clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Rachel_Gee » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:59 pm

will have to give this ago v v soon, might borrow the air compressor from work :)
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby DreSol » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:41 pm

Done this on mine today thanks to the help of this thread! Thanks guys!!

Now just to clue these broke clips back on :roll: :lol:
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby johnrnugent » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:33 pm

going to try this on mine as mine has started to leak GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... :lol: :lol: :shock: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the How To.... :D
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Paulm » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:50 pm

The only advice I can give is take the sail panels off slowly, as the clips break easily! Once they are off you can be rather liberal with silicon :lol:
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby johnrnugent » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:17 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Silicone.... :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Gerry » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:57 pm

Hey I'm pretty sure this is whats up with my boot.
The thing is I dont have access to a Air compressor or a Power hose I stay up a flat so no garden hose either lol.

so it may be that old skool way (what is the thing used to push dirt down?)

What other ways would there be to go about this?
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Paulm » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:01 am

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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby sol'd out » Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:21 am

Aquarium tubing cleaning brush - basically a small plastic brush on a length of plastic coated wire (the same stuff you hang net curtains on). Works a treat! :D
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby lxstuart » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:50 am

Another method you could try, is working from the bottom.
Sometimes the blockage is at the bottom of the tube, in the small rubber nozzle.
You'll need to remove the side skirts to get to them (undo the screws along the bottom, and bash the skirt towards the front. It should then just fall off) and poke a pipe cleaner or similar up.
If that clears the blockage, flush a couple of bottles of water through it to get rid of any other bits of debris.

If the drains are clear, water shouldn't get as far as the sail panel clips.

If the blockage is further up, this wont help at all, and if like mine there is a kink in the hose, your only choice will be to take of the sail panels, possibly some of the interior too.
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby scm924s » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:15 pm

Decided my drain tubes were blocked, tried springy wire thing up from underneath, no go, air line underneath, no go, bit the bullet and took saill panels off. Not as easy as sounds, both screw covers to high level light broke, top trim panel wouldn't come off, centre fixing wouldn't let go, but managed to twiddle it clear, and sail panel fixings broke off in most cases :x

Used hose pressure to blow clear and hopefully now OK. not as easy as posted!
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Glovermx » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:31 pm

Can't say I had any problem doing mine?
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Donhumbostoni » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:48 am

i didnt have a problem with mine just time consuming and the amount of water that was in mine omg! it was at least half way up the rear window! smelt lovely though! :O
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby sol'd out » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:33 pm

I think it depends on whether it's been taken apart before. If it hasn't been done since the car was put together that's a long time for stuff to seize up. Once the panels have been off once it's much easier if you need to do it again (and not just because all the clips are broken! :wink: ).
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby Hornet85 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:35 pm

doing this tomorrow as iam instaling a set of carbon sail panels and brake light holder :) hops its as easy as it sounds :)
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Re: clear the rear drains (under the sail panels)

Postby crazyasswhiteboi » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:53 pm

Got my sail panel off today and mine was truely blocked you cant see the hole lol ! Broke two clips just on this side, tomorrow il break some more on the other side, now somehow i need to unblock it however my dad wont let me use his air compressor so my next option is to get a pipe cleaner or something along those lines... did u guys just glue the clips back on...the surrounding white of the clip has stayed there so il leave that.
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