FD Sunroof

[Free.51 2,830]

Hi guys many years ago i thought it would be a good idea to seal up my sunroof to stop rain leaking in anyway now i have a carport for the FD i decided to get the sunroof opened again which meant scraping the silicon away but now im gonna need a new seal & tidy it up i believe the news seals are from usa & hard to come by ive also heard about using products from clark rubber. What would you guys recommend i do about this?

Thanks in advance

 

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[CHESTNUTXE 7,641]

just quickly educate me on fd its the xe ltd yeah ? what is the build date plate and is it electric or manual open ?

[Free.51 2,830]

Yeah xe series, oct 83 build & it has electric sunroof

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[CHESTNUTXE 7,641]

one of the other members need to chime in on replacement seal,but living in melbs should be heaps of sunroof places to ask or drive it there if its registerd and see what they say,oct 83 is mid series 2 builds,so a fuel inj crossflow as engine ? or carby,probly has lsd 2.92 disc.

[Free.51 2,830]

It is registered & i drive every couple of weeks to my gf's place & brothers place if the weather is good.

 

Yes it was an efi 250 my brothers & i did the conversion back in late 2012 6 months after i got it as i wanted to put a V8 in it & i was able to get a ZJ fairlane 302 complete car for $600 (the car was very rough but the mechanicals were good) so i bought it.

 

I used the engine, trans & tailshaft off the Cleveland driveline from the ZJ.

 

The diff is the factory 2 pinion 2.77:1 LSD. (goes really well on the feeway)

[CHESTNUTXE 7,641]

nice swap when everything is there all the p/s lines and trans for c4,interesting question is was the FD available in a carby crossflow ,i know the zj had quite a few 250s put in them.

[Free.51 2,830]

Yes the 82 FD 6 was carby.

 

I think the xe series had the most engine/transmission combos of all the xd xe xf series

[CHESTNUTXE 7,641]

yes of coarse only carby was 82 across the range,transmission combos were plenty especialy in the manual department,3 speed manual,4 speed,and 5 speed,also b/w 35/40,c4 and fmx in v8.

[Free.51 2,830]

Yes & 3.3, 4.1, 4.1 efi, 4.9 & 5.8

[dvfalcon 368]

My first point of call would be custom sunroof in maidstone. Have not been there for years but if the original owner is still there Peter he would no if seals are still available or not.

 

Dale

[Free.51 2,830]

Cheers Dale

[Tazvan 120]

On 5/5/2024 at 11:40 AM, Free.51 said:

 

Hi guys many years ago i thought it would be a good idea to seal up my sunroof to stop rain leaking in anyway now i have a carport for the FD i decided to get the sunroof opened again which meant scraping the silicon away but now im gonna need a new seal & tidy it up i believe the news seals are from usa & hard to come by ive also heard about using products from clark rubber. What would you guys recommend i do about this?

Thanks in advance

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I just got a new sunroof seal for the Jeep from "The Sunroof Doctor" in America... http://www.sunroofdoctor.com/ 

They might only deal with US Fords though with exceptions of the likes of Escapes and others that are sold here and there ...

 

On 5/5/2024 at 11:40 AM, Free.51 said:

 

 

 

 

[Free.51 2,830]

33 minutes ago, Tazvan said:

 

I just got a new sunroof seal for the Jeep from "The Sunroof Doctor" in America... http://www.sunroofdoctor.com/ 

They might only deal with US Fords though with exceptions of the likes of Escapes and others that are sold here and there ...

 

 

Thanks for the reply, ill have a look at the site