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Hi Alan.
In September 2015 I replied to your post, saying:
"OK, let’s start a fight.
My S won’t be living outside until I’ve solved the problem, neglected by all those wonderful TVR engineers, of control of the rainwater which comes off the windscreen when parked, and off the back of the bonnet while travelling.
What they decided to do was to dump it all over the brake servo, the steering column UJ and the roadcrap that has already collected around the front outrigger, making totally sure that they live in a permanently moist environment.
Have any of you ever had any problems with these three components?
Look at any other post-war car. Look at a 1930’s MG Midget. Look, even, at the fairly adequate attempt that TVR made to protect your precious belongings in the boot from the rain. But not your precious belongings on the front of the firewall. Oh no.
Does anybody wonder why the UJ and servo live a long and happy life in the cars they were designed for, to the extent that we can use them for second-hand spares? Because they live in the warm and dry, that’s why.
No. my car will be a garage queen until I’ve found a way around that one."
I won't take back a single word!
But here's the fiendish plan:
The other side is much the same: carefully-shaped PVC angle section, non-setting mastic, stainless self-tappers, silicone tube down to behind/below the wheelarch liner.
On test with a watering can, it stops most of the water running over the footwell. But I haven't done a proper wet driving test.
In September 2015 I replied to your post, saying:
"OK, let’s start a fight.
My S won’t be living outside until I’ve solved the problem, neglected by all those wonderful TVR engineers, of control of the rainwater which comes off the windscreen when parked, and off the back of the bonnet while travelling.
What they decided to do was to dump it all over the brake servo, the steering column UJ and the roadcrap that has already collected around the front outrigger, making totally sure that they live in a permanently moist environment.
Have any of you ever had any problems with these three components?
Look at any other post-war car. Look at a 1930’s MG Midget. Look, even, at the fairly adequate attempt that TVR made to protect your precious belongings in the boot from the rain. But not your precious belongings on the front of the firewall. Oh no.
Does anybody wonder why the UJ and servo live a long and happy life in the cars they were designed for, to the extent that we can use them for second-hand spares? Because they live in the warm and dry, that’s why.
No. my car will be a garage queen until I’ve found a way around that one."
I won't take back a single word!
But here's the fiendish plan:
The other side is much the same: carefully-shaped PVC angle section, non-setting mastic, stainless self-tappers, silicone tube down to behind/below the wheelarch liner.
On test with a watering can, it stops most of the water running over the footwell. But I haven't done a proper wet driving test.
Alan Whitaker said:
So does yours still run off onto the top where the brake valve is ?
Yep. gotta go somewhere 
A common leak is water is running down there, then in where the throttle cable comes through.
Water also pools on the wiper spindles, left hand in particular, and even if it doesn't leak into the car it rots the spindle housing away nicely !
Edited by phillpot on Sunday 24th February 19:17
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