Removing front fender - rot on firewall
47 is captive into the bulkhead, you remove the nuts, you may need some rusty nut removers and plenty of WD40 there are 2 M8 bolts as well under the servo and 2 under the battery tray
Regards Gordon
And #47 is highly likely to shear :-(
Check the battery tray. There's a grommet in th back right corner on some Gs this leaks into the footwell, so will any holes in the battery tray
TIDS. They all do that sir!!!
Yep! There are a lot of potential water leaks form the front. To track them down really needs the carpet removed then all is revealed! Bad wiper mechanism is the least of the problems for a wet carpet!
Some rubber sheeting attached to the bulkhead could well prevent rot and and channel water safely away from the cabin.
The bonnet also has a nice way of sending water on to the battery tray - cured by plugging holes an channeling water away from the battery tray
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Thanks for the info
Looks pretty inaccessible to get much purchase on the nuts ! But it has to come off as the mysterious wet carpet is coming from holes in the bulkhead cause by water coming down off the screen getting behind the fender assembly. And the only access is with the fenders removed.