"Gasket" around taillight 81-85?!?
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"Gasket" around taillight 81-85?!?
Anybody have any ideas on how to replace or find a set of the gaskets that run around the outside of the taillights on 81-85s and seal to the body??? One of mine is toast and I am told they arent available from Mazda anymore....
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If your talking about the foam gasket, I would just use some of that adhesive foam door weatherstripping you can get at almost any hardware store. Cut a length to fit properly and your done.
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Mazdatrix shows the seal as being discontinued, so no luck there.....dont think dumdum would work, on the 81-85's you actually see the gasket, it acts almost as a finish strip around the outside of the taillight....not sure how the foam door weatherstripping would work, but might be what i try if I cant come up with something else....
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Mazdatrix shows the seal as being discontinued, so no luck there.....dont think dumdum would work, on the 81-85's you actually see the gasket, it acts almost as a finish strip around the outside of the taillight....not sure how the foam door weatherstripping would work, but might be what i try if I cant come up with something else....
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Ray......boy am I gonna owe you big time! Thanks again! Any parts you need that you cant find? I have access to 2 84's here locally that have some stuff left.....just pilfered a choke setup off one of them today. Of course, the taillight gaskets were shot on both as my luck would have it. One of them actually has a 12A in it that was running til somebody took the distributor out of it....guy wants 400 for the complete motor....
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Mazdatrix shows the seal as being discontinued, so no luck there.....dont think dumdum would work, on the 81-85's you actually see the gasket, it acts almost as a finish strip around the outside of the taillight....not sure how the foam door weatherstripping would work, but might be what i try if I cant come up with something else....
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It is kinda confusing....mazdatrix has them under their "taillight seals" section, so guess thats where i came up with gasket... but technically they are just a trim piece....now speaking of the true gasket, should i run something on it to be sure the old gasket seals??????? And I thought restoring 67-69 camaros was bad back when I was doing them....at least they have parts available....i dont think there is a part on one of them you cant get nowadays, including a whole body....