Door rubber leaks

Unless you want leaks take it to a windshield repair place.

You have to remove the rubber trim and vent window to be bale to get the door glass out, so you can get the regulator out.
The window is attached to the regulator with two pop rivets that will need to be drilled out. then you have to drill the three rivets that hold the lift motor to the door, drill the two rivets that hold the bottom of the regulator to the door, then you can remove the two 11mm bolts that hold the top to the door. Then you can remove the regulator and lift motor assembly.
Here is a diagram of all the mounting hardware you have to remove to get the regulator out, after you have removed the vent window and rubber seal.


If your car does not have the vent window, then all you have to do to get the glass out is pull the rubber seal around the window out.

remove the door trim and check that the runner for the glass is not out of the regulator. If the glass has come out of the metal strip you will have to take it out of the door and replace it . Use new rubber strip (from a rubber shop and very thin) place the rubber in the metal channel and use plenty of liquid soap ( dishwashing liquid) Press the glass back in. Let it dry off for a couple of hours and re assemble in the door.

Look into window guide clips. These push the glass against the rubber

Since you have a the original rubber seal from your broken glass, cut the seal from the outer edge of the replacement glass and just push it out of the remainder of the rubber. With the original rubber still in the opening on the one your putting it in, lay a strong string from top corner, inside the space where the glass goes, and across the bottom. Push the glass into the seal on opposite side from the string side as much in as possible and begin to pull the string straight out while holding the glass in and this will pull the rest of the outer rubber lip to the outside of the glass and your done. Just a little trick I learned in my youth that I've used many times.

Water on the floor board in the back seat is usually caused by a leaking rear window, or leaking back glass...you will need to remove the inner rear door panels to confirm the exact leak...(as long as it is warm enough:) after removing the door panels...you can ask a friend to help...run water from a garden hose over the outside, and continue until you see the location of where the water is coming from...if the rubber seals on the top or bottom of the doors are bad...this certainly allows the rain (water) to come inside...Nice Car and worth fixing...:)

check for loose or torn gasket, clean debris and dirt from gasket and glass, recondition rubber

I suspect you mean the glass runs that get all deformed at the top rear corner and front corner by the mirror?

Open the door and lower the glass all the way.

Grab the rubber at the top center of the door frame and dig it out of the channel with your finger nails.
Once you have a bite, pull it off to the corners, then at the front and rear corners pull upwards to pull the rest of the run out of the rail.

To install, it helps to lubricate the back edge of the new glass runs with silicon spray or similar.
Place it into the rail and grabbing a fistful near the top push doward with firm force to slide the rubber down into the rail. It will get more difficult once you reach the glass.
If you get to a point where you can not get it to down any further yet you have further to go, run the window up partially, then while pushing down on the down window switch, force the rubber to slide with the window. The glass will help carry the run the rest of the way down.
When you get the front and rear to the correct heights so the corner line up, peel the tape off the front corner by the mirror and stick the run full into the rail at the mirror and the rest of the way over the door to the rear corner If it is a little short you can tug on it to get a little slack.

Ryan,

I had the same problem on my wife's 2000SLK, took it to the dealer, they did a water pressure test in this area, charging me $80.00 and came up with nothing. Upon my further investigation, I discovered that there is a drain built into the rubber seal at the top of the windshield, in the corner where the top of the door glass meets that rubber seal on the driver's side. look carefully and you will see three small holes in the rubber seal at the top of the windshield and a larger triangular shaped depression in the corner, this is a "catch-basin" drain that runs all the way down the side of the rubber gasket along the end of the "A" pillar emptying in the space in front of the door, then onto the ground. First I cleaned out the triangular catch basin carefully with a small flat bladed screw driver, then used compressed air to blow out the drain. Blow out the three small holes also. This procedure worked for me. Do the same on the passenger side. Good Luck!

Bernie

To replace the window seal, you first have to remove the vent window assembly from the door. After it is removed, the nut and spring on the bottom of the window has to be removed. Then remove the glass and frame from the vent assembly frame. Then gently remove the rubber off of the frame and install the new one after you replace the top vent bar seals. Reverse the window removal procedures to reinstall the glass and frame. The top vent bar seals requires a special tool to remove and replace the rivets you get with the replacement seal. You need to replace the top vent bar seal before reinstalling the new vent window rubber. When I replaced my top vent seals, it was fairly easy with my removal/installation tool.