case the cab lites didn't leak enough to show water in the headliner. The headliner made it all drain toward the pillar and only saw a water trail after raining.

 

My carpet got soaked from cleaning the evaporator thru where the blower motor was removed using a garden hose. A couple afternoons I had to use the wifes hair dryer to help it along. Took three weeks all toll.

Edited September 16, 20186 yr by JAG1

1 hour ago, JAG1 said:

In my case the cab lites didn't leak enough to show water in the headliner. The headliner made it all drain toward the pillar and only saw a water trail after raining.

 

My carpet got soaked from cleaning the evaporator thru where the blower motor was removed using a garden hose. A couple afternoons I had to use the wifes hair dryer to help it along. Took three weeks all toll.

I've gotten at least I'd have to guess 5 gallons out of mine so far. Haven't checked today's haul but I think I've almost got it all dry. Like I said I think its from the evaporator run off since the water was all the way up into that rubberish padding on the slope up to the firewall.

Wow that is a lot. I hope you get it dry before it begins to mold. I think the carpet padding has a definite characteristic of not wanting to dry very fast. That's why I slide 1x2s under the padding to get some air under there. I guess it is possible to put a shop vac hose under there and let it run all night to keep the air moving. 

 

On my old first gen had a water problem, tore out all the carpet and pad. I used the heavy torch down rubber roofing for sound deadening and then bought the factory matt to go on top. It was nice having a work rig without carpet. I even drilled holes in the floor pans for drainage 

Edited September 16, 20186 yr by JAG1

1 hour ago, JAG1 said:

I used the heavy torch down rubber roofing for sound deadening

 

We use membrane roofing that heat welds together and a torch down asphalt roofing. Not familiar with torch down rubber. Can you enlighten me?

27 minutes ago, dripley said:

 

We use membrane roofing that heat welds together and a torch down asphalt roofing. Not familiar with torch down rubber. Can you enlighten me?

Its the same same Dave. Calling it rubber torch down started years ago out here. I forget that it just simply called torch down membrane now.

52 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

Its the same same Dave. Calling it rubber torch down started years ago out here. I forget that it just simply called torch down membrane now.

Figured it was the same thing. I have very little experience with rubber roofing. Only used it on couple buildings a long time ago.

 

Did it work for sound deadning? I take yu just layed on the floor pan or did you attach it?

8 minutes ago, dripley said:

Figured it was the same thing. I have very little experience with rubber roofing. Only used it on couple buildings a long time ago.

 

Did it work for sound deadning? I take yu just layed on the floor pan or did you attach it?

I heard the sound deadening material doesn't do much. Diesel Future said he took his out and it didnt make a difference. Might head down that road.

I have heard it both ways depending on what use. I am pulling my carpet one day to clean it and will put something in for sound deadning. We shall see.

4 minutes ago, dripley said:

I have heard it both ways depending on what use. I am pulling my carpet one day to clean it and will put something in for sound deadning. We shall see.

I will probably end up pulling mine since its pretty matted on the passenger side. I will probably scrape the sound deadening stuff out since there seems to be rust forming around the edges, and I'd like to stop that asap.

Sound must have been toned down a little I suppose. Can't really say for sure because I didn't drive it to hear it before I torched it down. Idea was to get some weight on the floor pans so it wouldn't act like a telegraph in a sense. It gave it some thickness before the factory matt.

 

One dealer wanted $279.00 and make a deposit. Other dealer wanted $179.00 just pay when it comes in. I liked those guys and always bought from them after that.

7 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

Idea was to get some weight on the floor pans so it wouldn't act like a telegraph in a sense

So they wouldn't flex and make noise or......?

34 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

Sound must have been toned down a little I suppose. Can't really say for sure because I didn't drive it to hear it before I torched it down

There is the confusing part for me is the torch down. I have used asphalt torch down where they take a torch and torch it down. The membrane roofing I am used to is heat welded at the seams with an electric heat gun and no torch. The part that is overlapped is mechanically attached to the roof deck. Same thing???