interior leak!!!
so i ended up looking at those vent holes earlier today. they were as expected clogged with leaves, needles, and dirt. my paint isnt anything nice right now so i didnt worry about that. i used a coat hanger, and a hose at full power running into the cowl and it worked really well. i opened the hood and it was super easy to access by the hood spring. the leaves were small and there was almost no needles, so that helped. took about 15min. a side, but im confident that they are clean. im waiting on my classic registration to come through the mail so i can drive it up to the carwash and run the sprayer through it to knock loose anything remaining. still gotta get the firewall seals done as a precaution.
thanks for the help once again! im starting to know this car pretty good. id hope so at least considering ive owned it less than a year and ive already had the thing almost completely disassembled.:shock: