I found the leak points.

[ew1usnr]

I followed Chuck Beason's advice on how to fix the leaks and removed the upper left corner trim of the windshield. It was kind of a pain to remove. I removed two screws on the back side and the levered up from the trailing side (back side) and then wiggled and pushed it forward and up.
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It was kind of globby looking behind there. There were at least three holes in the caulking that were immediately visible. See in the center of the photo. The shiny black caulk in the upper right of the photo is what I added maybe six months back where I squirted it in from above the trim in a well meaning but misguided and failed attempt to stop the leak.
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This angle shows a couple of holes that are the biggest. This is probably the area where the leaks have been coming from:
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Here is a close up of the big hole:
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From this angle you can see two big holes:
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I will clean it off, seal the holes with fresh caulk, and re-attach the corner trim piece. I hope that the trim is not too much of a devil to put back in place. Then I will repeat the process on the other side.

[pbrown]

How old is the windshield seal? You might consider pulling the glass and cleaning all the sealant off all the way around. There may be more to this than you can see right now.

[ew1usnr]

How old is the windshield seal? You might consider pulling the glass and cleaning all the sealant off all the way around. There may be more to this than you can see right now.

Hello, Pat.

The previous owner had replaced the headliner, and that requires the removal of the windshield and back window. I am pretty sure that both the windshield and back window gaskets were replaced at that time. I can press my thumb nail into the rubber of the windshield gasket, which indicates that it is not old and hard, There are no visible cracks in either the windshield or back window gasket.

I pumped silicone caulk into the big hole on the left side until it came out on the other side:
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I took off the right side trim and saw two holes at the corner of the windshield gasket, top and bottom.
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I pumped silicone caulk into the lower hole on the right side until it came out the hole on top.
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Then I re-installed the trim on the left. I pushed it onto the bottom, them pushed it onto the top windshield trim, and then onto the drip rail and secured it with the two screws:
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Then I re-attached the right trim:
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Yea! I will wash the car tomorrow and see if this corrected the leaks.

I am doing my happy dance:

[ew1usnr]

Yea! I will wash the car tomorrow and see if this corrected the leaks.

I did my happy dance too soon. Water still leaked around the doors when I washed the car.

I took the top corner windshield trim pieces off again today and ran a bead of silicone caulk horizontal all the way across the top of the left and right windshield posts. The idea is that if I can stop water from running down the posts behind the outside trim then it will not run into the car from behind the door gaskets.

More caulk on left side:
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Trim re-attached. I will push on the trim pieces some tomorrow to get the raised ridge in the middle to line up better. I didn't notice that it was off until I looked at this picture.
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More caulk on right side:
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Trim back on:
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It rained all day here today. I did the left side in the garage but needed to back it out into the driveway to do the right side. I waited until 4:00 for the rain to stop and then backed into the driveway. It was not raining, but the trees were dripping on me. I was able to finish it quickly due to my now becoming rather practiced at this procedure.

I will spread out some newspapers on the floor the next time I wash the car (maybe tomorrow if it isn't raining) and see if the extra caulk has taken care of (or maybe reduced) the leak problem.

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