Thread: Installing new air vent seals

I bought a set of Britpart vent seals from LR Series, and had exactly the same problem.

I ended up going to Clark Rubber, and buying some sticky backed rubber strip, and using that. It was a bit fiddly getting the corners cut right, but it worked out ok in the end.

I can't see the vents bedding themselves in, you'll either need to cut the rubbers you have, use Clark Rubber replacements, or find a source of seals that fit.

Scott's Old Auto Rubbers might be worth a try.

Peter

You could also check with fwd.com.au - they don't have the originals that go on the firewall anymore but they do have the later ones that go on the vent itself.

Thanks for the advise, I think I will try and cut a groove myselfand hopefully not make a botch of it. Will let you know how I go.

Originally Posted by peterg1001

I bought a set of Britpart vent seals from LR Series, and had exactly the same problem.

I ended up going to Clark Rubber, and buying some sticky backed rubber strip, and using that. It was a bit fiddly getting the corners cut right, but it worked out ok in the end.

I can't see the vents bedding themselves in, you'll either need to cut the rubbers you have, use Clark Rubber replacements, or find a source of seals that fit.

Scott's Old Auto Rubbers might be worth a try.

Peter

I tried the Clark Rubber route but it didn't work for me. One vent isn't sealing at all and the other is marginal. Possibly because the rubber was too stiff.

I bought some new seals and am going to try this method.

I did finally finish installing the seals and ended up useing a stanley knife to carefully make a 5mm cut into the new seals with the vents shut. As the hinge section gets in the way I pulled the hinge pin out and let the panel hang out of the way and use a ruler to finish the incision. Then using the ruler again make another cut 5 mm above the first one to form a v rebate as the vent wants to pull upwards as it retracts into the seal. It took me a couple hours to do as it is such a finicky task but Im happy with the end result. Why Britpart dont make the seals with the rebates already in them is beyond me.
I have found many times when I have ordered parts for my 2a that they were infact generic and I have had to modify them to suit so dont think that your newly arrived parts are going to bolt straight on.
Ill try and include a photo as im still learning how to use this forum.

I cut my seals longditudinally (sp?) with a Stanley knife making then roughly half as thick, as there was no way the vents would close without cutting.
I glued the rubbers into position then shut the vents from the outside to get them to fully close and left them shut for about 5-6months.
The seals have now conformed to the vents and I can open and close normally with the vent handles.

i purchased these : MUC4299 from paddock spares. they worked fine, fitted fine. pain in the butt to install though.

I went to fit mine yesterday, which I think I bought on ebay, only to find that they had perished in the box