Fighting the Dreaded Leaky Hatch

Lunch2000 · 08-22-2006, 06:35 PM

Careful using run of the mill bathroom caulk. Its not really designed to hold up to weather. Your bathroom is a more consistent enviroment than the out doors. I would recommend using home weatherstripping, it comes in a roll of strands it handles like putty, does not dry out and is removable later on. I've decided to go the gasket route and order them from Toyota. They must have it that way for a good reason.....

Lunch2000

scruffboy · 08-27-2006, 10:08 PM

I wasn't gonna use caulk, I was gonna look at weather stripping. Your right Burton, I love that moonroof, I wouldn't trade it for a Targa. Anyway, lookin at some manuals, there are ways to move the hatch forward and backwards, but you have to remove some interior panels. I hope to get around to it someday. Now, if I know it is gonna rain real hard I just run a little strip of that blue painters tape along the back edge (thats the only part that leaks).

Scruff.

08-22-2006, 06:35 PM	#1
Lunch2000 Stock Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Union City, NJ Posts: 19	Leaky hatch fixin' Careful using run of the mill bathroom caulk. Its not really designed to hold up to weather. Your bathroom is a more consistent enviroment than the out doors. I would recommend using home weatherstripping, it comes in a roll of strands it handles like putty, does not dry out and is removable later on. I've decided to go the gasket route and order them from Toyota. They must have it that way for a good reason..... Lunch2000 __________________ '89 Supra Turbo 5-speed, 3" stainless exaust

08-27-2006, 10:08 PM	#2
scruffboy walbro fp Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kearny, New Jersey, USA Posts: 427	Leaky hatch I wasn't gonna use caulk, I was gonna look at weather stripping. Your right Burton, I love that moonroof, I wouldn't trade it for a Targa. Anyway, lookin at some manuals, there are ways to move the hatch forward and backwards, but you have to remove some interior panels. I hope to get around to it someday. Now, if I know it is gonna rain real hard I just run a little strip of that blue painters tape along the back edge (thats the only part that leaks). Scruff.

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