Vincygav Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Having a bit of a downpour today, I went and check my cabby to see if it was flooded. It is 100% bone dry. I am so happy now, finally the leaking is gone. So looks like all my experiments have worked. I urge anyone with a roof leak to do the mod that I had done on the post here http://www.escortcabrioletclub.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/24716-leak-solution/?hl=%2Broof+%2Bleak I would try and repost it in this new thread also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 I have kinda come up with a part solution due to my cabby roof leaking. I have realised that the rubber seals have a major part in this. I just checked and at the moment it is only the nearside is a very slight drip, compared to before it was letting in a lot, and the offside just a little. The offside appears to have worked. The pic below shows where water seems to come into the roof seal via the front. This triangular block appears to allow water in as it is not fixed. I had previously put sillicone sealant, but it didnt last at all. I have now bought Stormsure 5g on ebay. This is also good for split roofs. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item51a5bf8a81 Item number:350673144449 When I did use this, not shown in any of the pics, have to take some of it done. I left it for 6 hours before closing the roof. Water travels further along the triangular block in the seal on the roof itself. It is also worth sealing this up with stormsure as the water can go further back near the pillar. A wet drivers seat because of these flipping roof seals. The passenger side seat was worse. This is the passenger side seal that leaks far more than the drivers side at the time. Took this pic when it rained and you can see the water coming through. It was sometimes so bad that it would run further back along the seal and also leak out just before the b pillar. This soaked my rear passenger footwell to a puddle pond. Blue arrow shows where water comes into the triangular block. There is a normal exit for this by the bottom windscreen door A pillar. I had to get a syringe with hot car wash to pump it down here to clear it out of tree sap etc to allow better drainage. The green arrow shows where it was exiting into the car itself. I had even get felt adhesive pads to try to stem the leak, but it didnt work. Ended up removing them after the pics were taken. And glued the triagular block behind it with stormsure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 I have done a slight modification to the roof now to stop water seeping in through the gap of the window seals. You can see this where the gap line should be. I cut 2 pieces of fabric from excess from when I changed the roof. So its matching blue and mohair. I cut them to 8cm by 3 cm. I marked a blue line, at the 4cm point, so it would be halfway. Shows the underside where it has been test fitted to see how it would fit. The piece of fabric cut to make the seal cover. The superglue gel applied to the underside The nearside is finished The offside is complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 An additional measure to stop leaks I have done recently as I ended up getting more water in with this recent heavy rain. Although these measure I have done posted below have cured it. 1. Was to use a PU polyuthrane sealant like Tiger Seal, to seal the triangular rubber blocks as the stormsure on this had wear away. 2. I then sprayed the roof with Scotch Gard, heavy duty water repellent for outdoor fabrics. 3. I then used some materials to make a slight cover over the gap from the roof material to stop water flowing down into the roof frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshlad Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Nearly a year since you first posted about your leak, good fix tho mines easy just clean out the channels in the rubbers and push the windows after shutting the doors lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSROB Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Any chance on re doing this thread as i cant see the phots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ghia Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 +1 to what RSROB said ^^ . I managed to stop the windscreen leak with a new windscreen and genuine weather strip, now to find the cabby roof leak(s)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 I would try and re-post the pics, it appears tinypic has gone out of business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 I would try and re-post the pics, it appears tinypic has gone out of business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vincygav Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) wet seat Edited September 16, 2022 by Vincygav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 leak through roof edge Pics from March 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 From 2014 adhesive glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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