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Hi all
Been having a bit of trouble fitting the roof into the boot over the top of my full size spare. Thought it may be the 4 layers of carpet in the boot floor (previous owner has fitted new carpeting but left the old one in too) but after stripping it all out I found the real culprit- the rearmost body mount is trying to force its way into the boot
The proximity of the exhaust tailpipe looks like its cooked the GRP allowing it to bow up by about 15mm and its starting to split at the corners thereby allowing the rear of the body (from the rear of the door backwards) to droop down which explains my V shaped door gaps at the back of the door.
Anyone got experience of this? I'm sure I read somewhere that it was a problem on some of the Seac's?
As to the repair i'm thinking
1 remove the bolts and jack up the rear body to get the boot floor height and door gaps correct
2 Insert large steel plate between mounting and boot floor to spread the load better
3 Grind out splits in grp floor and repair
4 Bolt it all back together
Any thoughts , recommendations ,suggestions etc etc welcomed
Cheers Guys
Ron.
Been having a bit of trouble fitting the roof into the boot over the top of my full size spare. Thought it may be the 4 layers of carpet in the boot floor (previous owner has fitted new carpeting but left the old one in too) but after stripping it all out I found the real culprit- the rearmost body mount is trying to force its way into the boot
The proximity of the exhaust tailpipe looks like its cooked the GRP allowing it to bow up by about 15mm and its starting to split at the corners thereby allowing the rear of the body (from the rear of the door backwards) to droop down which explains my V shaped door gaps at the back of the door. Anyone got experience of this? I'm sure I read somewhere that it was a problem on some of the Seac's?
As to the repair i'm thinking
1 remove the bolts and jack up the rear body to get the boot floor height and door gaps correct
2 Insert large steel plate between mounting and boot floor to spread the load better
3 Grind out splits in grp floor and repair
4 Bolt it all back together
Any thoughts , recommendations ,suggestions etc etc welcomed
Cheers Guys
Ron.
k this,I had this on my previous one.
What I did was to remove the two bolts at the back and jack up the boot floor - that will give you about 10-20mm clearance (once you've removed the packing) then get some fibreglass, maybe 3-5 sheets thick, soak it and also paint the underside with resin. Place the fibreglass between the boot floor and mounting point with a plastic sheet under (so it doesn't stick to the chassis) and some packing wood and drop the jack out where it will all press together.
At the same time glass in a few reinforcing sheets over the top (carpet off the affected area of course!) Pus another sheet of plastic over and then some weights on top to press it down (bricks are good). having worked the resin into the cracks too.
Let it all cure for 24 hours then jack it up again, peel off the plastic sheets and drill out the bolt holes if necessary.
Having done mine it was fine for quite a few years after.
What I did was to remove the two bolts at the back and jack up the boot floor - that will give you about 10-20mm clearance (once you've removed the packing) then get some fibreglass, maybe 3-5 sheets thick, soak it and also paint the underside with resin. Place the fibreglass between the boot floor and mounting point with a plastic sheet under (so it doesn't stick to the chassis) and some packing wood and drop the jack out where it will all press together.
At the same time glass in a few reinforcing sheets over the top (carpet off the affected area of course!) Pus another sheet of plastic over and then some weights on top to press it down (bricks are good). having worked the resin into the cracks too.
Let it all cure for 24 hours then jack it up again, peel off the plastic sheets and drill out the bolt holes if necessary.
Having done mine it was fine for quite a few years after.
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