Tailgate switch rubber.

andrewinpopayan · 29th December 2016, 14:21

Hello.

Does anyone know where I can get the oval rubber cover that fits over the microswitch on the tailgate release, the rubber cover you press to open.

Mine has just about given up and causes the switch to stay pressed "in".

Thanks
Andrew

GeoffWW · 31st December 2016, 15:45

Have you still got the cover?

The cover is fairly substantial and should be in a reasonable state fit for re-use again. If you haven't got it, it may have been pushed up into the cavity and become entangled with the main lock release mechanism.

Raise the tailgate and with the aid of a fine beamed torch, look inside the cavity. If it is inside, use a pair of thin nosed pliers to extract the cover. Once recovered, check the grooves on the edging that slide on to the edges of the long oval hole where it normally fits. then slide it in from one end, ensuring the side grooves engage into the hole's metal edge.

andrewinpopayan · 31st December 2016, 16:59

Thank Geoffww, I have sourced another one. The problem was that that the "leading edge" of the grommet has worn away with the thousands of times the tailgate has been opened, the outer >flange< of the rubber had worn away and the center had perished and cracked. It's not done bad lasting for 15 years.

Andrew

29th December 2016, 14:21	#1
andrewinpopayan Loves to post Rover 75 CDT manual tourer SE with farkles Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bradford BD12 Posts: 497 Thanks: 148 Thanked 73 Times in 62 Posts	Tailgate switch rubber. Hello. Does anyone know where I can get the oval rubber cover that fits over the microswitch on the tailgate release, the rubber cover you press to open. Mine has just about given up and causes the switch to stay pressed "in". Thanks Andrew __________________ 2001 75 2.0 CDT tourer. Bodges and "quick fixes" have a nasty habit of reminding you at the MOST inconvenient AND expensive time that you should have done the job properly in the first place.!

31st December 2016, 16:59	#3
andrewinpopayan Loves to post Rover 75 CDT manual tourer SE with farkles Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bradford BD12 Posts: 497 Thanks: 148 Thanked 73 Times in 62 Posts	Thank Geoffww, I have sourced another one. The problem was that that the "leading edge" of the grommet has worn away with the thousands of times the tailgate has been opened, the outer >flange< of the rubber had worn away and the center had perished and cracked. It's not done bad lasting for 15 years. Andrew __________________ 2001 75 2.0 CDT tourer. Bodges and "quick fixes" have a nasty habit of reminding you at the MOST inconvenient AND expensive time that you should have done the job properly in the first place.!

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31st December 2016, 15:45	#2
GeoffWW Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi Tourer Connoisseur SE Auto, Also fully restored Mk 2 1966 MG Midget Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 314 Thanks: 49 Thanked 59 Times in 46 Posts	Have you still got the cover? The cover is fairly substantial and should be in a reasonable state fit for re-use again. If you haven't got it, it may have been pushed up into the cavity and become entangled with the main lock release mechanism. Raise the tailgate and with the aid of a fine beamed torch, look inside the cavity. If it is inside, use a pair of thin nosed pliers to extract the cover. Once recovered, check the grooves on the edging that slide on to the edges of the long oval hole where it normally fits. then slide it in from one end, ensuring the side grooves engage into the hole's metal edge.