maingate
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There has always been a draught through the Hab door and I never got round to addressing it until today (I usually just turned the van round when it was a problem :lol-061
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It's a nice day so I thought I would have a look at it. There is no adjustment on the hinged side of the door and I got a bit suspicious. I verified online that the correct seal was fitted then I tried to ease it loose. That's when I found the problem. It IS the right seal but it was fitted the wrong way round and held in place by a lot of black mastic. It will not have been like that from new so I suspect some tosser at a Dealership has done some work on the door and is responsible. I bet his ears were burning while I was removing all of the crap he had used.
It would appear that a new seal is fitted while the door is horizontal and held in place with a few dabs of adhesive as it is all soft rubber, this makes it a bugger to fit single handed when it is vertical and outdoors. So I have opted for plan B. I am going to fit a new seal with a proper edge trim and soft rubber seal mounted on it. I have bought from Seals Direct about 10 years ago and they offered the service of sending out a small sample of seal to verify it will be suitable. I cannot see this option on their website but I will give them a call tomorrow. I prefer dealing with them because each seal has a PDF with a drawing and all of the dimensions shown. They are very handy if you need door, window, roof or locker seals.
.It's a nice day so I thought I would have a look at it. There is no adjustment on the hinged side of the door and I got a bit suspicious. I verified online that the correct seal was fitted then I tried to ease it loose. That's when I found the problem. It IS the right seal but it was fitted the wrong way round and held in place by a lot of black mastic.
It will not have been like that from new so I suspect some tosser at a Dealership has done some work on the door and is responsible. I bet his ears were burning while I was removing all of the crap he had used.It would appear that a new seal is fitted while the door is horizontal and held in place with a few dabs of adhesive as it is all soft rubber, this makes it a bugger to fit single handed when it is vertical and outdoors.
So I have opted for plan B. I am going to fit a new seal with a proper edge trim and soft rubber seal mounted on it. I have bought from Seals Direct about 10 years ago and they offered the service of sending out a small sample of seal to verify it will be suitable. I cannot see this option on their website but I will give them a call tomorrow. I prefer dealing with them because each seal has a PDF with a drawing and all of the dimensions shown. They are very handy if you need door, window, roof or locker seals.