My traveller has finally emerged and is temporarily living on the drive, awaiting the interior fitting, while the garage is otherwise occupied. During the heavy rain a couple of weeks ago I found that what I had thought were minor leaks resulted in serious flooding. The rear sliding window leaks weren't a surprise, and should be cured when I fit the interior cappings.
The windscreen, which I fitted myself, leaked worse than expected. I had bought some Capt Tolley's, which I haven't tried yet, but given the severity of the leak I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to go round the rubber with the messy black gunge sealant again?
Windscreen sealant
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Re: Windscreen sealant
Hi Mark
I did mine with this stuff and it seems to have worked very well.
https://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/index ... BnN5y.dpbs
Phil
I did mine with this stuff and it seems to have worked very well.
https://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/index ... BnN5y.dpbs
Phil
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Re: Windscreen sealant
The Capn's cure is good for smaller leaks but if it is bad then Phil's suggestion is probably a better bet. Having said that, I had a leak in the front windscreen for which I tried Capn Tolley and then a thicker sealant, but to no avail. In the end I rubbed a lot of carnaubia wax all around the seal between the rubber and the car body, polished it off and - no leaks! But it depends where the water is getting in....not always easy to find.
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Re: Windscreen sealant
I used a similar stuff, get yourself a gallon of white spirit for the clean up as well, it's a messy job.
Ideally you would take the filler strip out of the rubber first makes it a lot easier to get the nozzle in.
Ideally you would take the filler strip out of the rubber first makes it a lot easier to get the nozzle in.
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Re: Windscreen sealant
Thanks all, I'll try the ebay stuff.