Can someone send me a picture of how the Trunk seal sits???? 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T 440. Have trouble with leaking water. Thanks. Pete

[firiepete]

Hi BBodies.

Can someone send me a picture of how the Trunk seal sits???? 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T 440. Have trouble with leaking water.

Thanks.

Pete

 

[kiwigtx]

From my own experience....it pays to be certain you know exactly where the water is coming from .....it could be through the tail-light fittings, the rear window lower channel, side clips where a vinyl roof moulding clip goes.....it's not always the trunk seal.

 

[pnora]

Get in the trunk with a flashlight and have someone hose it down. Make sure the keys are not in your pocket.

 

[Islandkent]

^^^From my experience that is truly the best method to see if the trunk seal is leaking. Starting from the bottom edge working you way upwards. Slowly with a small controllable trickle 10-4

 

[eldubb440]

.it's not always the trunk seal.

almost never.....the trunk seal sits higher than the trunk gutters by design.......I'd be looking for a rust hole at the forward end of the trunk gutters

 

[dadsbee]

Bottom corner of the rear glass...

 

[dadsbee]

Here ya go, but doubt it's leaking through your seal...

 

[kiwigtx]

...and when installing a trunk seal....do NOT stretch the rubber...allow it to relax as it is laid down on the trunk lip. The rubber will have a small amount of shrinkage, and if it is installed stretched, that shrinkage will allow the rubber to pull away from the lip.
This is most commonly seen on the corners.

 

[firiepete]

Here ya go, but doubt it's leaking through your seal...
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Thank you. Much appreciated. I have the seal the wrong way around. The opening is pointing inwards. Not outwards as per the pic. about.

 

[threewood]

Here ya go, but doubt it's leaking through your seal...
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Dad, you always have the best pictures of everything.

 

[WileE]

Dad, you always have the best pictures of everything.

He's your father ? Does he know that ?

 

[threewood]

He's your father ? Does he know that ?

Probably not, but I hope he takes notice and puts me in his will for that beautiful car.

 

[WileE]

Probably not, but I hope he takes notice and puts me in his will for that beautiful car.

Can I get adopted ? you get the blue car, I get the yellow !

 

[kiwigtx]

He's your father ? Does he know that ?

Well....Wayne knows it .....so it must be true....

 

[threewood]

Well....Wayne knows it .....so it must be true....

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[Richard Cranium]

...and when installing a trunk seal....do NOT stretch the rubber...allow it to relax as it is laid down on the trunk lip. The rubber will have a small amount of shrinkage, and if it is installed stretched, that shrinkage will allow the rubber to pull away from the lip.
This is most commonly seen on the corners.

I hate when shrinkage happens.

 

[1STMP]

I hate when shrinkage happens.

Especially where a good seal is
required.....