ATF: Big Country - Disheartened - Need Help!
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SJH
Past Washington Chapter Leaders
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
FYI...unfortunately the leak is not 100% fixed as thought. Definitely put a dent in it...right side stopped completely, left side still has a slight leak only inside the horizontal trim - almost like the trim acts as a channel for water. I will redo the left side and I think we are good!
FYI...unfortunately the leak is not 100% fixed as thought. Definitely put a dent in it...right side stopped completely, left side still has a slight leak only inside the horizontal trim - almost like the trim acts as a channel for water. I will redo the left side and I think we are good!
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srp4funtime
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Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
Waiting to see if it works, while waiting for mine to dry out a bit.
Steve
Waiting to see if it works, while waiting for mine to dry out a bit.
Steve
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
Steve, it has been a tough fight for you. Sounds like you have it down for the count! And how can you say it is wet here? We don't have to use a snorkel to breath or wear hip boots all the time. Only nine or ten months of the year.
Steve, it has been a tough fight for you. Sounds like you have it down for the count! And how can you say it is wet here? We don't have to use a snorkel to breath or wear hip boots all the time. Only nine or ten months of the year.
Westwind
Well-known member
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
Hope you were successful, I have to go over all of mine, I have a spot on the rear cap side molding lower than the windows that keeps opening up even though I have sealed it, I'm going back out there today and do some more reseal. Where I sealed it a couple of months ago it opened up again. It's almost as though the rubber or vinyl trim pierce did seat correctly. But I'm going to have to be a little more liberal with the sealant, maybe even push it into the crack then smooth it out.
I leaned early on, while reading another forum that this is something owners should check a minimum of twice a year. Vibration and movement can open these areas up and as we read water travels up, down and sideways !!
Got my fingers crossed for ya.
Hope you were successful, I have to go over all of mine, I have a spot on the rear cap side molding lower than the windows that keeps opening up even though I have sealed it, I'm going back out there today and do some more reseal. Where I sealed it a couple of months ago it opened up again. It's almost as though the rubber or vinyl trim pierce did seat correctly. But I'm going to have to be a little more liberal with the sealant, maybe even push it into the crack then smooth it out.
I leaned early on, while reading another forum that this is something owners should check a minimum of twice a year. Vibration and movement can open these areas up and as we read water travels up, down and sideways !!
Got my fingers crossed for ya.
SJH
Past Washington Chapter Leaders
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
When you told me about this the first time I did immediately go out and seal that trim however...I never thought to fill and seal in the vinyl insert underneath. That, I believe, is how the water was getting in!
When you told me about this the first time I did immediately go out and seal that trim however...I never thought to fill and seal in the vinyl insert underneath. That, I believe, is how the water was getting in!
Bob&Patty
Founders of SoCal Chapter
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
Steve, this may sound a little off the wall. If the wind is blowing and it is raining. The pinbox hole could act as a place for a condition to create a vacumn. If it does, water could be sucked into the cover thru the moldings. Stranger things have happened. Had a vehicle that I worked on in a dealership that had a water leak into the trunk. It would not leak when sitting still....only when moving. YEA RIGHT..............well, one of the w/strips had a small hole in it. SO...when it was moving in the rain....it created a vacumn in the trunk and would suck water in. It took a LONG TIME to find that one. I know I was not payed enough to find and fix it.
Steve, this may sound a little off the wall. If the wind is blowing and it is raining. The pinbox hole could act as a place for a condition to create a vacumn. If it does, water could be sucked into the cover thru the moldings. Stranger things have happened. Had a vehicle that I worked on in a dealership that had a water leak into the trunk. It would not leak when sitting still....only when moving. YEA RIGHT..............well, one of the w/strips had a small hole in it. SO...when it was moving in the rain....it created a vacumn in the trunk and would suck water in. It took a LONG TIME to find that one. I know I was not payed enough to find and fix it.
SJH
Past Washington Chapter Leaders
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
The way this leak has acted it doesn't seem off the wall at all!
As of this moment, 90% of the leak has been stopped. The right side is 100% and dry. The left side has only the slightest leak but only inside the metal trim channel itself! The flat filon bulkhead above is dry and it is not leaking in that area anymore. Go figure!
The way this leak has acted it doesn't seem off the wall at all!
As of this moment, 90% of the leak has been stopped. The right side is 100% and dry. The left side has only the slightest leak but only inside the metal trim channel itself! The flat filon bulkhead above is dry and it is not leaking in that area anymore. Go figure!
Bob&Patty
Founders of SoCal Chapter
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
Steve, have you pulled the plastic insert out, tightened all the screws and sealed them?? Had to do that to stop the leak. On the side that still leaks. I would take the trim off the coach and look to see what is behind it. YOU NEVER KNOW. Run a bead of caulking where the trim goes (screw holes) and reinstall the trim. Fill the screw holes with caulking and seal the screws also. Just a thought.
Steve, have you pulled the plastic insert out, tightened all the screws and sealed them?? Had to do that to stop the leak. On the side that still leaks. I would take the trim off the coach and look to see what is behind it. YOU NEVER KNOW. Run a bead of caulking where the trim goes (screw holes) and reinstall the trim. Fill the screw holes with caulking and seal the screws also. Just a thought.
SJH
Past Washington Chapter Leaders
Re: ATF: Big Country - Discouraged - Need Help!
I will definitely do that this summer! Hate to take it all apart in the pouring rain. Also I am trying to decide if I should pull all the trim off around the entire cap or just up to the wrapped part (corner) underneath! Pretty soon I may just Eternabond the entire cap...it will look like @^*& but shouldn't leak!
I will definitely do that this summer! Hate to take it all apart in the pouring rain. Also I am trying to decide if I should pull all the trim off around the entire cap or just up to the wrapped part (corner) underneath! Pretty soon I may just Eternabond the entire cap...it will look like @^*& but shouldn't leak!
