loftust

Whilst clearing my hood drains yesterday, I poked my coat hanger up through the drain valve and gave it a good wiggle (cue jokes) as per usual. Upon retracting the hanger, the drain valve decided to disappear inside the car!!!

I had a shifty with my finger inside the hole (cue more jokes) where the valve should be as best as I could, and looked inside the sill having removed the gromit in front of the wheel. I therefore concluded that it is lost forever within the internals of my chassis...oh well.

Then it hit me, when I get a new one, I'm going to have to connect it to the hose inside the bodywork. This could prove extremely time consuming, needing to remove the soft top frame, and associated interior trim...according to the service manual. Sod that I thought...after 30 minutes of fumbling around inside the hole (cue yet more puns), I manage to coerce the drain hose to sit on the lip of the hole...hopefully enabling me to connect the new valve when I get one from Honda this week. I did this very carefully, not wanting to disconnect the hose from the drain bottle.

Moral of the story...clear the drain holes from the top instead of messing around by the rear wheels.

mattg4321

Im guessing your morale is pretty low?!

loftust

Bugger...I must be having an off day! My spelling is usually much better! I'm off to hang my head in shame now.