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SP 250 boot seal rubber

JimL
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SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by JimL »

Can anyone please advise me where I can purchase a boot /lid seal rubber from for my SP250. Thanks in advance. Jim L

silverdart
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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by silverdart »

Usually in stock at David Manners.

Dave.

brihill
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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by brihill »

Barry Thorne has most things , give him a try.
Brian

David S
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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by David S »

Well, I have a proper boot seal rubber on my Dart's boot lid but I still get water in the boot floor.
Does anybody have any ideas as to where it is coming in from??

David S

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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by Fossil »

David

Doesn't it run in off the boot lid when you open it wet as happens to mine? Ditto the bonnet of course. One of the less clever design features of the Dart.

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Geoff

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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

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Possibly through the fuel filler body seal
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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by Dragon »

Hi David,
I have had water entering the boot via the holes where the hinge studs go through holes in the GRP.
Please check that there are good seals under the hinges; they usually come with thin and hard gaskets, which are pretty useless, so replace them with something more compliant, such as cut from tyre inner tube.
Wilf,
SP250 104008, Herefordshire.

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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by Ian Slade »

A better way is non-setting Silastic sealant at the stud holes
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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by theoldman »

Or a Dowty Washer on the underside?
Normal for Norfolk

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Re: SP 250 boot seal rubber

Post by Vortex O'Plinth »

theoldman wrote:Or a Dowty Washer on the underside?
Not always effective on a glassfibre surface...

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...a rubber washer under the metal one is effective since the thread is sealed by the locknut. (this does however allow water onto the thread before the locknut with the consequent risk of corrosion.)

My personal preference is RTV around the studs before fitting the washer and nut.
Nick

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