i have wet feet !lol

[Jam TVR]

I have just purchased a cerbera on the weekend and thought i had a water leak, but yeaterday the heater stoped working, could the heater matrix of broken? and cause water in the cabin. is it an easy replacement and what is it off, fiesta ect..

any help would be great plz as its my first tvr i dont know much about them.
thanks.

[southendpier]

wet feet more likely to be a leak from the front round the pedals and where the various pipes and cables enter the GRP. Pull up the carpets and romve as much insulation as you can, behind the pedals you should see where water comes in if it's that wet, if you can't see then get a friend to dump water on the car, you should see tell tale drips coming in.

Then it's a question of sealing it all up, which i think is easiest from the front wheel arch - remove wheel.

Also there is a black drain plug under the drivers seat, just check and see that hasn't come loose.

heater. dunno I'm afraid.

[Nefarious]

Heater box is in the passenger footwell, so unlikely to be the culpret.

[Jam TVR]

thanks very much guy's.
i will check it out tonight.
the back carpet is also wet so sounds like that plug.


is the heater easy to change and is it a ford or main stream part?

thanks again for your help.

[RA500]

I'm in the same boat as you, mine seems to have stopped now, it was coming in where the clutch master cyl cover is under the scuttle pannel. re-sealed with silicone and seems to be dry now

[m16kcy]

clutch master cylinder cover and around the break master cylinder resivor you need to take the panel in front of the windscreen off that is where mine was leaking i cleaned both areas really well and used windscreen glue to seal them its messy stuff to work with but way better than silicon that was 2 years ago and i've never had wet feet since!

[SimonKD]

Hi James

A list of water ingress points on the front offside on the Cerb.

1. The grommets which the throttle cable, water temperature capillary tube brake servo hose pass through
2. Clutch master cylinder cover
3. Pedal box securing bolts
4. Brake master cylinder reservoir
5. Bolts securing bonnet stay rod bracket
6. Oil pipe union
7. Scuttle panel securing riv-nut
8. Brake block mounted on toe board
9. Grommets in floor pan
10. Bonnet release shaft
11. Windscreen
12. Bolts securing bonnet lock bracket
13. Door seals
14. Steering column bearing
15. Indicator side repeater

and as for the rear nearside & offside

1. Seat belt securing bolts
2. Door seals
3. Grommets in floorpan
4. Rear screen

ps Is the passenger footwell also wet?

Happy Hunting
Simon

Edited by SimonKD on Tuesday 8th January 07:17

[Jam TVR]

thanks for that. there are quite a few areas to look at then.

at the moment my heaters do not work, when i turn the hot fan up i cant hear any diference and it is not blowing. i hav checked the fuse and all seems ok. is this a comon fault?

sorry for all the questions guys. im on a learning curve!ha.

[mxi933]

Jam TVR said:

thanks for that. there are quite a few areas to look at then.

at the moment my heaters do not work, when i turn the hot fan up i cant hear any diference and it is not blowing. i hav checked the fuse and all seems ok. is this a comon fault?

sorry for all the questions guys. im on a learning curve!ha.

listen for the heater without the engine running. Mines so pathetic it can only be heard when the engines off.

[Jam TVR]

when i first got the car the heaters wernt to bad to be honest.
problem is now tho with the damp in the car and no heaters the windows are misting over and i cant see a thing.

[SmokinV8]

Jam TVR said:

I have just purchased a cerbera on the weekend and thought i had a water leak, but yeaterday the heater stoped working, could the heater matrix of broken? and cause water in the cabin. is it an easy replacement and what is it off, fiesta ect..

any help would be great plz as its my first tvr i dont know much about them.
thanks.

Welcome to the world of cerbera ownership, wet feet are a common problem in mine too. I really must go over everything again with sealant or buy some wellies!

[RUSSELLM]

Jam TVR said:

when i first got the car the heaters wernt to bad to be honest.
problem is now tho with the damp in the car and no heaters the windows are misting over and i cant see a thing.

Might be worth checking the heater control box.

Mine came back from a service once, not working, and I think they must have disturbed the cable when they plugged it in to the ECU.

That said, I opened the panel on the passenger side, and the heater box fell on the floor with no cables in at all. I seem to remember putting the ribbon in back to front, and the hot air/cold air/air con light/heated rear screen light, started doing some really weird things

[Jam TVR]

that makes some sence as i have been removing the trim to dry it out!ha. so i may of disturbed it then.
i plan on spending this weekend sortin out the problems.
no fan works at the moment.

[cerbieboy]

have you checked the fuse

[Jam TVR]

yes i checked the fuse first, i think like RUSSELLM said i mite of disturbed it when rooting round for my water leak.

it is booked in tomorow to be set up as it isnt running perfect so i will hav a look then, thanks very much guys

[cerbieboy]

i knew you would have.......

[FarmyardPants]

Don't forget you have to press the fan dials (they're buttons as well as potentiometers). Just in case you didn't know

[Jam TVR]

FarmyardPants said:

Don't forget you have to press the fan dials (they're buttons as well as potentiometers). Just in case you didn't know

well i do feel like a prat, i didnt know! oops, and they are working fine now. it is my first tvr so bare with me!ha.

[FarmyardPants]

Jam TVR said:

FarmyardPants said:

Don't forget you have to press the fan dials (they're buttons as well as potentiometers). Just in case you didn't know

well i do feel like a prat, i didnt know! oops, and they are working fine now. it is my first tvr so bare with me!ha.

No worries. Not all problems with TVRs are costly to fix