New cockpit locker seals, pop-to seals & cabin roof seals.

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cruiserpete
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New cockpit locker seals, pop-to seals & cabin roof seals.

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Decided to replace all of the seals on my I563 simply because they needed replacing.

I replaced the coockpit locker/seat with a friction U trim that also had a vertical rubber D seal.
The seal
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My old cockpit locker/seat rubber seals were stuffed so it was easier to just replace them.
Without the rubber seals. The seats had too much slop without the seals so the seat needs a good seal underneath to lift it to the correct height?
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With the new seals in place
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Next was the cabin roof. I replaced the old trim with a very similar white trim. I liked the white because it blended in perfectly with the cabin top.
The white trim next to the old original trim.
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The white trim installed
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Lastly, was the pop top roof trim.
I decided to use a similar friction U trim as originally used but also used a trim with a D seal. This would give be a nice sealing 'boot' around the pop top to the cabin top.
You can just make out the 'boot' under the pop top trim sealing to the cabin top.
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That's my day in a nut shell....
Installed 3 new windows (from windows tomorrow) and installed all new seal on cockpit lockers, cabin top and pop top. All in all, a fairly productive day

Cheers Pete
Mark
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Re: New cockpit locker seals, pop-to seals & cabin roof seals.

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Nice job, can you give specs on that rubbber seal part number etc and where purchased i need to redo that job also
Thanks
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Mark
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geoffr
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Re: New cockpit locker seals, pop-to seals & cabin roof seals.

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Hi Mark:

These are great enhancements.

I did a similar job about 18 months ago (see my postings on this site under '30 year refurb'), and I sourced all my rubber edging from a well known national franchise that sells rubber and shares the same first name as Superman's non de plume.

I don't have shares in the place, but probably should given how much I've spent there in the last two years!

Cheers, Geoff
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Yara50
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Re: New cockpit locker seals, pop-to seals & cabin roof seals.

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BTW , there is no problem on this site to mention vendor's names, as long as there is nothing defamitory.
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