There's a special foam sealer tape made for camper tops mounted on a
pickup truck bed. It seals the cap to the bed along the top rails. This
has been ideal over the years for many uses and I would think it should
work well here. It can be layered to make up the extra thickness.
Dave
> On 3/29/06, Ph.J.Aeckerlin <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl> wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>> I bought a new aluminum/aluminium gas/petrol tank for my BJ8. The old
>> steel one had 7 holes, so I threw it away ages ago. Now that I start
>> rebuilding my BJ8 I see that according to the manuals I should put a
>> strip of some unknown material around the rectangular opening in my
>> trunk, apparently to keep splash water out .
>> My problem is that at the forward side the distance between tank and
>> trunk bottom is in the range of 3/4 inch - at the rear it is less, say
>> 1/4 inch.
>> Are these large dimensions normal or should I suspect the dimensions,
>> especially the radius, of the tank, and are there tricks to close the
>> gap? I myself are thinking of covering both tank edges and trunk bottom
>> with very thin plastic wrapping foil, and fill the opening with PUR
>> foam, wait till it has hardened, then cut to decent shape and mount the
>> lot with some elastic sealing compound. Any more sophisticated solutions?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
>> 1964 BJ8 29432
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