Water coming out the floor vents

Of course, the imminent rain and gusty winds made it so I was unable to complete the repair. I did get most of the sealant scraped off and wiped down with lacquer thinner that my wife so graciously rushed out to get for me.
As a stop gap fix until tomorrow when the rain passes I applied 3M strip-calk to the area covered by the sealer. I also discovered some in the HVAC housing between the heater core and blend air doors that had become dry/loose. I cleaned that up and applied more strip-calk to that as well, as that was what was there before. It rained for the rest of the afternoon/evening. Went out to check it now and it is still dry with my half done repair.
I'll be finishing it as originally instructed by Tedy in the AM.
Thank you SO much!
I only wish I could supply you with Olds interior parts for your troubles.

 

Glad to here it worked well for ya

 

That grey strip-caulk stuff often does a good job. I've used it to seal small holes in firewalls and other places. Even to seal around wires when I didn't have grommets.

 

I can't believe I'm saying this... ( )....but Cat does have a good point. If you do it rite with the stip caulk, it should last years.....Norm trained me, I believe in over kill eveything

The only thing I don't like about the strip caulk is the thickness = build up, you can over titen a screw and press it out and then shortly down the road a leak cn develope....but if your careful, it should last years....

 

Agreed. I bought it years ago to repair my wife's leaky Buick she had at the time. Of course I got it all over my hands while doing the repair yesterday and lacquer thinner wasn't even having much of an effect removing it. Tough stuff.
I also have some 3M Brushable Seam-Seal and a tube of Autobody Sealant. It definitely looks like it has urethane/neoprene on there now so I am going to redo it when the weather permits, as I was unsure of the long term longevity of the strip calk. It did hold up since yesterday, nice and dry now, just checked it.
As far as over tightening the screws, I had a few screw holes strip out when I went to reinstall the screen I probably will install some slightly larger OD screws rather than using JB weld to repair the holes to original ID. What are your thoughts?

 

Over size screws, Yes....JB....NO

 

Ok- I liked the larger screw idea better myself.

 

Just my ... do with a course, not fine thread if your uping the diamiter os the screw, and go with a point rather than a self tapper.

Course thread bites hard and kinda leaves a tread in the metal where as fine tread just doesn't grab as much and a tex/self tapper to me is a use once only aplication, if you take it out,,,,, well they never grab rite again.