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so i'm driving down the road....

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and it starts raining....nothing would be wrong except I could feel it. that drip rail thing is rusted through in one spot. This is very bad.. as seen here

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.p ... &map.y=192 this is good as of 6:22 10/5
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uh-oh....looks like LOTS of wet weather headed your way, huh? Sounds like it's time for some short-term emergency repairs, to get you through. How bad is the roof rusted? Are there actual visible holes?
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duct tape works excellent as weather stripping...ask me how i know this :cuss:
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you can't see a hole or rust on the inside but its everywhere on the outside although you still cannot see the hole. it appears to be near a welded seam in the upper left hand corner.
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Try smearing some silicon sealer all over. Hopefuly that will get you by till you can get it permanently fixed.
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I second the motion on the clear silicon sealer. That's helped me out numerous times with leaks like that, plus with it being clear, it's not real obvious from the outside. You could also use some of the expandable spray foam on the inside, after your remove your headliner. The only thing I don't like about that stuff is removing it down the road if needed....it sticks very well!
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I also used the -clear silicon sealer- because on mine the water tries to colect beteew the Window Trim and the Window it self so I put alittle there to keep it out....

O,the Rain wasn't that Bad as it came thought here fist and dropped most of it.... :o
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I think the storms we got came from eastern new mexico for a while there was a tornado warning in eastern new mexico and we thought we might have that too but alas be were denied the excitement
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O...OK, Can always do without the Tornado...

Most of our rain has been coming from the Soth to North and I thought it was what came from down this way....We just had some come thourgh here a few hours ago,going North-West
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