All removed and nice clean gaps now. Flushed out all the drainage pipes and added a little sealant around the bottom and sides of the rubber drain grommets so hopefully all set for winter now.
What do you mean by ".......around the bottom and sides of the rubber drain grommets....." can you show me?
See picture below, mine looked like the sealant needed more sealant to be sure they didn't leak as I had water in the top of the A pillars after parked downhill in heavy rain and I know the drain pipes are clear after flushing with a syringe and no water ingress.
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Hi all, I’ve got a leak into the cab, I’ve cleaned the drain tubes and check the seals on the pop top and seals in the image. But I’ve now narrowed it down to the seal that runs along the fixed part of the roof, which is close to what is marked on this photo as ‘Y’. When I press with my hand down on the fixed part of the roof I can see movement and the gap in the sealant closes. I then used a hose test to confirm my thoughts. Does anyone have any experience of removing the forward fixed roof panel about the driver and passenger seats?
If you have the time and can remove the plastic roof cowl yourself then that's the best option and then reseal the cowl with black Sikaflex 522 or CT1 adhesive sealant, you'll need to apply heavy weights to the roof cowl or strap it down tightly for 48 hours to let the sealant fully cure.
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If you have the time and can remove the plastic roof cowl yourself then that's the best option and then reseal the cowl with black Sikaflex 522 or CT1 adhesive sealant, you'll need to apply heavy weights to the roof cowl or strap it down tightly for 48 hours to let the sealant fully cure.
If you can't do it yourself then a good caravan or automotive repair shop should be able to do it. I seems to remember another Facebook member (Rob Lewis) having it done for about £480 recently......
Rob Lewis - Kevin ... mine had had water ingress at some point before my ownership (judging by interior headlining!). It looked like corrosion was starting to occur under that front wind deflector thing above the windscreen. So, he recommended removing to see extent of any corrosion… really honest guy! Found no corrosion to speak of, although the beginning of was stemmed. Oddly found that the wind deflector thing wasn’t properly bolted down (suspect a poorly executed recall correction at some point). So minimal corrosion treated. Deflector properly attached. Signs of corrosion removed etc with paintwork sorted. All bonded back in place and has been fully watertight for all these wet months since with no reappearance of corrosion. Charged £480 and took less than a week. I was dreading what he was going to find under that deflector; could have been a huge can of worms!
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Roof leak found Help….. Hi all, looks like the leak is coming from the front bit here. Drainage holes tested and working fine. Any advice please? Thanks so muchthank you KGIf you have the time and can remove the plastic roof cowl yourself then that's the best option and then reseal the cowl with black Sikaflex 522 or CT1 adhesive sealant, you'll need to apply heavy weights to the roof cowl or strap it down tightly for 48 hours to let the sealant fully cure.
If you can't do it yourself then a good caravan or automotive repair shop should be able to do it. I seems to remember another Facebook member (Rob Lewis) having it done for about £480 recently......
Rob Lewis - Kevin ... mine had had water ingress at some point before my ownership (judging by interior headlining!). It looked like corrosion was starting to occur under that front wind deflector thing above the windscreen. So, he recommended removing to see extent of any corrosion… really honest guy! Found no corrosion to speak of, although the beginning of was stemmed. Oddly found that the wind deflector thing wasn’t properly bolted down (suspect a poorly executed recall correction at some point). So minimal corrosion treated. Deflector properly attached. Signs of corrosion removed etc with paintwork sorted. All bonded back in place and has been fully watertight for all these wet months since with no reappearance of corrosion. Charged £480 and took less than a week. I was dreading what he was going to find under that deflector; could have been a huge can of worms!
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Roof leak found Help….. Hi all, looks like the leak is coming from the front bit here. Drainage holes tested and working fine. Any advice please? Thanks so much
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