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I had thought my cabin leak problems were fixed when I did the weatherstripping around the doors and windows, but after we got 3" of rain the other day I discovered my cab floor was wet again. So today I went out there with the garden hose, watered my truck, and sure enough...
Yes, that is water shooting out of a screw hole in my interior trim. I know this means I need to clean and re-seal the drains behind the wheel wells, and I'm good with that. But since the truck lives outdoors these days, I also need to do something about all the crud getting into those drains through my cowl. I want to keep my slotted cowl, so my preferred solution is to put some screening on the underside of the cowl to block stuff coming through the slots.
For those of you who have done this, did you use ordinary window screen? And what kind of adhesive gave you best results?
I had thought my cabin leak problems were fixed when I did the weatherstripping around the doors and windows, but after we got 3" of rain the other day I discovered my cab floor was wet again. So today I went out there with the garden hose, watered my truck, and sure enough...
Yes, that is water shooting out of a screw hole in my interior trim. I know this means I need to clean and re-seal the drains behind the wheel wells, and I'm good with that. But since the truck lives outdoors these days, I also need to do something about all the crud getting into those drains through my cowl. I want to keep my slotted cowl, so my preferred solution is to put some screening on the underside of the cowl to block stuff coming through the slots.
For those of you who have done this, did you use ordinary window screen? And what kind of adhesive gave you best results?
I did mine with aluminum window screen (don't use the fiberglass screen). I then spray painted the screen black and attached to underside of cowling with some dabs of POR patch.POR-15® POR Patch I then painted the edges of the screen with POR15 letting it soak through (which dries hard like a rock) and further secures the screening.
I holds very well and keeps the crap from getting through the cowl grating, but still requires some manual cleaning since pine needles like to stick into the screen and need to be manually pulled out.
