Hi, another newby here.

winkyboy

winkyboy

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Hi, another newby here. I have posted (I think) some pics of my newly purchased 1966 P6 2000sc.
I'm sure some of you will recognise this car. I am in Bedfordshire and will be using her for an everyday runaround.
Of course she comes with unexpected problems. Just found wet carpet in the boot after rain. There's a badly fitted rubber trim around the boot opening. Now there's no other obvious place for the leak other than the trim being squashed and possibly blocking the water channel. Having said that, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the series 1 never had a rubber trim, or did I imagine that?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Lovely drying day here today so took carpets out and left the boot open to try and dry it all out.
This along with other problems is my "welcome to the wonderful world of classic cars".
Have a lovely evening.
Trevor.
 

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Have had that problem myself - turned out to be a hole in the rubber around the fuel tank filler. PITA to replace, as you have to remove the filler neck, and detaching it from the big hose to the tank is not fun. The book says to cut the hose off. Water off the rear screen goes into the channel in front of the boot lid and across to the filler neck area.
 
Your car looks very smart, with a very pleasing colour combination. Imagine how proud the original owner must have been when it was first brought home. An exciting and relatively costly car back then...likely the nicest car in the street.

Happy Motoring - Munro.
 
Looks like you got yourself a very nice P6 there Trevor. I don't know much about the differences between series 1 cars and the later face lifted models, but I have a feeling the rubber trim around the boot opening is fitted incorrectly. Or possibly isn't even the right type of trim. On my '72 car the rubber seal has a flat 'C' shape, and 'hooks' over the vertical boot surround flange from the top, as well as curving underneath. I bought a new one from Scotts Old Auto Rubber in Australia, and it wouldn't happily stay in place at the rounded corners without using a stinky gooey glue that bonds rubber to painted metal. It's been bone dry in there for over a decade since, so if you have the right seal and fit it properly you hopefully won't have further water ingress.
 
jp928 said:
Have had that problem myself - turned out to be a hole in the rubber around the fuel tank filler. PITA to replace, as you have to remove the filler neck, and detaching it from the big hose to the tank is not fun. The book says to cut the hose off. Water off the rear screen goes into the channel in front of the boot lid and across to the filler neck area.
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Thanks for that. I clearly need to use the talcum powder trick now my boot is dry and clear.
 
Stuck-in-1972 said:
Your car looks very smart, with a very pleasing colour combination. Imagine how proud the original owner must have been when it was first brought home. An exciting and relatively costly car back then...likely the nicest car in the street.

Happy Motoring - Munro.
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Thanks for that
Getting plenty of admiring comments already.
 
mrtask said:
Looks like you got yourself a very nice P6 there Trevor. I don't know much about the differences between series 1 cars and the later face lifted models, but I have a feeling the rubber trim around the boot opening is fitted incorrectly. Or possibly isn't even the right type of trim. On my '72 car the rubber seal has a flat 'C' shape, and 'hooks' over the vertical boot surround flange from the top, as well as curving underneath. I bought a new one from Scotts Old Auto Rubber in Australia, and it wouldn't happily stay in place at the rounded corners without using a stinky gooey glue that bonds rubber to painted metal. It's been bone dry in there for over a decade since, so if you have the right seal and fit it properly you hopefully won't have further water ingress.
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Yes you may well be right. I intend to pull it all off this afternoon and will check the shape of it. May even leave it off and test it with a watering can.
 
Well I have pulled off the trim around my boot, well it almost fell off. I done the watering can test and the boot was dry. I now intend to wait until it rains and go for a drive just to confirm.
I have included a picture of the trim. I'm no expert but it doesn't even feel like it's the correct one.
 

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Actually that looks like it might well be the right rubber extrusion. It hooks on the top, and just lips around the bottom edge, the flat edge (left in pic above) covering the vertical flange in the boot aperture. In the last pic from the first post it is mounted behind that flange, facing the rear windscreen. It needs to face the back of the car, so the other way round.
 
winkyboy said:
Well I have pulled off the trim around my boot, well it almost fell off. I done the watering can test and the boot was dry. I now intend to wait until it rains and go for a drive just to confirm.
I have included a picture of the trim. I'm no expert but it doesn't even feel like it's the correct one.
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On the series 1 cars, the seal is on the boot lid and not on the base unit. In addition to looking at the seal around the fuel filler, there are 2 bolts that attach the rear decker panel to the base unit. There are rubber washers there that also deteriorate and can let water from the channel around the boot leak down into the boot.
 
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mrtask said:
Actually that looks like it might well be the right rubber extrusion. It hooks on the top, and just lips around the bottom edge, the flat edge (left in pic above) covering the vertical flange in the boot aperture. In the last pic from the first post it is mounted behind that flange, facing the rear windscreen. It needs to face the back of the car, so the other way round.
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Ok, thanks for that, will have another look tomorrow.
 
DAK said:
On the series 1 cars, the seal is on the boot lid and not on the car. In addition to looking at the seal around the fuel filler, there are 2 bolts that attach the read decker panel to the base unit. There are rubber washers there that also deteriorate and can let water from the channel around the boot leak down into the boot.
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Thanks for that DAK. I thought I remembered reading something like that. Will also keep an eye on decker washers but there was no sign of water on the inside underneath that area. Guess it will get tested tonight, we have rain forecast in our area tonight. :rolleyes:
 
Trick someone into the boot with a torch and only let them out when they tell you where the rain is coming in.....
 
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