Did spot this, hard to see in the photo though
bottom edge of the doors is not quite sealed properly, can't quite see how much water could get up and under the lip of the door though - unless some sort of venturi low pressure area is sucking water up when driving???
Rained heavily today so I went and sat in the van and watched - nothing. Well it was pouring in through the rear light
but that goes straight back out through the drain holes in the cavity (which is well protected with cavity wax)
The side window doesn't shut properly
but no wet was getting in here regardless.
It rained again later so I went and watched again, found a trickle coming in round the back of the seal where it clamps into the body, not actually passing the seal, I'm going to pull the seal off the frame, clean it out and fit it again with some sealer - hopefully that'll sort it.
Here's the deformed window catch?
A quick google showed that is not meant to look like that and that a replacement is no longer available
Found a piece of old TV bracket in the skip that is about the right thickness - actually a bit heavier gauge - and already has one bend in it
Marked out the shape I think the bracket is supposed to be and started to cut it out with a dremel
Roughly cut out
Now the bit I'm not looking forward to, trying to put the second bend in with only a small vice and basic hand tools, I used a hot air gun to warm the metal up a little, not sure if it helped at all but the bend went in ok
Drilled and roughly dressed with a file to shape, need to test fit before finishing it.
bottom edge of the doors is not quite sealed properly, can't quite see how much water could get up and under the lip of the door though - unless some sort of venturi low pressure area is sucking water up when driving???
Rained heavily today so I went and sat in the van and watched - nothing. Well it was pouring in through the rear light
but that goes straight back out through the drain holes in the cavity (which is well protected with cavity wax)
The side window doesn't shut properly
but no wet was getting in here regardless.
It rained again later so I went and watched again, found a trickle coming in round the back of the seal where it clamps into the body, not actually passing the seal, I'm going to pull the seal off the frame, clean it out and fit it again with some sealer - hopefully that'll sort it.
Here's the deformed window catch?
A quick google showed that is not meant to look like that and that a replacement is no longer available
Found a piece of old TV bracket in the skip that is about the right thickness - actually a bit heavier gauge - and already has one bend in it
Marked out the shape I think the bracket is supposed to be and started to cut it out with a dremel
Roughly cut out
Now the bit I'm not looking forward to, trying to put the second bend in with only a small vice and basic hand tools, I used a hot air gun to warm the metal up a little, not sure if it helped at all but the bend went in ok
Drilled and roughly dressed with a file to shape, need to test fit before finishing it.
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