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Brosky

Brosky

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I don't have all of the pics because they are on Allan's camera at the shop, but this is what I took tonight of the newly installed drain outlet on the inner fender shield.

These are easy to install and running a plastic hose from the main cowl drain over to here is easy enough. Well, if you have the fender off, that is. But, if you take off the tire and remove the panel, you can still reach quite a way back in there.
 

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I am having a hard time picturing how those work (or I guess from the pictures in the package I can't see where a tube would go), do you just hook the hose onto the backside and it drains out the open section on the fender baffle?

Also, did you get those online or locally, I thikn they were from a 60's mustang if I remember the previous post correctly. Since my fenders are off I think I will integrate those.
 
From your past photos I had NO idea how they would work.
The world is clear to me now Paul. Nice ,good work to your friends.
 
You know, I had the same types of thoughts re the pics. I figured it would
become more clear in time. Paul will likely post more pics, huh, Paul?
 
They are attached via a hose to the two (one on each side) drains shown in these pictures, that come out of the cowl and just drains inside the fender and out the bottom of the rocker.

We did POR15 everything inside before installing the fenders.
 

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OK, until I get Allan's camera, picture this.

Look at the pictures with the red inner fender wells. You can see the factory drain hoses coming through the cowl and stopping short at the top, where the water just drains freely inside the fender.

Now look at the middle picture of the right side of the car, which still has the inner fender wheel well panel mounted with the weatherstrip still attached. The new hose goes from the old hose, slightly down and across the inside red panel to the inner fender wheel well panel that fits at the back the wheel well, where this little drain now is located. The hose fits in a hole in the back of this rubber drain grommet and it makes a water proof sealed drain to allow the water to come out without sitting in between the fender and inside panels.

It's far enough above the tire spray pattern to avoid a direct hit, but Allan sealed it with silicone in the back and sprayed the front with undercoating, so nothing is coming in from this side.

You would have to drill three holes. Two for the mounting nibs and one for the hose. These drains have little nibs molded into them that allow them to be pushed into a hole and then they expand back out and self seal around the retaining holes, top and bottom. seal around it. I'll take the extra pack that I have apart tonight and take pictures of the parts front and back. You can see it in the picture of the package on it's side, bit it's hard to understand if you're not an old fart like me that remembers these things from the old days.

I got them at Mustangsplus.com for $5.95 per set.
 
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