Seal behind tail lights

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goats1
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Seal behind tail lights

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Hi all I'm piecing my ek back together and have a question ,is there a rubber seal that goes behind the tail between the tail light housing and the body to stop water getting into the boot area cheers and thanks for any help goat
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Re: Seal behind tail lights

Post by parisian62 »

Hi goats,

No rubber seal.

Run a bead of butyl mastic on the body first and then fit the taillight housing onto the body. This will force the mastic out. Clean up with wax and grease remover and a rag. If you find 'gaps' in the mastic once the taillight is fitted you may have to run another bead of mastic around and clean up again. You want it nice and sealed and also looking neat.

Buy it from bunnings http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_pro ... 34715.aspx . Get a cartridge for a caulking gun.

You can just make out the black buyl mastic in some pics on this page http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... &start=585

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Stewart
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