Date:         Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:43:17 -0600
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: 91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile skylight
Comments: To: Marius Strom <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM>
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Thanks.  New rubber washers on the bolts, new sealing compound also.  New gasket.  Slight leak through the window at one hinge bolt (I am sure that more compound will fix that).  New gasket leaks more than the old one did.  Fit seems to my eye and hands to be perfect.  Skylight tightens down on the gasket it looks like.  Yet it leaks.  mcneely

---- Marius Strom <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM> wrote:
> Also if you install new bolts, make sure you put some kind of compound on them to act as a gasket, as bolts installed straight through the fiberglass will allow water to traverse. (I used 3M Strip Caulk 08578 - http://3mcollision.com/3m-strip-calk-08578-black.html - one box of this stuff will last you several lifetimes)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Loren Busch
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile skylight
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Any tricks to stopping this thing from leaking?  Installed a brand new
> > gasket (just received from from Bus Depot) today, and the skylight
> > edge itself appears flawless.  Both skylight and gasket seem to fit properly.
> >  But it leaks.
> >
>
> Try to isolate where the leak is.  Also check the bolts/nuts holding the skylight to the hinge.  I had a small but persistent leak that I finally observed to be at one of those bolts, slightly tightened the nut on the inside and the leak went away.
>
> >
> >
>

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David McNeely