>You have got your work cut out for yourself...

Yeah, isn't that the truth! I decided to cut the work by cutting the foam, though. As far as I can tell, removing it neatly requires disassembly of the car, reminiscent of the 240 heater fan. And if there is an easy way to remove the heater duct that lies on top of the foam, I couldn't figure it out! So now a square of sopping wet foam is leaning up close (but not too) to the woodstove.

Looks like water could seep from front to back, and considering how much was under the foam, just wicking through the carpet would probably explain the dampness in back.

It appears that the water was leaking in around the bottom of the fuse/relay box after getting around the foam seal around the wiper spindle. The car is usually parked on a slope under a birch tree, and there was a lot of glop (another technical term, pardon the jargon) built up around the wiper spindle. Maybe it was making a dam that kept the water from draining away from the spindle.

As far as I can tell, the only drain from UNDER the cowl is on the passenger side in front of the inlet air filter. That and the other two drains are all clear, so I suspect the problem happened when the car was tilted slightly to the driver's side. Even if it's level, any water there would probably go under the fuse box anyway.

I couldn't budge the left foot rest, finally just broke off :-(

So now the car is under a tarp until I can get the foam dry. Maybe add some Dynamat I have left over from another project since the foam is also falling apart. One of these days I really need to clear out the garage ....

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'96 850T and '83 244 DL both at about 200K, '97 850T5; gone but not forgotten '81 245 and '64 Amazon