The bottom corners of my DS door are rusty so I did the water test... running a hose onto the upper window and door and watching where it went.

even after putting on updated window seal/scrapers (from a '92 in the salvage yard) water is still getting into the inner part of my door and draining out the drain holes in the bottom corners.

I imagine that a little bit of water will always get in there but as long as the holes aren't clogged the water should drain and allow the inner parts of the door to dry. Is this accurate or should I be finding some other leak and sealing it up?

thanks,

jack
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'86 245, 283,000 mi., '87 760T engine compartment burned to a crisp

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys,

I'll clean up the rust and make sure there's good drainage out of all of those holes.

I don't think any water is getting on my door panel but I'll check that out and get plastic on it like suggested.

jack
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'86 245, 283,000 mi., '87 760T engine compartment burned to a crisp

Naturally it's good to keep as much water from entering as is practical, but as you say, you can't stop all of it, so you have to make certain that the drainage out the bottom is unimpeded.

If you still have the door panel off, it might be worth while to take some measures to keep the door panel dry. The panels on my 81 were getting soaked and falling apart at the bottm.

I cleaned/killed the mold & mildew with tilex, after it dried I applied a healthy portion of spray paint to act as protectant/sealant whatever, and finally used spray adhesive to glue on a sheet of plastic (heavy duty trash bag cut open). It's been a couple years and it has held up well. The panel is still soft, but deteriotion has stoped.