Okay I need a sanity check. I has water leaking into the cargo area on my wagon. I replaced the hatch seal and still leaking, though not as bad. Doesn't appear to be coming through the hinge either . Any other ideas or do we think I botched the seal install??
luggage rack well nuts.
Quote from: mudkicker715 on October 15, 2012, 02:06:44 PM
luggage rack well nuts.
Do you guys silicone those or anything on those??
I'm getting water in my cargo area in my Ford Festiva and I thought it was my hatch seal or rear window...though I do think it was the window a little bit I've noticed recently it is actually my taillights. The gasket for them were dry rotted and also one of the lenses was cracked...so I was taking in water in both places.
Well team I may have caught it. I opened the hatch when the snow melted this afternoon and the bulb portion of the top of the hatch seal was wet. I suspect it isn't compressing enough to seal. The seal I got wasn't an exact match so I was a bit Leary of it. Oh well. I guess I get to try again.
I had a similar problem with my car because the hatch seal was old and really compressed. I went to Home Depot and bought some adhesive foam weather stripping normally use to seal your front door. It comes in white & black and is on a roll. I applied this to the hatch side under the seal. It has been dry for 2+ years now.
Quote from: Bird-o-Prey on October 24, 2012, 07:34:50 PM
I had a similar problem with my car because the hatch seal was old and really compressed. I went to Home Depot and bought some adhesive foam weather stripping normally use to seal your front door. It comes in white & black and is on a roll. I applied this to the hatch side under the seal. It has been dry for 2+ years now.
I pullled the weatherstripping off a early 90's chrysler mini-van (from around the hatch). fit fine..was a little hard to close til I got it compressed...had to trim about a foot and a half off it...working great though
Good info on the Chrysler van. The one I got just doesn't seem to be cutting it. Hopefully my window and door seals work out better
Quote from: mach1mustang351 on October 24, 2012, 08:13:36 PM
Good info on the Chrysler van. The one I got just doesn't seem to be cutting it. Hopefully my window and door seals work out better
Couple of pictures
End View of 93 Caravan Hatch Weather Stripping
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/recomer/83%20AMC%20Eagle/AMCEagleNewWeatherstrippingfrom93Caravan-01Jan2012.jpg)
How I cut out around the Eagle hatch
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff375/recomer/83%20AMC%20Eagle/AMCEagleNewWeatherstrippingAroundLatch-01Jan2012.jpg)
Use the closed cell foam rubber strips. Not the spongey kind.
Several years ago someone posted on the forum that the seal from a Talon hatch would work. My wife and I devoted a little money and a lot of work in the heat in a wrecking yard to prove it ain't so.