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Post by focusman on Jan 5, 2020 22:00:00 GMT 1
These are in very poor condition on my daughter's car and car is filling up with water. Been looking online to source these but can't find anywhere.
Any suggestions ?
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Post by studabear on Jan 5, 2020 22:09:39 GMT 1
Main dealer?
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Post by lincspoacher on Jan 5, 2020 22:22:09 GMT 1
A friendly body shop is your answer they buy the sealing tape in various sizes on a roll. They may well sell you the length you need as it's pretty expensive from memory.
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Post by upkeep on Jan 6, 2020 9:16:46 GMT 1
Have you done a water test to confirm the source of the leak.
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Post by focusman on Jan 6, 2020 14:25:27 GMT 1
Have you done a water test to confirm the source of the leak. Yea, I have lain in the boot while my daughter poured water into the boot lid channel. Water came out of the top aperture of the light assembly. |
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Post by focusman on Jan 7, 2020 17:26:29 GMT 1
Wanna laugh ?? Thought that I'd try this route ( and almost certainly abandon it !) out of interest. "We don't sell the seal separately, sir - the whole assembly including gasket is £108, but we don't have any in stock". Expensive, repairing leaks, ain't it !! That tube of silicon sealant looks worth a try ..... |
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Post by upkeep on Jan 7, 2020 19:39:13 GMT 1
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Post by Dragon on Jan 7, 2020 23:00:30 GMT 1
Wanna laugh ?? Thought that I'd try this route ( and almost certainly abandon it !) out of interest. "We don't sell the seal separately, sir - the whole assembly including gasket is £108, but we don't have any in stock". Expensive, repairing leaks, ain't it !! That tube of silicon sealant looks worth a try ..... If you do go down the sealant route, best try to use a non setting sealant, other wise you'll be back at square one after a couple of weeks. (please accept my apologies, if I'm teaching you to suck eggs) |
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Post by valhalla on Jan 8, 2020 1:05:50 GMT 1
If you do go down the sealant route, best try to use a non setting sealant, other wise you'll be back at square one after a couple of weeks. (please accept my apologies, if I'm teaching you to suck eggs) As per this suggestion, and lincspoacher above, I would go down the route of a self-adhesive close-cell foam-rubber tape.
If you cannot get a piece long enough off a bodyshop or eBay, a quick way to confirm you are on the right track is to remove the cluster, clean the body aperture and the cluster seal-faces with a light solvent, let it all flash-off and dry, then use a self-adhesive draught excluder rubber strip from a hardware store. These are usually very soft and compliant, so they are great for sealing components where you don't want to bend them inbetween the fixings (and break them.....) yet still get a close fit.
I have used this on Landrover Series floor-plates (that screw onto the centre tunnel and seatbox) of my own, and they last for years in an aggressive environment. |
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