Trip to townsville help.

Hey all.
i'm going on a trip from maryborough to townsville in a couple weeks and i'm taking the good old mr2.
But there's a few things that i'd like to fix before i go.
1. The roof leaks. And i can't afford new seals atm. They wouldn't get here soon enough anyway. Is there anyway i can revamp the old ones i no it's been discussed a lot. But i was thinking he there is like an expandable foam You could pump into the seals to push them back into original shape.

2. Will the stock wiring handle 100 watt high beam.

3. I'd like to change the gear box oil to. I've been told it has either royal purple or red line. I can't remember What the previous owner told me. What would be the best for it. I don't want it to start crunching on the trip. Or am i better off leaving it.

if gearbox isent broke then dont try and fix.

Also be careful either side of Mackay - a hot spot for police radars

i might chuck a spare relay in the car and keep the standard bulbs with me. i'll get round to rewiring it to handle them fine after i get back. more info on the leak prevention would be good. also i was just thinking the gearbox, since i haven't even looked at it since i bought the car 1.5 years and 20000 kms ago lol

Be there on the 12th-14th then back again a week later.

Make sure you bring your wet weather gear. It's getting pretty wet there lol.

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Originally posted by Dudeman

For the seals i'd go to clark rubber and buy thr thinnest self adhesive rubber strips, stick them across the front and rears both sides.

Easy, and it doesn't work good enough peel it off and try again.

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i've tried that with foam tape. but didn't work. its also leaking at the top of the mirror bracket where the window is

i cut up a strip of chux wipes, wrapped it with glad/cling wrap and placed it where it leaked. Did this about 2 years ago and it still hasn't leaked tll this day :D even the high pressure rinses at the car wash cant get through.