So I locked my girlfriend in the boot...

[hogweed]

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

Done once and never had to do again in the life of the vehicle.

Yeah - Capt Tolley hasn't let me down either. I was convinced he had, but the clips are bone dry underneath when heavily watered above.

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

My boot leaked in via the lower clips that supported the rear screen

Absolutely - I think all our cars will do this eventually. But mine are definitely sealed. My problem now is finding exactly where it IS getting through... I treated suspect areas yesterday, so time will tell

Originally Posted by roverbarmy

Lowering the rear seat backs makes it less claustrophobic for the "observer" in the boot (but maybe not as much fun!!! Especially "releasing" the prisoner at the side of the road!!!).

Ha ha, yes, I did that


Lowered the seats that is, not dumping her at the side of road...

[Martin Butler]

I once put a friend in the boot of my car, ,i think she may still be in there, when i sold it :-)

[polinsteve]

Originally Posted by hogweed

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

2 questions. Have you let her out yet and did she look good in a Foggy, (Last of the summer wine) raincoat?

[hogweed]

Originally Posted by polinsteve

2 questions. Have you let her out yet and did she look good in a Foggy, (Last of the summer wine) raincoat?

Ummm... let who out of what? You know, I'm sure there was something I was supposed to remember...


If she was still in there now, she'd have drowned