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    Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 9:18am
Originally posted by sylviablue

Hope your new window is a good one Huron Sailor.
 
We've had one rainy day since the new install, so I went out with some Kleenex in hand to check for moisture around the window. So far, so good. 
 
 
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Hi and welcome.  Hope your new window is a good one Huron Sailor.
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My rear window also had a leak soon after I purchased it over a year ago.  The dealer had to take the entire window out and put in a new seal as the old one was put on upside down according to the repairman.  It hasn't given me any problems since.
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Hope this one works out for you.
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The new rear window is installed. I'll see what happens later this week when it rains.

Looks like there's been an engineering change since my original window was installed. The new window has some sort of internal seal that the original window was lacking, and the frame has weep holes at the bottom like the side windows do.
 
Just to be on the safe side, until the new installation proves out, the dinette cushions will remain in the basement where they will stay nice and dry.
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My rear window didn't leak but the passenger side window in the back did.  I sealed it myself and am crossing my fingers!Big smile  The tail light leaked, about 1/2 full of water, when I hooked up I noticed it was dim so I checked it.  After getting to the campground I took it off to let the water out.  It's a totally sealed unit!  Including the wires!  So I drilled a tiny hole in the top and bottom and got the water out.  Now it doesn't work at all!Angry

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Just started a post about decals.  Sorry about getting off the subject of the rear windows.
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My Pod was manufactured Fall, 2009, and was only out a few times.  For the rest of the winter it has been in fully covered storage (machine shed).  I went out the other day and noticed that one of the decals near the bottom of the side is already peeling.  The only time it was been rained on was when it was delivered from Ohio to Minnesota.  The other outside trips were in dry conditions.  I wonder if simply being in the cold then warming up can cause the decals to lift off?
I think that all the decals on the Pod are going to lift off eventually.

Does anyone know of a 'decal remover' that would safely remove the remnants of the decals?
Casitas don't have the multiple decals that the Pods do...I wouldn't mind a white POD...
I certainly won't take the time or expense to put on replacement decals which come right off again. but I do mind having a Pod with strips of decals fluttering in the breeze!
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