Great looking start. Really jealous of your truck cap. Wish I had been able to get one like that.
BobHenry is the one that drug me into this whole thing. (jk Bob, wouldn't want it any other way)
BTW, John, where are you located?
pjo129 wrote:Great looking start. Really jealous of your truck cap. Wish I had been able to get one like that.
BobHenry is the one that drug me into this whole thing. (jk Bob, wouldn't want it any other way)
BTW, John, where are you located?
KCStudly wrote:Seek out elevator bolts.
KCStudly wrote:We have a saying here, "no pics, didn't happen".
JDHIV wrote:One place leaking is in the front sliding rectangular window. I spent some time taking a LOT of screws out (stripping a few heads) just to remove the paneling-frame around the inside of the window to see what was inside the walls and see if/where I might be able to seal and maybe where that leak comes from. After playing with the window sliders and pulling out some of the rubber seals I switched the top & bottom seal as the bottom one was kinked or folded in and not sitting against the glass very well and MAY be letting the water in and channeling it. I'm not sure if this will help or not as I won't water test it again until tomorrow. I will silicone any non-moving parts and give it a few hours before I leak test it again.
Another leak area is the left/driver's rear corner which is likely due to the exposed holes left by screws that went all the way through for what was likely a cap-mounted set of racks. A former owner was a beach camper so it was likely they had some utilitarian thing on it...but now with exposed holes, water can easily find its way in......I siliconed the 4 obvious holes near that leak and will see if that helps/solves it. We'll see!...and what I hope I don't SEE is any more leaking...but I'll deal with it as it happens!
_John
Are you using regular household sealant type silicone to seal around the leaking window gaskets? I've had better luck sealing around automotive windows/gaskets with small leaks with "flowable" silicone.It's thin enough to fill in cracked or torn spaces in old gaskets...I've used it many times on my old cars, that had tiny water leaks not worth pulling the windshield or other window and totally replacing the gasket. In the case of my Chevelle, the leak at the upper left hand side was more than tiny, but I didn't have the time to do the replacement, so I used this product (or maybe another brand?, I forget). It never leaked again ...that was in '95. It works for me.
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