the boot leaked on our van i think it always leaked and always would leak to me it was built to leak .
so i made a skirt for it to cover the hing where it leaks/leaked. using a 100 ml strip of ruber and some old sail track i had in the shed by using the sail track it made it a bit stronger
-- Edited by mr glassies on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 09:38:58 AM
As they say "necessity is the mother of invention" . Had a similar hassle with our boot but all fixed now. Good job. Brian.
signwilson said
07:50 PM Jul 22, 2012
we have the same problem the repairer say it is impossble to fix I will try that have tried every thing else thank you
mr glassies said
08:10 PM Jul 22, 2012
i must say it will probably leak when driving because the wind would lift the skirt or maybe some other strip on the door will look into that lol but this will do for now
dids
Cupie said
02:18 AM Jul 23, 2012
Great idea .... Love great ideas .. G
_wombat_ said
02:47 AM Jul 23, 2012
I bet Della did it really
Cruising Granny said
03:28 AM Jul 23, 2012
Well done! I had to pull the whole boot lid assembly out when the lock broke off, in the locked position. So I unscrewed every screw to get it out, to change the lock. then I had to reseal the whole thing. I made a gasket of silicone all the way around, reseated, put in a few screws temporarily, poured water all over it, found more leaks, and resealed it again. It don't leak now. As for the top section, mine has the track with the plastic stip in it. The only thing I would have suggested is to take that off, and reseal and reset the strip, but your system may be enough to stop the rot, literally. The place the van leaks is not always where the water enters. There was a time in Cairns my van had interntal water features down the walls, and I spent a lot of time mopping up and drying out in the wet season. All that water despite all my efforts to seal it when I first took delivery of the van to track all the water marks inside. I cleaned out most of that Sikaflex, prepared the surface and then squirted marine and auto sikaflex into nooks that didn't even have crannies. It don't leak now.
the boot leaked on our van i think it always leaked and always would leak to me it was built to leak .
so i made a skirt for it to cover the hing where it leaks/leaked. using a 100 ml strip of ruber and some old sail track i had in the shed by using the sail track it made it a bit stronger
-- Edited by mr glassies on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 09:38:58 AM
but this will do for now
dids
Great idea .... Love great ideas .. G
I bet Della did it really
I had to pull the whole boot lid assembly out when the lock broke off, in the locked position. So I unscrewed every screw to get it out, to change the lock. then I had to reseal the whole thing. I made a gasket of silicone all the way around, reseated, put in a few screws temporarily, poured water all over it, found more leaks, and resealed it again. It don't leak now.
As for the top section, mine has the track with the plastic stip in it. The only thing I would have suggested is to take that off, and reseal and reset the strip, but your system may be enough to stop the rot, literally.
The place the van leaks is not always where the water enters.
There was a time in Cairns my van had interntal water features down the walls, and I spent a lot of time mopping up and drying out in the wet season.
All that water despite all my efforts to seal it when I first took delivery of the van to track all the water marks inside.
I cleaned out most of that Sikaflex, prepared the surface and then squirted marine and auto sikaflex into nooks that didn't even have crannies. It don't leak now.