|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 831
|
Hatchback seal
I may have accidently found a rear hatch replacement seal that is very economically friendly. One our the maintenance guys where I work gave me a short piece of 'gasket" they use around doors in our cold storage facility to see if I could use it to replace a two foot strip on the 944 I just picked up. Long story but the section fit perfectly. They get this from McMaster Carr Industrial Supply out of Atlanta. He told me they pay about 1.75 a linear foot for this which would mean you could replace your hatch seal for $43.75 plus shipping
(1.75 x 25 foot length). I will get the part number and post it here, I am going to get myself a 25 foot roll to replace mine. |
||
04-13-2008, 05:10 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,370
|
Hi, list the part number on this post and also tell us how it installed and if it indeed did the trick to keep water out.
|
||
|
04-13-2008, 05:12 AM
|
|
|
Rockin' NW Arkansas
|
i too want to know more
__________________
Matt 1986 Porsche 928 S - Daily Driver 1984 928 S - SOLD, 1986 944 S - SOLD, 1988 944 S - SOLD |
||
|
04-13-2008, 09:57 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 105
|
please let us know
|
||
|
04-14-2008, 05:47 AM
|
|
|
Rockin' NW Arkansas
|
i dont know about anyone else, but i would buy 500 ft, then cut in 25ft sections and sell them. i would pay...$50 to ya. im sure anyone else would too and in the end, yours may end up being free.
__________________
Matt 1986 Porsche 928 S - Daily Driver 1984 928 S - SOLD, 1986 944 S - SOLD, 1988 944 S - SOLD |
||
|
04-14-2008, 05:59 AM
|
|
|
Cogito Ergo Sum
|
If he wont buy the 500ft I know someone who would.
|
||
|
04-14-2008, 02:28 PM
|
|
|
|
Back from Beyond
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,697
|
Head on over to www.924board.org and do a search on this. You'll find the part number for Canada, at least.
__________________
'88 944 Auto - project, kinda '87 944 Auto - died saving my wife '84 944 5SP - crushed under shop roof during snow storm All others GONE! |
||
|
04-14-2008, 03:55 PM
|
|
|
Back from Beyond
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,697
|
__________________
'88 944 Auto - project, kinda '87 944 Auto - died saving my wife '84 944 5SP - crushed under shop roof during snow storm All others GONE! |
||
|
04-14-2008, 03:57 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 831
|
The seal is called an Edge-Grip Rubber Seal in the McMaster-Carr catalog. It is part # 12335A16 in catalog #114 page 3369. $1.85 per foot. The "bulb" portion on the one I was given is 5/8" diameter I think one of the smaller diameter ones would work as well. They are on line at www.mcmaster.com
Atlanta store phone number is 404 346 7000 Drove the car home in the rain with no leaks. |
||
|
04-15-2008, 09:08 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Easley, SC
Posts: 19
|
That is excellent! Thank you for sharing.
__________________
'86 Garnet Red Metallic 951 '02 Amulet Red A4 1.8t Quattro |
||
|
04-16-2008, 12:28 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 105
|
how many feet should I buy for the job and does it slip on or does it need to be glued
|
||
|
04-16-2008, 10:12 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 831
|
This slips on but you could use some adhesive on the slip-on channel, I was given another scrap piece eight feet long and with my hatch up it goes from near where each of the hydraulic struts are close to the body, I haven't measured the total length - I'm guessing 14-16 feet - but reading their catalog
someone would have to buy 25 feet of it. A cross section looks (sort of) like this Ou with the O being the bulb, and the u being the slip on channel. Hope this helped. |
||
|
04-17-2008, 04:19 AM
|
|
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
Seized motor. SOLD
Current Daily Driver
1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
