Door drain holes

[Felicia]

Hi! I would like to share a recent experience. The front of my van flooded after the two drain holes at the bottom of the passenger door (hidden by the door seal) became completely blocked, and no longer drained water that accumulated inside the door.

The van was parked out-side, during recent heavy rains. The water leaked through a gap on the outside rubber of the window. It filled the bottom of the inside of the door, level with the bottom of the speaker cut-out. The water then ran into the van carpet area until it could hold no more water and found it's way back out

The interior has seen better days, the carpet & underlay is soaked, door trim warped, wiring loom wet, seat frame rusted.

Fortunately, it's just a car and all can be repaired; but the time & cost involved wouldnt have been necessary if the rubber was replaced & drain holes were poked through every now and then.

I am writting to encourage other enthusiasts to check the rubbers, and poke a piece of wire through these drain holes at regular intivals, and if your van is parked outside - do it RIGHT NOW! I would hate for anyone else to go through this messy experience.

Thanks for listening.

[jennie285]

bummer, this happened to our van before we restored her, we have sorted out all leaks thus far, but thankfully she lives in the garage, and the ute is now parked outside....hoping you are able to sort it out....:(

[wbute]

Yeah that is a trap. When I was keen and younger and washed my ute, when you opened the doors to do the interior they always sloshed with water. Quick poke with a screwdriver and away it ran. When you pull the trims off sometimes the inside of the door is full of broken glass, blocking the holes.

My wb had some sort of putty blocking the drain holes in the rear beaver panel. Seemed to be done in the factory. Assume it was to stop dust getting in there? I pulled it out to let it drain.

[playwme]

I go around all my Holdens once a month and clean out those drain holes. They block up pretty bloody easily.

[Dago]

Hmmm, quite familiar with flooded holdens :( Drove to work one morning with a high low tide scenario going on. Low tide when flat to the boards, Hight tide on the brakes.

[Rico]

Hmmm, quite familiar with flooded holdens :( Drove to work one morning with a high low tide scenario going on. Low tide when flat to the boards, Hight tide on the brakes.

Thats a pisser! I used tom get sprayed with water and mud in my old HZ ute...that was due tom thwe holes in tyhe floor pan!

[adam perth]

a holden ignition / door key is the perfect size to ream them out and keep the clear.