engine hatch seal

[janieh]

Hi All

I've got a new engine hatch seal from Just Kampers as ours is ripped in a few places and is a pain to get back into place. The old one seems to be glued down, but I don't know if perhaps that's just that over time it's stuck to the metal.

Any suggestions as to what I should use to stick the new one down? I was looking at aruldite but I don't want to make the rubber deteriorate.

cheers
J

[kevtherev]

use contact adhesive like evostick

[janieh]

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

[delinkwent]

you shouldn't need to glue it. try dropping it in a bowl of boiling water for 5 mins before fitting it

[Cyrus]

I used clear silicone for mine, worked a treat.

Becareful of your lid locks, coz the rubber Will be thicker, I snapped one putting my lid on.

[janieh]

Thanks cyrus. We've done it, we used some serious glue which held it fine. It was a bit harder to get the hatch on, but fortunately nothing has broken so I guess it will flatten down a bit in time.

[alexgagnon]

Hi

I bought the engine hatch seal from Just Kampers for T25 (part J10737) a while back but didn't try installing it until today. I cut it down to size and it fits fine but now I can't get the lid back on. The J10737 seal is made of solid foam while the original is a foam piping i.e. it is hollow rather than solid. It's impossible to compress the J10737 foam enough to get the lid back on.

Has anyone experience this?

[Oldiebut goodie]

Yep - hard as ***k - better to get soft neoprene from sealsdirect. That's what I'll do next time - stuff JK's rubbish.

[alexgagnon]

Thanks for the tip, seals direct have a pretty decent selection.

Cheers
Al

[Cyrus]

Hi

I bought the engine hatch seal from Just Kampers for T25 (part J10737) a while back but didn't try installing it until today. I cut it down to size and it fits fine but now I can't get the lid back on. The J10737 seal is made of solid foam while the original is a foam piping i.e. it is hollow rather than solid. It's impossible to compress the J10737 foam enough to get the lid back on.

Has anyone experience this?

Yes

I snapped one of my lid locks whilst trying to fit the jk seal

[andydormer]

Does anyone know if the rubber brickwerks engine hatch seal has the same problem as the JK one?
http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... gory_id=57" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Or which type from seals direct is recommended?
Cheers, Andrew

[Cyrus]

I wouldn't think brickwerks would sell anything that's not tried and tested.