Hey everyone, been awhile please pardon my absence. I know y’all missed me terribly
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The Avion is still going strong but some other developments have occupied my attention, namely a gifted 1980 FJ40 and some land we bought in the mountains of New Mexico (sawmill).
I just received a pm from a fellow forum member, Hannah asking about these gaskets so I thought I’d share what my ultimate solution was…
I never did find the proper gasket even after chewing that bone through the marrow. One of my initial issues was that a couple of my longer windows were binding up when closing, I discovered that the bottom of the window frame was sagging a bit in the middle and it was inhibiting the proper closing action.I stripped out a few operators before I figured this out. So rather than shaving down the frame edge, I yanked the gasket in question and watched for leaks. In the couple years since I did that I’ve had nary a leak in those windows.
I’ve come to the conclusion that these are really just dust gaskets and/or vibration dampeners. I did put some really thin (like 1/32”) foam gasket material I had laying around for redoing camera light seals and that solved any rattling and dust issues.
Don’t have a part number but I’m sure you can find something better.
The only place my trailer leaks now is at the front windows where the rock guard hinge ends right inline with the edges of the window openings. I have a more permanent solution for this in mind but for the last couple years, if I know a heavy rain is coming, I just run a strip of blue painters tape vertically along those seams and remove them soon after, works fine and is cheap.
Ah, one final thing, make sure your drain slots are clear of debris in all your windows, otherwise, water will gather and move in.
I hope everyone is doing well,
Hugs all around…
Ian
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