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    Leak Seal

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    On 6/17/2017 at 2:22 AM, linda s said:

    OK do your windows leak in the frame section. If not leave them alone. Resealing the windows usually means resealing them to the camper section. I own 2 Sunraders and neither has ever leaked between the glass and the frame. Those rubber things on the outside of the rear windows is a KEEPER not a seal. Holds the glass firmly to the frame to protect the seal from vibration. If you want to reseal the windows to the camper section you remove them and put new Butyl tape on and reinstall them. I did all mine myself so it can't be that hard. I mean after all I'm a girl. The front wrap around window can be ordered from Advantage RV in Napa and they will ship it but it will cost you. Google them. Another member here recently got a plastics place to make new ones for him and they came out great. Try places that make boat windshields or plexiglass work and see if someone wants to make one for you. Where is your Sunrader leaking anyway. It can only leak from where holes are cut. vents and such. Those you remove and reseal with butyl tape too. No messy caulk required

    Linda S

    I have been looking for the right type of tape to seal my windows for a couple months now, and I order something and then it doesn't turn out to be what I'm looking for.   Butyl tape I thought I ordered Butyl tape I thought I ordered from a hardware store but it looks like it is just one sided tape  Is the butyl tape I'm looking for double-sided?

    WINDOW LEAK CABOVER 87 SUNRADER

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    On 4/10/2018 at 11:01 PM, linda s said:

    OK so regular flat windows are set in butyl tape not a gasket. Pull windows by unscrewing inside trim ring. clean up thoroughly and reinstall with butyl tape between window and fiberglass coach walls. Tighten trim ring that holds it all in place a little at a time going around the window repeatedly. If you think you need the rubber window bead on the outside glass find a RV parts store and have them match the size for you. If none close you can buy a sample size pack here and then order the correct size

    https://www.pellandent.com/Motorhome_Product_Details.aspx?ProductID=7377&Return=30

    or maybe someone here knows what size it is

    Linda S

     so I'm so I'm rebuilding the inside of my sunrader from scratch. I'm doing the windows before I do the floors so that the floors don't warp!   And there's nothing inside the wall of And there's nothing inside the wall of the fiberglass. So, I am asking about where I should put butyl tape? Should put it's on the inside of the window frame and then seal it to the front of the fiberglass? And then use proflex  on the outside of the fiberglass on the outside of a frame? Or is butyl tape only for the inner wall?

    Warning light problem

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    My brake lights have been temperamental, as well as the indicator light on the dashboard. Now the brake lights are not working at all, after I replaced the alternator and Battery.  Basically the electrical system is only the brake lights the turn signals on the reverse indicator, the engine, and the headlights. There's nothing else that needs wiring.  I'm thinking I should just rewire the whole thing

    82 Sunrader needs much done log/prog.rpt

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    update

     hello, hello, all! It is just to get the ball rolling on my blogging this stuff. Here I am in New York having arrived with an almost Frozen clutch thanks to the traffic before George Washington Bridge for an hour in first gear to stop first gear to stop first gear to stop it was quite scary. I popped it into third from second though on the bridge and that seemed to reset everything, and I'm driving up with the first load of found objects to make the outer covering of a hobby horse. I have described this in my profile. Is also clearing out my apartment which is thrilling.  The clutch thing though is a big deal and I will have to replace the clutch and I don't trust myself to do all of that work, so while someone else is replacing the clutch I will replace the fuel lines and the fuel pump and clean out the fuel tank find the connection to the left brake light, and then steam clean the whole undercarriage. That is the plan, anyway   This is all new for me because I am a person who always had mechanic work done for me as a kid. Now being poor enough to not afford that, but desirous of the vehicle makes me adapt, and hopefully improve my brain as a way to Stave off dementia!  I'm also planning on doing the breaks because there is a weird light going on when the emergency brake is completely off. I check the brake fluid it's full  I definitely need to get new vents, and the internal support for the fiberglass repair

    the plan is to make a quick carport for it upstate and then keep it out of the snow this winter as long as it is safely driveable which is the other reason I've been posting right now I would love advice about how to replace flooring if it's worth getting a new chassis since it's an 82, this is going to become a sculpture that would be nice if it had some morphing capability and since the inside has been torn up and is empty of supports it would be easy to build a novel set of supports. Step one is to get the clutch and all of that stuff replaced

     

    Pre Xmas update

    Thanks to the unexpected expense of a new alternator, that I should have known about because it started giving out before the clutch did, which I still have, by the way because it was an overheating issue, not a replacement issue. Anyway thanks to the alternator, I put aside any plans to go up and fix the skeleton which is going to be 3 by 4 beams and a suggested 2 by 4 with a 1 in Arc it. First I must repair the cracks in the top of the fiberglass and I'm still not entirely certain about how to do that there are a lot of different opinions here and the good news is that in the process of repairing the alternator I'd also killed the battery having ignored it for so long and now both are new and it would be hard to imagine what else could go wrong dear Jesus please let that not be a mistake to say... But the good news is that my brother Michael is coming out to visit  for two weeks and he likes fixing stuff so I feel like if I get the fiberglass repaired he can fix all my mistakes and we will put the skeleton in together losing the alternator while almost on a Parkway, and then losing the battery while on the highway the next day after picking up the car, was something else so I'm so stressful that I can't tell but I feel like it is writing much better than it has before

     

     all the pieces of some beautiful Pine that I pictured here into what will first be the floor and then a set of benches that will open up to a platform bed right underneath the windows finishing these three things will make it possible to hop down to Florida for the winter! None of that until the roof is repaired however! Please advise in copious amounts!

     

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    82 gutted Sunrader needs internal support

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     I just bought a Sunrader that is completely gutted on the inside. It can only really go 50 to 55 miles a maximum, because it shakes something terrible any faster than that. Also, I live up a mountain with a windy dirt road that is severely rutted so the bamboo support column is falling off now on average every two rides up or down the mountain.    Does anyone have advice about how to build a support structure for the inside of the vehicle?

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