Body leaks, the solution.
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Water can get in around the wiper spindles and around any holes through the bulkhead.
Purely by accident, I stumbled across a very good product to sort this out.
You'd need to mask around visible areas like the wiper spindles but that is a quick and easy job.
The product is a liquid rubber called Isoflex and cost under £10 from B&Q. It's for repairing guttering leaks etc but there's no reason why it can't be used on the car. I've used it around cable entry points on the bulkhead and it works very well indeed and if you take care and spray neatly and mask before you use it you end up with a professional looking job.
>>> Edited by KentishS2 on Thursday 18th November 10:05
Purely by accident, I stumbled across a very good product to sort this out.
You'd need to mask around visible areas like the wiper spindles but that is a quick and easy job.
The product is a liquid rubber called Isoflex and cost under £10 from B&Q. It's for repairing guttering leaks etc but there's no reason why it can't be used on the car. I've used it around cable entry points on the bulkhead and it works very well indeed and if you take care and spray neatly and mask before you use it you end up with a professional looking job.
>>> Edited by KentishS2 on Thursday 18th November 10:05
I discovered this years ago when I noticed that if the car was facing uphill when I washed it (sloped driveway), water would collect in the footwell, but not if parked facing down (when the indents for the wiper spindles would drain off). as you say, easily fixed with sealant.
The worst leak I ever had was when driving through deep water. Engine and electrics were ok, but the water was coming in through the seals at the bottom of the doors.
when I recently replaced the door seal (the long one around both doors and the screen) I found that the fake sill on the driver's side is over 1 cm wider than the passenger side. A typical assemetric TVR then!
>> Edited by Roy C on Thursday 18th November 10:01
The worst leak I ever had was when driving through deep water. Engine and electrics were ok, but the water was coming in through the seals at the bottom of the doors.
when I recently replaced the door seal (the long one around both doors and the screen) I found that the fake sill on the driver's side is over 1 cm wider than the passenger side. A typical assemetric TVR then!
>> Edited by Roy C on Thursday 18th November 10:01
WildfireS3 said:
If only I knew about this before I set about the car with the Silicone gun!
Yes I too found silicone a pain, it's not that neat and you tend to move the cables before it's set and break the seal you've just made because you can't get in all that well with the sealant gun due to lack of space and awkward angles.
With the isoflex, you wipe a bit of meths over it first let it dry (about 4 seconds evene in winter) and spray with rubber, fantastic, job done!
I'm turning into Ed China!
WildfireS3 said:
Who?
Wheeler Dealers, Mike Brewer and Ed China, Discovery Home and Leisure every Tuesday night. Good series where Ed does all the work and Mike takes all the credit, I just love the way he always says "we done this, we done that", in his Essex boy dialect.
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