Ok, this isn't sailing related but I figure there is no better crowd to ask then this one... The convertible top on my little BMW roadster is leaking very slightly from the very bottom where the top is attached to the car (below the body panel) in the well where it folds down into. The dealer says it's a poorly installed or damaged gasket (been that way since I bought the car, and no, it's not under warranty), but to fix it the whole top must be removed and reinstalled, at a cost of 8-10 hours of labor (roughly $1200).
I can fairly easily get (cramped) access to both the top and bottom of the top where the leak happens, and it is entirely out of sight so I don't have to worry about the aesthetics of the fix.
What I think I would like is something like a liquid butyl that I can pour down into the crevice in the leaking area so it will run down into the void and seal the leak from the top, cool / harden / cure there as to stop the leak without allowing water to remain trapped anywhere post fix, yet be easily removable somewhere down the road so when the top needs replacing in 5-10 years I don't have a huge problem to deal with then as a result of the fix with a bunch of hardened glue.
Thoughts?
I can fairly easily get (cramped) access to both the top and bottom of the top where the leak happens, and it is entirely out of sight so I don't have to worry about the aesthetics of the fix.
What I think I would like is something like a liquid butyl that I can pour down into the crevice in the leaking area so it will run down into the void and seal the leak from the top, cool / harden / cure there as to stop the leak without allowing water to remain trapped anywhere post fix, yet be easily removable somewhere down the road so when the top needs replacing in 5-10 years I don't have a huge problem to deal with then as a result of the fix with a bunch of hardened glue.
Thoughts?
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