Rear Tailgate adjustment

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SecaBlue

SecaBlue

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Hi guys, over the last few days it has been snowing every day, and I have noticed a small pile of snow inside the rear of my 110! I have checked the seals and all seem ok around the top, just not at the bottom where it has been pinched... although the door seems to close quite snug down there... I will however need a whole new seal to replace the pinched lower section.

Is there any adjustment that can be made to the door to help it seal?

I have a 2008 110 2.4d. Thanks!
 
How do you mean pinched? Is the rubber seal permanently creased and damaged? If so, will a replacement seal not simply solve the problem before you start altering the door geometry?
If not, you could try putting a packing piece(s) in the door side of the hinges. LINK I think you can just get them for the side doors, but you could trim them in to an oval shape. This should help push the door in towards the seal.
 
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Annoying to have snow getting in. I know. I failed to secure a single rope loop on the canvas back of my SIII one mid-winter evening in the Falkland Islands. The next morning the vehicle was absolutely packed full of snow from rear to windscreen and from floor to roof. It took 2 of us half an hour to dig enough out to get into the front seats! In short, given enough wind, snow will find the smallest gap.
 
Al2O3 said:
How do you mean pinched? Is the rubber seal permanently creased and damaged? If so, will a replacement seal not simply solve the problem before you start altering the door geometry?
If not, you could try putting a packing piece(s) in the door side of the hinges. LINK I think you can just get them for the side doors, but you could trim them in to an oval shape. This should help push the door in towards the seal.
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The lower left of the seal has been un-seated and pushed inside the car upon the door closing, so the rubber is twisted about 20cm up from this and pinched/flattened as it twists. I have taped up the lower section to try to seat it again but only helped slightly. Certainly I will try a new seal first, and and some additional seal around the actual door as well, but thought maybe there was a known problem with the door not fitting correctly and and adjustment necessary over time :)
 
Widgeon3 said:
Annoying to have snow getting in. I know. I failed to secure a single rope loop on the canvas back of my SIII one mid-winter evening in the Falkland Islands. The next morning the vehicle was absolutely packed full of snow from rear to windscreen and from floor to roof. It took 2 of us half an hour to dig enough out to get into the front seats! In short, given enough wind, snow will find the smallest gap.
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Damn... that would have been a pain! luckily my little pile of snow was only 10cm long by approx 1cm deep :p
 
SecaBlue said:
The lower left of the seal has been un-seated and pushed inside the car upon the door closing, so the rubber is twisted about 20cm up from this and pinched/flattened as it twists. I have taped up the lower section to try to seat it again but only helped slightly. Certainly I will try a new seal first, and and some additional seal around the actual door as well, but thought maybe there was a known problem with the door not fitting correctly and and adjustment necessary over time :)
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The seal should push on to the metal seam of the door frame. How is it pushing inside the car? Photo's are good :)
 
Al2O3 said:
The seal should push on to the metal seam of the door frame. How is it pushing inside the car? Photo's are good :)
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yes, can get some pics tomorrow... meanwhile it has obviously been caught with something during loading which has pulled it off the metal seam, and then never looked at again. It is however too cold here now to use glue outside, so may need to wait until the Spring to replace the seal.
 
Whereabouts in Sweden are you (approximately - don't give your location away on the internet!) I Drove up the West coast to Oslo last summer. It was very warm then :)
 
Al2O3 said:
Whereabouts in Sweden are you (approximately - don't give your location away on the internet!) I Drove up the West coast to Oslo last summer. It was very warm then :)
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I'm in the South not far from Malmö. Yes... there are a few days a year that is it 'warm' here :p lol
 
We visited Malmö on the return leg. Camped by the Øresund bridge. We were lucky with the weather, had a warm week. Apart from the day we visited Malmö, it was warm enough, but with light rain :(
 
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