lexuswoo

ok here are the pics . first one is the wire tool second one is the drains working and the last one is the hole that i used to poke through to clear the drain.

20160124_111644.pdf

resized drain hole.pdf 20160124_111644.pdf

I made a tool out of stainless steel wire and used the hole that the water was overflowing out of. I was able to clear out the drain again with the tool. tested the drain by pouring a gallon of water from the sunroof. no more flooding and the water came out of the seams of the chasis as it should. No need to mess with the electrical or extend the hose. It took about 20 minutes of poking around to feel for the drain hole. It feels rubbery rather than metal sheet metal so you can tell if you are hitting the hole. i tried attaching pics but it doesn;t seem to work for me.

by the way...I was thinking that instead of taking apart the electrical connections and the box .....would it be possible to just clean out the drain hole by making a tool out of wire and going through the hole (that the water overflow out of) and poking around to clear out the hole. I will give this a try first before messing around with the wiring. I would hate to mess with the electrical and develop some sort of new problem in the electrical system.

Zeppo thanks so much for the report and all the pics. I really appreciate all of the work you did. I have the same problem and just couldn't figure out where the damn drain tube went. what a lousy design. such a tiny hole for draining the water !. and no way to access it from underneath or from the outside . I have having to mess with and move around electrical connections. w As of now. I ended up just blocking out the drain opening at the top of the moonroof because i couldn't understand why it would only drain into the floor. will have to go in and take it apart again and either extend the hose to drain outside of the cavity into the wheelwell area or just clean it out again so that it works as the original lousey design. t Once again. Thanks again. You were the only one to figure out the whole problem and fix. 1!