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GEM2NV
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 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 2:08 am Post subject: water in boot |
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hey all,
i was wondering where the most common places are that water gets into a TG boot. i get some into the spare wheel well and alot into the left of the boot. plz help as i dont want my babys new boot pan to end up the same place as the first one |
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Poizon
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Joined: 05 Oct 2001
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 2:59 am Post subject: Re: water in boot |
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there are little round things in the bottom of the boot pan... take to them with a screwdriver and hammer and bang em out leaving gaping holes... that should keep the water "drained" but then again, depends if you got a good body or not (like mine... don't look too bad now but, and the stereo is thumpin louder than ever)
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Adam
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:59 am Post subject: Re: water in boot |
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The most common sources are your boot rubber and rear windscreen... the only other possible sources are water being splashed up through the drain plugs or water coming in through the seams.
Replace your boot rubber with some 'off-the-reel' from clark rubber of similar. As for your rear windscreen.... the 'easy' if somewhat nasty fix is to lift up the lip of the seal, jam a silicone gun in there and pump like mad... the proper fix is a new windscreen rubber. |
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smee
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Joined: 07 Oct 2001
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: water in boot |
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Water in the boot is definately the rear window seal, or the boot seal. As is said get a new boot seal from clark rubber.
With the rear screen. Get a mobile windscreen fellow to come to you, cause then you can see any rust damage around the area and fix if need be. The guy will clean out you old seal and re-use it. You just need the new goop to seal out the weather.
I had mine done 2 years ago, and it is all ok still. |
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Gene FJ20DET
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Joined: 06 Oct 2001
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Location: brisbane
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 1:00 am Post subject: me to |
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i had mine leaking in through the seams on the body, at the corners of the window.
all fixed now. mig welder did the trick
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Paul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: water in boot |
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| my boot leaks through the black foam surrounding the taillights and i don't really know how i could fix this???? |
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