Heya everyone, here's a quickie about my troubleshooting solving my newest funenjoyable challenge with the SS Blue Meanie: I noticed a LOT of rainwater making its way into front passenger floor and the rear driver's side floor. Probably also the rear passenger but there's too much crap there for me to bother to check. Anyways after some research on this board I checked out the vents and windshield, the later of which is definitely a cause as the rubber is really coming apart there. Also, a bit of water comes in thru the passenger wiper motor. So I'm going to silicone-seal the hell out of the windshield whenever it dries. The rear cargo-area window leaks as well, but i've siliconed that up pretty well and it seems like it's not so bad. So it's gotta just be the windshield, but here's my question -- how can i tell if it's the vents which are also leaking? I dumped water into the hood vent ("cowl vent," right?) and watched it drain out those little holes underneath the car, about four per side. No water is coming out of the round and curved rectangular plugs on the inside of the car, as Paul/Inga wrote they might do in a post a while back. A lot of leaves and crap came spilling out of the guts of the center dash when i started to remove the carpets, so maybe something is blocked, but if so where would the water spill from? I've searched the board and can't find out where the leaky culprit would be. Most likely it's just the windshield but I don't want to take this apart twice, just asking if anyone can gimme a place to look real quick.

Also, the white box-like structure behind the lower center dash (i think below the heater core) has this opening facing the front of the car, a hatch of a door with a screened area behind it. I guess this is the air intake for internal circulation? anyways lots of leaves coming out of here, despite the grill. No water tho. Can someone tell me what this is? Manuals aren't helping right now.

THANKS A LOT EVERYONE!!