FHC side-vents

[macmattom]

<b><font color="red"><font size="2">Does anybody know of a suitable sealant to use to seal the gap at the top of the side-vent where it sits against the roof pillar? I was thinking of using a general purpose black silicone sealant, but is there any better option? I don't think the original seals are available any longer.</font id="size2"></font id="red"></b>

[V8Wedgehead]

Are you talking about the black grills/side vents behind the doors on the roof pillar? Or the window frame on the door?

Michael
1980 TR8 FHC/Works Rally Project

"If it is broken then fix it....if it is not then make it faster!"

[macmattom]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by V8Wedgehead</i>

Are you talking about the black grills/side vents behind the doors on the roof pillar? Or the window frame on the door?

Michael
1980 TR8 FHC/Works Rally Project

"If it is broken then fix it....if it is not then make it faster!"
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Sorry, I obviously didn't make it clear, but I was talking about the black grills/side vents behind the doors, on the roof pillars.

Cheers,

Mac

[Mowog73]

I'd suggest a urethane seam sealer.

Was seal sealer originally used on these side vents?

Mark
1973 MGBGT
1976 TR7
1980 Spitfire 1500

[Beans]

Original there is a rubber foam strip at the top.

<center>
<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>

[Hasbeen]

Wow. You learn something every day. Thanks for that Beans, I have
never seen anything there.

I suppose our climate destroyed rubber bits, quicker than yours.
Does not seem to let water into the car, without a seal. The flaps
under it must work well.

Hasbeen

[Beans]

It even has a BL parts number; ZKC2571 (supplied in 1 metre lengths)

<center>
<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>

[macmattom]

Thank you all for all your advice - it has given me some ideas. I guess I'll be adding quite a few more questions as I progress my rebuild.

Cheers,

Mac

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