Trans. hump sealant - recommendations?

[patrickdotryan]

All - long story, but after a problem with the wrong paint color for the rust touch ups on my floorboards, I'm going to have to remove the tranmission hump cover and original sealant to get a good blend with the original paint. Once I do that, I would like to put it back to just how it came from the factory.

What has anyone here used to mimic that same black, sticky sealant? Recommendations?

Also, is it the same stuff that was used on the seat bolt holes (lower middle of photo below)? That stuff seams harder and not sticky.




Thanks, Patrick in San Diego

[fordman]

i think its made by 3m . but the only names that come to mine are dum dum tape or buytl tape. and i am not sure those are the right names.

[70_F100]

I took an idea from when I used to work for a GMC dealer (I know, that's blasphemy).

I used some 3/4" x 3/16" foam weatherstrip on mine. That way, if I DO have to pull the hump cover again, I won't have that sticky, gooey mess to deal with.

[basketcase0302]

I nicknamed it Play-doh!
Any RV supply house has it:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff13 ... C16204.jpg

[fordman]

yes the greyish white stuff is for rv's and mobile homes. it is called butyl tape. http://op7.activant-inet.com/royaldurham/nlcatalog.asp part number 30095

[patrickdotryan]

For some reason this topic double posted, but Robroy replied to the duplicate post with an excellent link to sealing the fenders with Strip-Calk, which also looks exactly like the sealant used on the transmission hump cover. In case someone does a search for this 28 years in the future, here is his excellent thread:

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... =7&t=41892

Patrick in San Diego

[big block]

i think its made by 3m . but the only names that come to mine are dum dum tape or buytl tape. and i am not sure those are the right names.

fordman youare correct in saying dum dum that is what i call it but 3/m calls it windo-weld ribbon sealer the part number for a 5/16 bead 15 ft is (08611) wes