Paras bus resto

I think it's been boarded in around the edges


I must have a clean round it tmw

 

We had heavy rain all last night
So this morning I checked in the engine bay to see if there's any water ingress
I'm was happy to find After my remedial work on the rear hatch seal channel I've gone from this

To this

Yay no more engine bay water ingress

However on looking underneath the front of the bus I found this

So I removed the kick panels to be greeted with this


So I'm going to have to remove the dash etc and try to find where it's getting in

I replaced a split wiper spindle rubber yesterday but will check from inside to make sure it's forming a proper seal
Other possible ingress points are
Windscreen seal,washer jet seals,indicator seals which I fitted the Brazilian plastizote foam type seals.
Maybe a small hole in the airbox or headlamp bowls.
I may use some windscreen sealant anyway just to be on the safe side
What type do people recommend?

 

I fitted some new indicator seals and they perished within days , I wish I was exaggerating

 

Can't be far off now Para? Sorry to hear more bad news your way buddy. Hope all works out alright mate.

 

Where they the rubber type?

 

Can't remember, but it's a good place to start, you can see without pulling the dash

 

So I stripped the glove box,dash pod and dashtop cover out for a look


Dash top mounting tab had water on it and has started to corrode so I'm pretty sure that's getting past the windscreen seal


Slight weep from the rhs indicator seal
Originally the indicator housing were riveted in
Mine are fastened in with screws so probably not tight enough
I've nipped the screws up a touch tighter to see if it seals up

Washer jet seal is leaking on the lhs
Both washer jets can be wobbled a little from outside so will need new seals to try and remedy this

Slight weep from the bottom of the lhs headlamp bowl
I'll daub some cavity wax into the panel joins around both headlamp bowls

 

I pulled the windscreen washer
It's been tight enough to make and impression on the paint but still was weeping a bit

So I left it out and taped over the hole for now

Water is still slightly seeping in from the bottom of both indicator housings despite the seals been in good condition and me tightening the mounting screws.
I can only think the screws aren't exerting enough pressure to make a good seal but if i tighten them any more the housing will crack.
I started pushing and moving the windscreen seal around to see if it would seat any better and got water pouring out in places so it's definitely not sealing properly




So I'm thinking some non setting windscreen sealant squeezed under the edges of the screen rubber and around the edges of the indicator housings and possibly the washer jet seals?

 

I've ordered a tube of butyl rubber non setting sealant
Should do the trick and I can use it to stick the plastic water barrier on my cab door cards aswell
Anyone remember dum dum?
I imagine it's the same type of stuff

 

Dum Dums still available

 

You need some of my favorite ....captain tolleys creeping crack cure...

 

Really I thought they stopped making it
A while ago

 

I had considered that stuff

 

Does the job , I use it every now and again on my van conversion glass rubbers, they seem to be holding up to leaks so far

 

Seems they have

 

Cleaned the last bits of conduit up underneath the van ready to paint

 

Pretty tidy under there.

 

Dried out all underneath the windscreen rubber this morning.
Then squirted windscreen sealant underneath the rubber
What a pain of a job the pressure of the rubber was forcing the nozzle out and some sections seemed to want a load of sealant where as others it just spilled out.
I've made quite a mess so I'm hoping it's sealed and not to hard to clean up☹️
I also did the front indicator housings and a little underneath the washer jet seals.

 

I'm relieved to say that after trying various things I found kerosene on a microfibre cloth cleaned the excess up without to much effort