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Hi can anybody advise, i have recently bought myself a vw high top and have found a gap between the hightop and the rain water gutter it seems to be letting in water can anyone advise what is the best sealent to stop this.
Thanks Paul

Check the high top window seals most leaks come from them

Sikaflex is the caravan sealant....thats what I used to stick my hightop on....and even driving at nearly 60 mph hasn't dislogded it yet!!

Em
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What conversion is it?

macalfie wrote:Check the high top window seals most leaks come from them

Thanks

ermie571 wrote:Sikaflex is the caravan sealant....thats what I used to stick my hightop on....and even driving at nearly 60 mph hasn't dislogded it yet!!

Em
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Thanks

kevtherev wrote:What conversion is it?

Not sure it's a 1988 t25 i think

macalfie wrote:Check the high top window seals most leaks come from them

Thanks mate i have checked them but no sign of water below them . Water seems to be right behind were the gap is between the roof and the water gutter.

paulflan1958 wrote:

kevtherev wrote:What conversion is it?

Not sure it's a 1988 t25 i think

No; what company converted it into a camper - gives us a better idea of what you're looking at. Or post a few pictures of the exterior high top and interior furniture etc and we might recognise it....

Is there no paperwork with it like an Owner's Manual etc?

hi.there was water seeping through the high top window rubbers as they had gone hard.thats why there was black sealent on them.the hard top is sealed with tigerseal. richard.

The high top is usually above the gutter and there is a bit of steel roof running under the high top. Do you mean that you have holes or are you guessing the leak is coming from the gutter. Where abouts is the water actually getting in to the van?

I have a gap all around my gutters and high top from where I removed sealant where someone obviously assumed water could get in. I do not have any leaks. The leaks I did find were holes beneath the black seals at the front and back of the hightop. The seals had trapped water for years and caused the roof beneath to rust through at the front and the back.

braceuself wrote:hi.there was water seeping through the high top window rubbers as they had gone hard.thats why there was black sealent on them.the hard top is sealed with tigerseal. richard.

Thanks richard i will lok at getting them replaced next year, would they be hard to find, or would you use the magic of ebay.

im not sure.you could try looking on the sheldon website for them.i can honestly say that i really regret selling that van.i never had a problem with it.i now own a talbot express with all the luxuries like a shower and i hate it.it been one problem after another.going to strip it out and put the interior into another van.you slept in it yet?