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Our first problem
My wife and I just recently purchased a 97 H-3 45 Featherlight the gentleman we bought it from had it for a year and never even went on a trip so he didn’t have much to tell us so so we are having to figure everything out on our own.
Our first problem we noticed carpet wet by front passenger seat ??
So ended up ripping up the floor hoping to find out where the water came from thinking condensation from ac.
I’m sure I will be on here asking plenty of questions.
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have you driven through the rain recently? I’m wondering if it’s water coming from the wheel well?
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Look for leaks around the trapazoid window or leaks from the seam between the front fiberglass cap and the bus roof. I have had both
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From owning a no slude H in the past, leaking could eother be the trapezoid window or up top where end cap meets main roof.
Isnt that the same paint job as George and Corey’s bus. I know when the bought their’s they said there was a twin.
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Hello Roy & Jim – you each mention the trapezoid window. I have a TINY, single, thin line of water that will come in from the top of the passenger trapezoid window, and also the window behind it. Both are so small, they appear to be condensation drip, yet are not. Neither “line of water” even makes it completely down the glass ever.
I have been on a ladder & roof with a flashlight yet do not see any spots where this tiny bit of water could come in. Have you successfully addressed a trap window leak?
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Dwayne – CONGRATULATIONS with your new bus! Looks great!
regarding the leak, under my bus, I can see plywood covered by spray foam. As already suggested, recommend carefully inspecting from ground upward and also where various structure components penetrate the subfloor.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
I love the paint job, Very nice look
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I can’t believe how blessed we were to find this amazing bus
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Water leaks are wonderfully confounding. Bus roofs, or trapezoid window antennas, horns, spot lights, marker lights, a previous owners unfilled holes can all suspect. In some cases, water even travels up hill
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Since water leaks can enter and travel long distances before appearing the best and possibly only way to find the leaks is to pressurize the coach interior. If the coach has OTR, open the fresh air baffle at the evaporator coil, or if no OTR rig some means of using a high volume fan blowing air through a window or opening like the toll window.
Then with the chassis pressurized start spraying soapy water near where the leak might be and look for bubbles.
With this procedure there is no guesswork and sometimes leaks that do hidden damage are found also.
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Putting flex seal on hoping this takes care of it
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Dwayne, You have OTR so take advantage of that, pressurize the chassis and use soapy water everywhere you think water can enter, from around windows to roof penetrations to any seams, including around bays.
It is far better to take the time to identify possible problems than to wait until you need extensive (expensive) repairs.
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Jim, Geo and Corry have a Cat head instead of a Dolphin. Plus, I agree with the Trapezoid window, I had to re caulk mine on both sides due to leaks when a hard blowing rain.
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Jon, on my H3-45 Vantare I cannot pressurize the coach because I have 2 automatic vent fans in front to cool the electronics in the overhead and 2 in the back to cool more electronics. When it gets hot, they come on and suck the hot air out. Surprised that it doesn’t seem to affect the AC when parked.
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Flex Seal will degrade in sunlight rapidly. No UV protection at all.
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