fulltimin
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I have a couple of things before we move on.
First, I commented the other day about spot welds, or tack welds, depending on how you look at it.
Here are 2 pics of what I do, when I want to temporarily join steel together.
Just a couple of quick hits with the welder to hold things in place, and then depending on what I am doing, I will either finish welding, or cut through these to separate them.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/spotweld1.jpg)
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/spotweld2.jpg)
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fulltimin
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And here are 2 pics of the now sacrificial putty knife......... Doesn't hold up well when too close to welding.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/puttyknife1.jpg)
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fulltimin
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This is a shot of the window frame that was in the drivers door.
The yellow arrow is where the caulk/weatherstripping is to seal the outside of the window frame.
The red line, shows that this part of the frame is on an angle, and not flat.
Any water or moisture that gets past the sealant, will run into this channel, and follow the channel all the way to the bottom so it can drain out.
In all honesty, I haven't really looked at the other windows I pulled to see if they are made the same way. I guess I should take a look.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverswindow1.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Here is a pic of the bottom of this window frame.
The 2 red circles show pieces of aluminum that hold the frame up just a little bit, so that only these 2 little pieces are touching the steel of the door frame.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverswindow2.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Just to the left of the small aluminum piece is a section that has no sealant.
This was not by accident, because next to those aluminum pieces, both ends are like this.
Like I said, this allows water or moisture to get out.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverswindow3.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Here is a close up of the "hole" in the sealant that they left.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverswindow4.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Here is the other end, and based on how they look, there was at least some liquid that came down through these gates....... Lol.
Hey, after 34 years, why not?
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverswindow5.jpg)
Hopefully, tomorrow, we can get back to more exciting things.
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Jim@HiTek
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Here's what I'm using now over the windows, including the front windows, in my '02 Journey. Wish I'd found this stuff before I had those window leaks in my '94 Bounder.
Just an extra layer of protection for very little money. They now offer a 25 foot package. Just right for my Class A, 35'.
RV Gutter
It's pliable, easily cut to length, and really sticks well to clean surfaces. I'd recommend it for over all your windows.
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fulltimin
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Jim@HiTek wrote:Here's what I'm using now over the windows, including the front windows, in my '02 Journey. Wish I'd found this stuff before I had those window leaks in my '94 Bounder.
Just an extra layer of protection for very little money. They now offer a 25 foot package. Just right for my Class A, 35'.
RV Gutter
It's pliable, easily cut to length, and really sticks well to clean surfaces. I'd recommend it for over all your windows.
You are talking about installing this right at the top of the outside window frame, to keep the water from running down the side of the coach, and getting to the window frame itself, correct?
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Jim@HiTek
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Yes, they are soft rubber gutters, just the right size for an RV window...fronts included. They stick on the outside above the window frame using that super strong 3M double sided sticky tape and you curve them down the sides of the window frame a couple inches. When it rains, they act like a small rain gutter. So even if your window seal fails over time, or from too much racking when you camp off road, the gutters help keep water out of the walls.
BTW, on my RV, you can't even tell that they weren't original. And I see that they now make them in white too.
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