vaseline to stop leaks

has it got drain holes in the surround ? Sometimes sun roofs leak because drain holes are blocked..

In article , john zeiss says...>

Usually it's the pathetic strips of metal they call hinges that flatten out and just need tweaking back into shape.

In article , mr p says...>

It's not factory fitted. It's one of those pikey flat things in a metal frame put in a hole cut into the roof with a jigsaw.

On Caroline we used to talk about LA and DA.

Come on Conor, try and spread a little happiness. You are probably right, but why the negativity and bad feeling?

Have a few pints one evening and come on here... Perhaps you will be more convivial and friendly.

Love to all xxx

The first step in these things is to diagnose the problem. Is there a rust hole? Is there some possible adjustment? Could something be placed behind the seal to allow more contact? Lets assume you can not determine any of the above. Then the likely problem is that the rubber has become less resilient or taken a set in the wrong position over time. You could try what is done with refrigerator seals that are not physically torn. You can heat the seal up with a heat gun and it will resume it's original position. This is a common fix with such seals. Car dealers do it this way too. Be gentile at first and don't burn the rubber.

Not sure, but wouldn't vaseline damage the seals ? - perhaps a silicone grease would be better.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mark" saying something like:

Radio Caroline?

That's mild. You should read what I have to say about Webasto sun roofs.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Colin Wilson saying something like:

That stuff certainly is better for long term care of rubber seals. I see now that silicone sprays are being sold for just that purpose, but I was using silicone lub and furniture sprays for rubber preservation decades ago, so have some years of seeing how well (or not) it kept things reasonable and purely anecdotally, it works.

In article , Mark says...>

What negativity?

Vaseline is hard on rubber. Maybe silicone grease would be a better choice.

Washing up liquid?

Does trash rubber, yes.

we don't have washing up liquid, we have dishwashing soap.

On 13-Nov-08 14:37:45, Mark said

Hey man, that's the way - face piles of trials with smiles

.....3....1....9

seems to ring a bell, :)

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