I ripped her apart to the next level! The headliner is out....

Found the passenger side rear hose completely disconnected.

Driver'* rear was plugged.

Driver'* side front was a disaster.... The drain hose ('scuse me....WIRE LOOM ) was rotted. It was cracked at the bend as the hose goes around the dash. When I put compressed air to it, water was flying all over. I cut the hose, and blew compressed air in the remaining portion of hose. Still was getting resistance. So, I removed the body cladding right behind the front wheel. Found it full of leaves. Tried again, still resistance. I then removed the fender well protector. When I opened that up, I literally got 4" of dirt, leaves, and debris out. Blew on it again, wide open! So, I went to the hardware store and bought a hose barb to mend the two pieces of WIRE LOOM back together. It'* as good as new now.

Passenger front drain hose - wide open, no restrictions.

It'* no wonder where all the water was coming from.

I still can't get over the fact that GM used WIRE LOOM for the front drain lines. Just stupid.

hey, this sounds so familiar... probably bc i am having the same problem anyways the silicone that i am using to remedy the situation is not working out very well... where can i get NEW ( Model specific) weather stripping to re-do the doors?

I wish I could blame my water problems on a sunroof, seems so much easier than trying to find other places the water could be comming from.

I had the issue with the loom from my sunroof, ended up running rubber fuel line of all the sunroof drains, something to look into

Don't buy an entire new weather stripping. Instead, get a chunk of weather stripping from a junkyard.

Remove the old weather stripping and clean all the surfaces.

Dry fit the weather stripping back in the door opening. Tuck it tight in all the corners. Leave the gap at the bottom. Install a piece of weather stripping from the junkyard strip to take up that gap.

Glue it all in place with 3M adhesive.

Here are some from a different issue I had...
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...719&highlight=

Wow. Mine still looks like new. And, each buss only has three wires going into it. That surprises me that you have so many given you have an SE and I have the SSEi.

As for the sunroof drains, mine were disconnected in the driver'* rear as well. And I always recommend that anyone with a sunroof remove the inner plastic piece from the fender and clean it out. It is a design flaw that traps dirt and stuff there and could pre-maturely lead to rust in that area. Found an SSE in the Junkyard that looked real nice outside then when trying to remove the fender I found 5-6 inches of dirt and no corner on the unibody. I think this one has previous issue of contact to the area (accident that wasn't repaired properly) which contributed to it going so fast, but would be a good bit of preventative mauntenance for those who have it currently.

How did you get the headliner out? I know it fits out the rear door, but you mess up the edges if you don't have 4-5 people and are not careful. Removing the front door and seats is the service manual recommended way.

As mentioned, the drain hoses were a disaster. I have that cleared up now.

Tonight I installed the weather stripping, and added the weather stripping pieces to take up the gaps. I used the Permatex Weather Stripping Adhesive. That stuff is SOOOOO goooey! It should hold very well.

As for the headliner... I removed it by myself, out of the passenger rear door. It'* not as tight of a fit as one might think. In my best estimates, it'* about 1.5" too wide to get out the door. Since the edges of mine were already water damaged and flimsy, I didn't do any more damage to it by taking it out by myself, out the rear passenger door. If it were a brand new car, I would definitely remove the door to preserve the headliner as best as possible.

Keep in mind, my interior is GUTTED. I'm sure that was a huge difference when removing the headliner.

Don, is it easy to get to the driver'* door hinges to plug the areas that are known for leakage?