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Post by DC3Td on Jan 13, 2011 21:29:38 GMT 10
Close the windows.lol cheers
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Post by joey on Jan 13, 2011 21:47:25 GMT 10
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Post by greedy53 on Jan 14, 2011 2:54:51 GMT 10
do you have front clearence side lights, a long time ago i had a customer that had a sneak leak it nearly drove me mad turned out that screw was letting water in a very small amount through the screw holes that held them on
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Post by humpyboy on Jan 14, 2011 17:21:37 GMT 10
Water leaks  usually very difficult to locate as they can come from anywhere and travel to god knows where before finding their way inside  , one thing I could suggest is take some time to record from which direction the rain comes from and then work out which direction is worst for the leak, if it's one of the sides then it is a fair bet that it could be getting in through a clearance light as greedy suggests or it could be another window and then working it's way along the framework to the front and then entering inside the van through the front window, it may not necessarily be the front window that is leaking, I know this only makes the job of finding the leak harder, I once had a leak in a house roof that I searched for for months on end and never found. |
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Post by Franklin1 on Jan 14, 2011 19:18:12 GMT 10
Hi Lisa, Like others have said above, these leaks are a real bummer to try and locate the actual source of. This particular design of Viscount seems to be notorious for rotted timber window ledges on the inside of the van, so leaks in the front and rear window area are apparently not uncommon. I've never studied these Viscounts up close, but I wonder if water is able to find it's way under the bay window and run along the ledge before finding its way into the van somehow?...  Certainly if you are experiencing water getting into the inside of the van, then it's very likely that water is also finding its way into the wall cavity at the front, and the timber frame may be becoming waterlogged as well. One idea I was thinking might be useful to try is to put a bead of gap filler at both ends of the bay window where it sits on the ledge...  My thinking is that this would be like "sand-bagging" the ledge and you would be able to test if that prevents water from coming in from these edges. When you say there is less water in the van when you lower the front, that suggests to me that water is collecting on the exterior window ledge, but prefers to run to the outside rather than the inside when the front is lowered. Gap fillers are pretty cheap at your local hardware store. Buy the cheapest for the test. It may reveal the source of the problem, or it may not. You can either buy a cartridge gun + cartridge, or a smaller handy tube if you prefer...  Once the gap filler has dried, it can be reasonably easily peeled back off if you discover this is the source of the leak and you want to do a proper repair job (which most likely means you have to take the complete front window out and reseal it properly all the way round. Not an easy job. Watching grass grow would be heaps more fun!  ) Hope this helps, cheers, Al. |
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usually very difficult to locate as they can come from anywhere and travel to god knows where before finding their way inside 
, one thing I could suggest is take some time to record from which direction the rain comes from and then work out which direction is worst for the leak, if it's one of the sides then it is a fair bet that it could be getting in through a clearance light as greedy suggests or it could be another window and then working it's way along the framework to the front and then entering inside the van through the front window, it may not necessarily be the front window that is leaking, I know this only makes the job of finding the leak harder, I once had a leak in a house roof that I searched for for months on end and never found.
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