seeking these seals for estate wagon upper hatch

[Drembo]

Does anyone know of a source for these seals that go on the bottom corners of the upper rear hatch on an estate wagon? Or has anyone fabricated something that works?

[Nullifie]

A well known problem for they don't keep their form doing the job they have to do. In Germany somebody did make new ones after measurement / drawing of a NOS set I have (no, I don't sell them), but the problem is that he can't reproduce them with the kind of rubber they are made from originaly. The gap between the upper and lower hatch isn't the same at all the wagons and while driving the hatches move, so this rubbers have to be able to be pressed and stand some forces. The new ones didn't skid a little like the original ones but did stick a bit, and didn't keep their form quickly. Some time ago I spoke someone of the Dutch Volvo Club and he told me that they are trying to find a company reproducing them with the right kind of rubber, but at that time they weren't succesfull in finding such a company. These aren't offered yet by them, so I think they weren't succesfull until now. I think gluing some different thick layers of this kind of rubber on each other using the right thickness of each "layer" and before glued cut in the right form should be possible.

[Derek UK]

Looks like I will be checking the ones on my Estate. Maybe a good soak in glycerine would help revive those that are getting tired. After soaking wipe off any excess as it will pick up dirt if you don't. Maybe an occasional spray with silicone would help to allow a bit of movement.

[Rustinmotion]

Originally Posted by Derek UK

Looks like I will be checking the ones on my Estate. Maybe a good soak in glycerine would help revive those that are getting tired. After soaking wipe off any excess as it will pick up dirt if you don't. Maybe an occasional spray with silicone would help to allow a bit of movement.

I use silicone grease it keeps the rubber soft

[Derek UK]

Originally Posted by Rustinmotion

I use silicone grease it keeps the rubber soft

I prefer glycerine as it does seem to soak into the rubber and then virtually dry up. Silicone grease always stays greasy.

[Nullifie]

Here a drawing of a NOS one, so in its original shape. The measurements are in mm.

Also an image "splitted it in layers" A B C as I had the idea to take sheets of the right kind of rubber, cut the layerparts out and glue them on each other to get the complete rubber, after gluing grinding the roundings. Printing this in 1:1 should get the real dimensions (black scalebar to check if the print was correct is 100 mm long).

The problem is, that the original rubber is a fairly thight (should withstand some forces) rubber with pores in it (should be able to be pressed in the actual gap between the hatches) but no pores in the surface (shouldn't collect water and dirt in it). I didn't search finding this kind of rubber in the correct thicknesses.

(mirror the images for the one of the other side of the hatch)

I hope the drawings are self-explaining (view from above and cross-section).