Escort cabriolet roof leak fix

[Escort Si-130]

Posted this over on the Escort Cabriolet forum, but those here who may not be on it and has a cabriolet but get leaks from the roof window door seals. I have come up with a solution. Even tested the seats last night with the heavy rain and its bone dry.

 

I have come up with a part solution due to my cabby roof leaking. I have realised that the rubber seals have a major part in this.

 

 

The pic below shows where water seems to come into the roof seal via the front. This triangular block appears to allow water in as it is not fixed. I had previously put sillicone sealant, but it didnt last at all. I have now bought Stormsure 5g on ebay. This is also good for split roofs.

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item51a5bf8a81

 

Item number:350673144449

 

When I did use this, not shown in any of the pics, have to take some of it done. I left it for 6 hours before closing the roof.

http://i46.tinypic.com/105p2yr.jpg

 

 

Water travels further along the triangular block in the seal on the roof itself. It is also worth sealing this up with stormsure as the water can go further back near the pillar.

http://i49.tinypic.com/21ekr8.jpg

 

 

A wet drivers seat because of these flipping roof seals. The passenger side seat was worse.

http://i46.tinypic.com/20ztyqe.jpg

 

 

This is the passenger side seal that leaks far more than the drivers side at the time. Took this pic when it rained and you can see the water coming through. It was sometimes so bad that it would run further back along the seal and also leak out just before the b pillar. This soaked my rear passenger footwell to a puddle pond.

http://i48.tinypic.com/b5mi4y.jpg

 

 

Blue arrow shows where water comes into the triangular block. There is a normal exit for this by the bottom windscreen door A pillar. I had to get a syringe with hot car wash to pump it down here to clear it out of tree sap etc to allow better drainage. The green arrow shows where it was exiting into the car itself. I had even get felt adhesive pads to try to stem the leak, but it didnt work. Ended up removing them after the pics were taken. And glued the triagular block behind it with stormsure.

http://i48.tinypic.com/b5mi4y.jpg

 

I have done a slight modification to the roof now to stop water seeping in through the gap of the window seals.

 

 

You can see this where the gap line should be.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2znphs5.jpg

 

 

I cut 2 pieces of fabric from excess from when I changed the roof. So its matching blue and mohair.

 

I cut them to 8cm by 3 cm.

http://i48.tinypic.com/5yupn7.jpg

 

 

I marked a blue line, at the 4cm point, so it would be halfway.

http://i46.tinypic.com/29g206s.jpg

 

 

Shows the underside where it has been test fitted to see how it would fit.

http://i45.tinypic.com/iofafc.jpg

 

 

The piece of fabric cut to make the seal cover.

http://i47.tinypic.com/sdecdz.jpg

 

 

The superglue gel applied to the underside

http://i45.tinypic.com/2md1f1u.jpg

 

 

The nearside is finished

http://i45.tinypic.com/21j6ek3.jpg

 

 

The offside is complete

http://i46.tinypic.com/ayax77.jpg