| Sealing the power and water door [message #170283] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 10:13  |
biggreen
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Location: Northeast Florida
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The rectangular access door left side for the power cord and water hookup on my 77 Palm Beach has no type of weatherstripping whatsoever, but I see remnants of something once being there.
Water runs right in there and down a channel to the rear interior.
What has anyone done to seal this door? Thanks.
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| Re: Sealing the power and water door [message #170318 is a reply to message #170283] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:11  |
Adrien G.
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Location: Burns Flat, OK 73624
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RD,
>>> The rectangular access door left side for the power cord and water hookup on my 77 Palm Beach has no type of weatherstripping whatsoever, but I see remnants of something once being there.
Water runs right in there and down a channel to the rear interior.<<<<
The problem is not the door seal, or sealing the door, it's the electrical box not been sealed to the wall in the inside and-or the drain plugged or both. Short of that, try to put a drain tube in that channel to drain to the outside.
You might be able to do some sealing by getting to the lower screws or putting the drain, by removing the panels in the closet areas, but it wont be easy. I had the advantage of the closet module being out, there wasn't much TLC when these coaches where assembled.
Check with a water hose to see if it took care of the leak.
Good luck
Adrien & Jenny Genesoto
75 Glenbrook (26-3) Mods LS3.70 FD / Reaction Sys / 80mm Front&Intermidiate / Hydroboost / 16" Tires / Frame Rebuild / Interior Rebuild
Yuba City,Ca. Text 530-nine-3-three-3-nine-nine-6
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| Re: Sealing the power and water door [message #170323 is a reply to message #170283] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:45 |
JohnL455
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Location: Woodstock, IL
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Right. All that is considered "Outdoors". I think my 77 has some sort of drain to let the water out to the wheel well area. Check for a plugged drain if there is one. If the seal to the body is bad, one material I like is "through the roof" a clear roofing stack glue in a small paint type can. I used that to seal the front firewall to the wall (spread) to stop the cold or hot air draft coming in on the highway. Has some flex to it when hard to move with the flex of the coach.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: Sealing the power and water door [message #170361 is a reply to message #170283] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 22:43 |
Bob de Kruyff
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| biggreen wrote on Sun, 20 May 2012 09:13 |
The rectangular access door left side for the power cord and water hookup on my 77 Palm Beach has no type of weatherstripping whatsoever, but I see remnants of something once being there.
Water runs right in there and down a channel to the rear interior.
What has anyone done to seal this door? Thanks.
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The original doors had weather stripping. You should be able to find some at HomeDepot.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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