Defender or Series tub seals??

ChrisBduck · Oct 21, 2020

About to fit van sides on my 1986 90 and I cant decide which seals to get for the sides to tub.
I know the 90 catalogue says muc1333 which now supersedes, but reading on some other forums some people say earlier Series seals are much better. Are they still just a foam strip, or are they an actual rubber seal?
Any views, experience or part numbers would be most appreciated
Cheers

mick 1986 · Oct 22, 2020

ChrisBduck said:
About to fit van sides on my 1986 90 and I cant decide which seals to get for the sides to tub.
I know the 90 catalogue says muc1333 which now supersedes, but reading on some other forums some people say earlier Series seals are much better. Are they still just a foam strip, or are they an actual rubber seal?
Any views, experience or part numbers would be most appreciated
Cheers

I fitted series seals on my rebuild. They are a foam strip. I decided to use them as I was sick of the rubber seals leaking. I used britpart seals and they don’t leak now, and haven’t done so since I fitted them almost 2 years ago.

ChrisBduck · Oct 22, 2020

mick 1986 said:
I fitted series seals on my rebuild. They are a foam strip. I decided to use them as I was sick of the rubber seals leaking. I used britpart seals and they don’t leak now, and haven’t done so since I fitted them almost 2 years ago.

Would that have been part number 333487 would you know?

Al2O3 · Oct 22, 2020

I used Britpart defender ones on my rebuild about 4 years ago. They were foam too, not leaking yet (fingers crossed)
No idea of part number, but I could look back at my old orders?

mick 1986 · Oct 23, 2020

ChrisBduck said:
Would that have been part number 333487 would you know?

It is that part number. I used double sided tape to hold it in place, as it’s a bigger to do the job on your own.

Edit: they were britpart too.

Rougharse Racing · Oct 24, 2020

Won't series seals be 5 inches too short?

ChrisBduck · Oct 24, 2020

Rougharse Racing said:
Won't series seals be 5 inches too short?

I think that part number is for the 109 seals and presumably u just cut them to length

mick 1986 · Oct 25, 2020

Rougharse Racing said:
Won't series seals be 5 inches too short?

No, they are around 2-3” too long.

ChrisBduck said:
I think that part number is for the 109 seals and presumably u just cut them to length

Yes they were around 2-3” too long. If I remember right, I cut one end down so it was straight, only cutting around 1/2”, then stuck it all the way round and trimmed the other end. I had the left over piece somewhere. I will try and find it.

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