Britcyclerider

Britcyclerider

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Whilst addressing some slight corrosion on my 1989 90s bulkhead, I thought I had better check the A-post drain holes. At first I couldn't find them- they were completely obscured by mud. A few pokes with a screwdriver found them but to my horror they both had an inch or two of mud in them. All removed now and I'm going to enlarge the holes.

Lesson learnt- check them regularly. I'm sure many of you already do this, but just in case you didn't know .......

I would also do similar with my doors if the frames didn't already have huge holes in them!
 
Cheers, I am spending the afternoon working on my 1987 90 so I will check! It's all new to me so thanks for the heads up :)
 
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Drill them out to at least 1/2 inch, Iirc I mad mine 9/16 as that was the biggest drill I had at the time!
 
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Didn’t know there were any down there! Will have a butcher’s tomorrow, I’ve got nasty chequer plate along the sill, so maybe they’re being covered.
 
Take a peek underneath directly below the A-post (situated between wing and door). On mine there's a single hole about 5 mm.
 
Most motors A pillars will be full of either mud or rust flakes!
They are hard to see, chequer plate makes no difference.
 
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