Hey Gang:
Well as the current owner of two fuselage Imperials, I have not
expierenced any leaks in the trunks of either. Of course that is not to say
that I have not owned fuselage cars in the past that have not leaked.... I
seem to recall having a 69 4 door that was giving me the very same headache,
Well after what seemd like weeks of problems and nary an answer I decided
to take a different route.. What I did was a bit strange but it got the job
done for me. I measured the total lenth of the truck weather-strip and I
went to the local auto parts store,, I went to the section that has
weatherstripping rubber and I started comeparing styles. Well what I came up
with was the same style of weatherstip but only a thinker size. I figured by
doing that, I could eliminate the problem and it woudl take up extra space
adn seek out and therefor stop my leak. WEll I went home and proceeded to
put in on,, and to my amazment,,it worked after all..Of course I was always
checking the truck for leaks ..just to be sure...WEll I hope that my
imformation was at least a little useful...
Tony Fortner
(IMP6971)
69 2 door
71 4 door
>From: "Phil" <hilljack7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: IML: fuselage leaks
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:08:23 -0500
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>I had a similar problem on a fuselage era Chrysler that I used to own, a 73
>Newport Custom 4 door hardtop. I had a problem with leaks in the trunk, the
>trunk seal was in fine shape, and everything else was good. So I went
>around
>with a large rubber mallet and a sheet of paper. I stuck the paper in the
>flange area between the seal and the trunk lid, then shut the lid. I went
>around and anywhere I found the paper wasn't held tightly, I opened the
>trunk and gave the lip of the flange, a whack upward. I did this carefully
>so not to mar paint, but with careful testing for loose spots with the
>paper, I was able to eliminate the leak. This requires the trunk lip
>gasket
>to be in good shape. I later found that my uncle who used to own the car,
>hauled christmas trees and several large objects in the trunk, and this may
>have been what warped the flange originally, even though it was something
>you couldn't see, just eyeballing it. I expect the same fix would work on a
>similar year or style Imperial.
>Phil <><
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>From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 4:42 PM
>Subject: Re: IML: fuselage leaks
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