I first cured my wet boot some time around 2012, using Captain Tolley’s Creeping Crack Cure (can’t even type that without laughing) on the trim pins, and it was fine for at least a couple of years.
However, a couple more and it started to get wet again. I re-did the pins; I removed and sealed the chrome strip along the side; I sealed the vents in the rear arches; I got new rubber gaskets for the rear light clusters from some guy here who does them, but they leaked worse than the originals.
We don’t get many sunny days here in NI, so I was determined to make the most of this weekend – and, as per the title, closed my girlfriend in the boot with a torch. She’s very petite. And obliging
You know when you KNOW something – like religious types and Richard Dawkins, you’re right, you KNOW you're right, and won’t look at any blinding evidence to the contrary? Well, I’ve read all the posts on this topic, again and again, and knew the only things I hadn’t checked were the two welded seams near the hinges.
As they say in tabloid letters pages, imagine my surprise when she reported water running quite freely through both of them as I poured water over the rear screen and boot lid. And they still look like there is absolutely no gap at all.
Boot left open for hours in the sun today to dry out – Captain Tolley to the rescue tomorrow.
Will report back
