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Postby MR2MAD » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:50 pm

does any one have some good sugestions on how to stop my t tops from leaking or is it something i have to put up with
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Postby Al » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:52 pm

buy a raincoat and/or change cars

there are fixes for them but they arent 100%
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Postby MR2_ROO » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:45 am

Yeah, maybe set a towel down.

It's so common for t-tops on mR2s to leak it should have been advertised as an optional drip feature.

Just live with it and keep your seats dry so they don't rot.
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Postby MrOizo » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:07 am

the best way would be to buy new seals....

not cheap but if you do cheap fixes, you really do get what you pay for....


have you tried www.mr2.com and www.mr2faq.com and all them sites? they have some temp fixes along with part numbers for new seals 8)
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Postby Adamal » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:16 pm

Make sure the glass the the rubbers are clean. I don't have problems with mine at all.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:44 pm

just go to mrozios place and borrow his vaseline and rubber gloves.. :wink:
softens the rubbers and helps them seal
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Postby MrOizo » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:54 pm

stuff sharing with you my erotic farm animal loving stories anymore :cry:

Mr Revhead wrote:just go to mrozios place and borrow his vaseline and rubber gloves.. :wink:
softens the rubbers and helps them seal
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Postby MR2MAD » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:19 pm

cheers guys looks like im just gona have to live with it for a while

i think ill pass on the borrowing of the rubber Gloves and Vaciline offer.... as i have my own :wink: :wink:

maybe one day wen my funds are felling flush ill get new seals for it
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Postby BR0Z » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:23 pm

Hi

Check previous posts, I'm sure it's been mentioned before & FSTFRD fixed his 'T' Top leaks.

Cheers, Mark
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Postby pplmvr » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:25 pm

sorry bro, don't know anything about it ... so I won't provide any misleding info etc...
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Postby dodgy » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:53 pm

theres some t-top sw20 seals for sale on trademe. My Race MR2 Leaks as well, but im gonna just glue them up coz theres no need for them to ever be removed again.
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Postby spencer » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:16 pm

pplmvr wrote:sorry bro, don't know anything about it ... so I won't provide any misleding info etc...


why post then?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:08 pm

stuff sharing with you my erotic farm animal loving stories anymore


aww what am i gunna base my fantasies on then?
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Postby mr2_t » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:35 pm

I had really good results with an aerosol product called "rubber and nylon lubricant" - my sw20 leaked like a sieve previously - this winter it hasnt leaked at all.

Unfortunately the stuff is only sold by a repco-like retailer in the UK called Halfords. A bloke at work recently arrived from England and lent it to me.
Dont know if there is a local equivalent?

Alternately you could search the web - i've seen a few how-to pages for this problem...
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Postby Rollux » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:08 am

Get rid of the T-top and put a soild roof in. Lighter, stiffer, and won't leak :D (if it's done right...)
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