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Rainwater on drivers's side floor 200 1989

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posted by  Sven's Maintainer on  Sat May 21 08:56 CST 2005
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If it's a wagon, check the rubber well-nuts that the roof rack is mounted to.

The flat rubber pieces below roof rack "feet" only protect the paint, they are not the seal. The screw goes into a "well nut" down in the hole, with it's larger end facing up - the larger end fits the coutout in the flat rubber piece. The visible threads in well-nut go down below. Tightening the screw expands the well-nut, which creates the seal, much like some wall-anchors biting into plaster or wallboard.

The well nuts are available in some hardware stores. Home Depot didn't have the right size, True Value did. Don't know about Lowe's. The screw thread is 1/4-20, it's not metric! Well-nut size is 1/4 S or S 1/4, you will see it on the existing old ones. That's what you must match.

Some Volvo dealers also have them, but usually at a higher price.






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