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NWRPodder
Newbie Joined: 17 Sep 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Topic: Water In Rear Storage Bay Posted: 20 Sep 2016 at 6:53pm |
Ah that is great to know Podster, thanks very much for that info!
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2016 R178
2007 Ford Expedition V8 5.4L |
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 20 Sep 2016 at 7:05am |
Check the area where the camper meets the frame across the front and rear. Pay particular attention to the corners and how they are sealed. Several Podders have found areas where voids were not sealed with caulk resulting in infiltration and rotting. My 178 had areas on all 4 corners underneath that needed to be filled with sealer.
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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NWRPodder
Newbie Joined: 17 Sep 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 19 Sep 2016 at 11:31pm |
Thanks Leo and TechnTrek for the responses. I think the camera idea is a good one to see what it looks like. It seems like it's a pretty tight fit considering I need to push on it to lock it sometimes but still doesn't mean it's not 100% tight from light and water.
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2016 R178
2007 Ford Expedition V8 5.4L |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 19 Sep 2016 at 9:08pm |
Welcome. I would bet you need to adjust the latches to make a tighter seal. I would put your phone in camera mode and prop it up inside. Close the door for a few seconds, then look at the video to see if light is coming in around the seal.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 19 Sep 2016 at 7:49am |
We had that happen a couple times in our 2010 171, during heavy rain. Haven't seen it with our 179 so far.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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NWRPodder
Newbie Joined: 17 Sep 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 18 Sep 2016 at 11:41pm |
I searched and couldn't find anything about this on this forum yet if there is a thread already don't hesitate to point me to it and we can close this one. I am new to this forum and generally to Rpod world and is one of a few questions I have so far.
My question is what might be causing water to show up inside of the rear storage areas when driving in wet weather? The first time this happened I only closed the turn latch and didn't lock the lock side. I figured not doing that allowed for a very small area for water to spray up into there. However, this last time everything was closed up and locked tight. Yet after getting home from about 2+ hours on the road (much of it wet and or rainy) the storage bays had enough water that I had take most of the contents out to dry and use a towel to dry it up. The front storage area was dry which I would expect all around. Looking in the back the upper part of the walls and ceiling were all dry so I know it's definitely not coming from the top. Has anyone else had this issue? Do we have a defect to fix? Driving twice now in wet roads I have had to clean up the storage bay which is a real pain to do each time. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you have on this. BTW it's for a 2016 R178. |
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