Leaky Chim

[PJ57]

Hey folks, can anyone help.
With the recent rain, I have noticed more and more water ingress into the car, mainly behind the passenger seat.
I have replaced the door, hood and targa seals, but have noticed a gap between the seals and door at the base of the roof hinge. Not a great pic, but, is there anything missing from this area, as this looks like the area rain is getting in?




Can anyone recommend somewhere near Chessington that can align the door windows etc, to make the car as waterproof as possible. With winter looming, I don't want top be stuck never using the car due to a bit of rain

Thanks

Phil

[PJ57]

Thanks, will give it a try. I bought some Turtle wax hood cleaner and waterproof treatment, though not sure how good that stuff is?

Trouble is, I just can't stop driving it at the mo, rain or shine

[PJ57]

Thanks, will definitely get some renovo on it, as that's probably part of the issue :0

[PJ57]

Thanks, it may well be the rubber ears as haven't seen anything like them on the car. The doors have the rubber caps intact, and the rubber caps that the door seals slot into are also present, but no ears that I can see.
It may well be the pinch point too, as I installed the seals myself, copying what was already on the car, so not sure if I have them or not.
Any photo's and advice would be hugely appreciated

Any idea where I can get the rubber ears from?

Many thanks

shake n bake said:

It's missing the 'ears' simple rubber bits that help that water fall out of rather than in the car.
I used to pride myself that every chim and griff left being as water tight as possible, they're not hard to get water tight really.

The silicone sealer around the brake master cylinder and clutch cover, along with the bungs on the same inner wing, re-seal all.
The rubber ears I mentioned before, I'll take a picture in a bit. These really help.
The stitching and Velcro on the hood edge and rear screen stitching must be sound, if not it's a weak point.
Last is the pinch point on the door seal, if it's not got one the water had no where to run other than inside the car.
A bit of fabsil on the hood doesn't do any harm.

If all these are ok, it won't leak.

[PJ57]

That's great, just what I need.
Will have a go on Sun. A nice cheap easy fix by the look of it. Hopefully a bit of renovo too, and all will be good

Many thanks for the advice

shake n bake said:

This is what I mean, I fitted them to mine when I got it along with re stitching the Velcro on the good and sticking the other bits down on the car and it's dry now for the first time in years.
Use a bike inner tube, you can see the approximate size by my photo, have a go and you get it by the second attempt.
It's such a simple fix that an awful lot of chims don't have and makes a huge difference.