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Mon, 14 June 2010 16:31

pzerkel

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Registered: September 2007
Location: Salisbury, IL

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OK, we are starting to use the coach a little more this summer. This past weekend was the first time that we were out camping in a serious rainstorm. The time has come to stop procrastinating! While I have made some feeble attempts at leak control, I'll admit most of my leak control to date has consisted of a few strategically placed buckets.

I keep hearing that it is impossible to stop ALL the leaks. I can accept that, but MY GOODNESS MAN, it has to be able to get better than it is now! If not, I might be lured to the dark side in a SOB. I was taking shelter in a 1991 travel trailer that was staying dryer than the GMC was! (and my wife was in the GMC with three pre-teen girls on a church campout). Wife not happy camper!!

So I have procured a squirrel cage blower. What I do not have and cannot find is the tubing to get the air into a window.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=10107&cat=3874

Do I really need that or can I just set the blower on a ladder next to the window?

What do I need to seal for the pressure test? refrigerator vents, dash a/c vents, plumbing vents, what about the fans in the bathroom and living room?

I currently have the rear headliner out. I have seen some pictures of people using drain tubing to go from the gutter through the floor. I would like to do that. But I am having a very hard time getting a drill square to make a hole up there. Do I need a right angle drill bit? It does not seem like there is enough width to get a 3/8" pipe thread in there. If it matters I have a 78. Did the gutters get any skinnier in the later years?

I know I have some holes were I moved clearance lights that are currently just duct taped over. I will start with putting some real sealant in those holes. But I need to figure out a way to do the pressure test, and to get some drain hoses installed in this, or else.

Paul Zerkel
'78 Eleganza II
Salisbury IL (near Springfield)

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		Roof Leaks By: pzerkel on Mon, 14 June 2010 16:31
		Re: Roof Leaks By: midlf on Mon, 14 June 2010 16:38
		Re: Roof Leaks By: fred v on Mon, 14 June 2010 17:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: peter bailey on Mon, 14 June 2010 19:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: comcast on Mon, 14 June 2010 19:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: Mr ERFisher on Mon, 14 June 2010 19:18
		Re: Roof Leaks By: jknezek on Mon, 14 June 2010 19:23
		Re: Roof Leaks By: Ernest Dankert on Mon, 14 June 2010 20:42
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: emerystora on Tue, 15 June 2010 10:16
		Re: Roof Leaks By: GeorgeRud on Mon, 14 June 2010 21:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: Kosier on Mon, 14 June 2010 22:14
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: Steven Ferguson on Tue, 15 June 2010 06:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: emerystora on Tue, 15 June 2010 10:25
		Re: Roof Leaks By: pzerkel on Tue, 15 June 2010 16:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: USAussie on Tue, 15 June 2010 17:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 15 June 2010 18:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: ljdavick on Tue, 15 June 2010 20:17
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: pzerkel on Tue, 15 June 2010 22:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: kincaid76royale on Wed, 16 June 2010 04:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Roof Leaks By: midlf on Wed, 16 June 2010 07:17
		Re: Roof Leaks By: Larry C on Tue, 15 June 2010 18:07

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