Is there a fix that anyone of you use for where the deck lid meets the rear window to keep cold water (rain) from running off the lid into the engine compartment onto the hot exhaust manifold (the reason the rear manifold is always cracked)?
Chug
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Xanth Member
Posts: 6886 From: Massachusetts Registered: May 2006
Recall weather stripping, the cars actually came from the factory with a weather strip there. They pop up in the mall and on ebay from time to time. I put one on my car and am very happy with it.
If you find one make sure it has the clips as well.
Someone was making aftermarket ones but Im not sure if they still are.
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StalkinScorp Member
Posts: 12 From: fall river Mass Registered: Jul 2008
there is one left for sale in the mall now, he had 3 now 1 left , it was removed in a recall yrs, ago dont know why, definitely works, so hurry, good luck.
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Dennis LaGrua Member
Posts: 16110 From: Hillsborough, NJ U.S.A. Registered: May 2000
I don't know if he is still around or not but a guy by the name of Mike Freed in Florida made a nice neoprene water diverter that installs betwen the deck lit and the firewall under the rear window. This rain dirverter keeps water off the engine. I will try to find Mikes address and contact info and will post it here later.
------------------ 87GT - 3800SC Series III engine, 3.4" Pulley, N* TB, LS1 MAF, Flotech Exhaust Autolite 104's Custom CAI 4T65eHD w. custom axles 87GT - 3.4L Turbocharged engine, modified TH125H " I'M ON THE LOOSE WITHOUT THE JUICE "
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Alex4mula Member
Posts: 7410 From: Canton, MI US Registered: Dec 1999
You can make one if you are handy with metal. You just go to a store that sells storm door parts and get an aluminum weather seal strip with 3/4" sweeper edge. You then have to bend the metal part to fit, but it works.
If you want to buy one, the one I bought (I think it was in Florida) like the one in the link above, was a good one and nicely fabricated. I hope he is still selling them
Arn
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Alex4mula Member
Posts: 7410 From: Canton, MI US Registered: Dec 1999
The stock weatherstrip will not hold the water. Much less when you open the decklid. It was designed more for leaves or things like that. The above one cost me less than $30 and is of very high quality and has held the high heat from my engine. To me well worth the effort of trying to go and find parts and hack one. Just my opinion
I thought about getting a tailor-made decklid weatherstrip/seal from Mike Freed in Florida for my 88 Formula. But in the meantime, I have improvised an alternative which cost nothing and (who knows) might serve as a permanent solution. So in case it helps anyone else....
I simply went down to my local tyre shop, where they gave me - for free - the largest, thickest innertube from a truck or tractor tyre I could find in their scrap/recycle bin. Then I cut a straight strip about 60cm long by 20cm wide (the bigger the tube the easier it is to cut a straight strip). This strip slides easily into the clip-grips on the forward edge of the decklid (my car still had the clips in place). Then with the help of a flat screwdriver or paint-scraper, it is fairly easy to tuck the forward edge of the rubber strip in between the insulation and the body-panel below the window. To secure it more firmly I guess you could simply use some kind of adhesive (I haven't done that yet, but the seal has stayed in place). I reckon there is still enough airflow through the vented panels each side to enable much of the hot air to escape. And the innertube rubber is sufficiently tough to endure the heat that does rise from the forward manifold.
Job done. Cost zero. Engine and manifold dry. Owner happy!
br1anstorm
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Kagen Member
Posts: 208 From: San Francisco, California Registered: May 2008
