64 polara cowl clean out

[scvpolara]

Im trying to find out where the drains are for my cowl. Are there opening under the fenders? I know my kids early falcon has nice big drain openings there.

 

[moparmarks]

Center of firewall and pass side under fender. Can pull the rear splash shield to access it.

 

[64 Post]

On the pass side behind the fender. None on the driver's side. The cowl is kind of sloped toward the pass side. Running a garden hose through the pass side drain into the cowl usually does the trick.

What I've done in the past with really embedded crud is drill a hole in the driver's side cowl (behind the fender where it can't be seen) and flush the cowl with a pressure washer. I then used a plastic body plug in the hole.

 

[scvpolara]

thanks guys. I have the drivers side splash shield off from just fixing the door hinges. man what a pain doing the alignment with the fender on. Might as well pull them both off and clean them up and do the cowl at the same time.

 

[scvpolara]

Wow what a mess that was.after feeding my airline and blower thru the whole cowl. Now I know where the heater a/c ir inlet is. Now to clean all the leaves out from there.

 

[mrkinger]

I know on my 65 belvedere there is a cowl drain on the driver side ,on mine if you open the door and look inside the fender near the top,then a little to your right,on the cowl,there is a little dome ,that is the drain for the left side.i made sure i unplugged mine.im repairing my inner cowl with the dash out ,so thats how i found it.Hope i explaned it okay ,if not let me know and i will try again.LOL

 

[moparmarks]

Sorry but there is not a drain on the left side. The cowl plenum does not go over to the drivers side.

 

[mrkinger]

Mopar Mark,the 65 Belvedere must be a little different ,i wasnt sure, but this maybe info for anyone reading this thread and has a 1965

 

[moparmarks]

Nope, atleast not from the factory. Here is a 65 Belvedere. I've taken a few of these apart and all 62-5B are the same as far as design.

 

[mrkinger]

Do you see the dome to the left ,it has a little raised metal ,that is the drain.the 64 cowl dosent have it

 

[moparmarks]

Still don't see it. I sold this 65 unit last year and the white 64 this year so I can't just run out for a looksee. Also just sold my 65 Satellite. Do you have a pic of yours?

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Ok I see now. That little knotch in the top plate. Very good to know. Many thanks. I never had these side by side.

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So what did you learn today Mark? 64 and 65 cowl plates are different.

 

[mrkinger]

Glad you saw it Mark,i would like to own that 65 cowl.to bad you werent closer