> In test fitting my '59 TR3A with a new rubber boot seal, it appears
>that it may need to be glued to the body channel to be kept in place.
>Has anyone any advice on this one? I bought this from TRF about a year
>ago, and am now getting close to painting the car and continuing the
>resto. Also, the spare tire seal seems to be odd as well, and seems to
>be way too big for the channel it sits in.....
> Are these things normally a cut-to-fit installation? They're a solid,
>soft rubber that's an elongated diamond shape. I would have thought
>there would be a slice along them to allow slipping over one edge of the
>channel on the car body.
Kevin,
Weldwood Contact Cement, available from Home Depot,etc. Best stuff I've
found (thanks to folks here on the list) for upholstery and things like
rubber gluing.
I think that most are trim to fit.
For what it's worth, I tried the "early" boot seal on my '59
TR3A (TS 58667), and every summer rain left a gallon of water in the trunk.
I have just ordered the "later" version of the seal, to see if that won't
cure the problem. ...Else, horror of horrors, I'll have to confess to
myself that I screwed up installation somehow.
Nah.
Terry Smith
New Hampshire
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