08-03-2006, 12:55 PM
A 13 year old California car dries out its seals pretty dramatically as you can imagine. With an irritating level of engine bay smells coming in through the fresh air duct, I figured this seal could use some freshening.
Probably too many pictures for this simple job, but better too much than too little I say.
Image 1 - This is seal to be replaced, the one that separates the engine bay from the battery and ventilation inlet area at the base of the windshield
Image 2 - New hood rubbers
Image 3 - Remove plastic shroud on the windshield side of the seal. Plastic nuts are 10mm. One nut per side. Then pop off the shroud, it is held in place by metal clips along the seal. These pop off easily with a little pressure.
Image 4 - Remove hood rubbers from each side. If you have a dark colored car, you may want to mark exactly where the old rubbers were fitted, to ensure similar positioning for the new ones. Not necessary on my white car, as the old rubbers left a convenient yellow residue.
Image 5 - Picture of new seal. It is a "trim to fit" type, with extra material that will need to be removed to fit. It carries a 928 part number, which probably explains that.
Image 6 - Begin removing the old seal by pulling it off of the metal seam where it is mounted. This seal is press fit, there is no glue to deal with. This picture shows that it is NOT symmetrical, be SURE that the new seal is oriented in the same fashion. Clean any residue left over from removal of the old hood rubbers using Goo Gone or a similar crud cleaner.
Image 7 - The old seal has been removed. Note the difference in lengths between the old and new seals.
Image 8 - Picture of one of the metal clips that holds the plastic shroud in place. Be sure to keep these clips in place.
Image 9 - Begin pressing on the new seal. It has a metal component inside the rubber, which helps it retain the bends necessary. This shot also shows where your car's VIN is located under the hood.
Image 10 - Once you have press-fit the seal all the way across, you will need to trim the excess material for a precise fit. I had trimmed a portion off of the new seal before fitting it, this was my second trimming. I just eyeballed the measurement, and it worked fine.
Image 11 - This shot of the excess material clearly shows the metal component of the seal.
Image 12 - Time to fit the new hood rubbers. My white car nicely left a little colored residue to guide me, and I used a little gorilla glue on the top surface only. Simply fit them and there you go.
Probably too many pictures for this simple job, but better too much than too little I say.
Image 1 - This is seal to be replaced, the one that separates the engine bay from the battery and ventilation inlet area at the base of the windshield
Image 2 - New hood rubbers
Image 3 - Remove plastic shroud on the windshield side of the seal. Plastic nuts are 10mm. One nut per side. Then pop off the shroud, it is held in place by metal clips along the seal. These pop off easily with a little pressure.
Image 4 - Remove hood rubbers from each side. If you have a dark colored car, you may want to mark exactly where the old rubbers were fitted, to ensure similar positioning for the new ones. Not necessary on my white car, as the old rubbers left a convenient yellow residue.
Image 5 - Picture of new seal. It is a "trim to fit" type, with extra material that will need to be removed to fit. It carries a 928 part number, which probably explains that.
Image 6 - Begin removing the old seal by pulling it off of the metal seam where it is mounted. This seal is press fit, there is no glue to deal with. This picture shows that it is NOT symmetrical, be SURE that the new seal is oriented in the same fashion. Clean any residue left over from removal of the old hood rubbers using Goo Gone or a similar crud cleaner.
Image 7 - The old seal has been removed. Note the difference in lengths between the old and new seals.
Image 8 - Picture of one of the metal clips that holds the plastic shroud in place. Be sure to keep these clips in place.
Image 9 - Begin pressing on the new seal. It has a metal component inside the rubber, which helps it retain the bends necessary. This shot also shows where your car's VIN is located under the hood.
Image 10 - Once you have press-fit the seal all the way across, you will need to trim the excess material for a precise fit. I had trimmed a portion off of the new seal before fitting it, this was my second trimming. I just eyeballed the measurement, and it worked fine.
Image 11 - This shot of the excess material clearly shows the metal component of the seal.
Image 12 - Time to fit the new hood rubbers. My white car nicely left a little colored residue to guide me, and I used a little gorilla glue on the top surface only. Simply fit them and there you go.
(This post was last modified: 08-03-2006, 12:59 PM by TheMirror.)
