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Cleaning top well water drains

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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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These cars have 4 hockey puck size drains in the top well, two in the back:

and two almost hidden ones in the front:

I tried cleaning the front drain by sticking an old speedometer cable into it but it would only go down a few inches without clearing the clog. I had to go in from the bottom which really opened the drain:

You have to remove the fender liner which means you first have to remove the rear wheel but it was no big deal, less than 30 minutes to complete each side. I also used a blow gun from the bottom as a last touch.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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Are your rotors worn?? It looks like you have quite a lip on the outer rim..............
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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I have a lot more pressing issues to deal with on this car. The transmission is in limp home mode so it's real fun taking off from stop lights, the top goes down but only goes up half the way or sometimes none at all so I've gotten real good at manually raising it with a power screwdriver, and the ABS and TRAC lights are on so I've sent the module off to be rebuilt. As long as the car stops the rotors are fine for me at this point.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Wow!!! Agreed!
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I have a lot more pressing issues to deal with on this car. The transmission is in limp home mode so it's real fun taking off from stop lights, the top goes down but only goes up half the way or sometimes none at all so I've gotten real good at manually raising it with a power screwdriver, and the ABS and TRAC lights are on so I've sent the module off to be rebuilt. As long as the car stops the rotors are fine for me at this point.
 
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