I was planning on chasing some eletrical grimlins today but guess what it finally rained in San Diego. I noticed yesterday while trouble shooting the rear left tail light that I had rust in the rear drivers panel under the jack in the mount. So I decided to check today when the rain let up and the jack mount was full of water. So I started looking at the sliding windows and they were full of dirt, muck, and the drain holes were partially clogged. So I started cleaning the slider rubber.
It was slow going so I decided to remove it from the gap and pull it out partially to clean near were I suspected the leak. The entire aluminum window track was full of minor corrosion and dirt under the rubber trim. I used a silicone spray and cleaned it completly near the back of the window and reinstalled before the rain came. I went back out thinking I had solved it since it was clear that water got behind the window at some point. I found water again dripping to the jack and noticed that there were drains in the rubber near the front but not near the back for the internal window track causing water to pond in the rear while the back of the cruiser was lower than the front. So I used a hole punch and put a hole in the back window rubber silide next to the drain in the aluminum. The rain came again and I checked again. It drained better but water on the jack again.
I noticed a pin sticking throught below the track when looking for the leak source. I pulled the trim up at the bottom of the window and found that the pins had small rubber gaskets that were completly deteriorated and a potential sourse of the leak. So I cleaned up the dirt and wiped off the gaskets. I used some rubber gasket material I used to repair my trailer that came in a roll. Kind of a gummy sticky rubber that I cut into squares. I poked holes through it and reinstalled the trim and pins. Hopefully this solved the leak.
It was slow going so I decided to remove it from the gap and pull it out partially to clean near were I suspected the leak. The entire aluminum window track was full of minor corrosion and dirt under the rubber trim. I used a silicone spray and cleaned it completly near the back of the window and reinstalled before the rain came. I went back out thinking I had solved it since it was clear that water got behind the window at some point. I found water again dripping to the jack and noticed that there were drains in the rubber near the front but not near the back for the internal window track causing water to pond in the rear while the back of the cruiser was lower than the front. So I used a hole punch and put a hole in the back window rubber silide next to the drain in the aluminum. The rain came again and I checked again. It drained better but water on the jack again.
I noticed a pin sticking throught below the track when looking for the leak source. I pulled the trim up at the bottom of the window and found that the pins had small rubber gaskets that were completly deteriorated and a potential sourse of the leak. So I cleaned up the dirt and wiped off the gaskets. I used some rubber gasket material I used to repair my trailer that came in a roll. Kind of a gummy sticky rubber that I cut into squares. I poked holes through it and reinstalled the trim and pins. Hopefully this solved the leak.
