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Old 02-26-2010, 10:16 AM
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Snow pile in my hatch?

weird snowy morning. I couldn't open the driver's side door because it was frozen, so i opened up the hatch to the wagon to crawl in and to my amazement there was a mound of snow inside!! I guess i need to replace the seal huh??

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Old 02-26-2010, 10:37 AM
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The Case of the Mysterious Mound

Ice I would understand but, snow? Do you think the mound of snow fell in when you opened the rear hatch? Where exactly was the snow?
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Old 02-26-2010, 12:23 PM
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No, it didn't fall in. It was near the bottom of the gate on the inside piled about 3 inches high. Looked like how snow drift looks. The snow came down pretty good last night and the wind was howling. The hatch seemed closed all the way, but I don't know for sure. I couldn't imagine this much snow sneaking past a bad seal. Weird.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:22 PM
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Impossible, it must have not been closed all the way....
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:09 AM
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Impossible, it must have not been closed all the way....
if it happened its not impossible. I know it sounds impossible, and that the look of surprise i had on my face when i opened the hatch up would have shown that. The door WAS closed down, but all the way? Possibly not locked in position, but i know the door was level with the body of the car. Understand that the snow was practically coming down sideways with 30mph winds, and the rear of my wagon was facing it.

I noticed that the seal on the body is rubber. is there supposed to be one on the door? theres some foam weatherstripping that looks like the PO had installed from like home depot.
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:49 AM
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It probably needs a new hatch seal...
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:58 AM
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Sure glad i left thursday morning to drive back down to tennessee. Took the 84 300SD on the trip up and could not believe how much snow was down by lucy. I have an apt. on s.monroe and was thinking of staying an extra week. Next trip up I'll let you know.
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Old 02-27-2010, 09:51 AM
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The hatch itself does not have a seal. Sounds like the seal on the body is bad or there is some kind of misalignment of the hatch to the body. I do know that a full latch on my wagon can be deceiving. Takes a pretty good wang to fully engage. The rear light will stay on if it is not fully latched.

By the way, where is the switch for the rear light? It's location is not obvious.

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