B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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Preventive repair time for TL owners.
On my Trail Lite 213, the rear cargo door is starting to show delamination across the bottom. Water is getting into the door panel. I found water sitting in the bottom of the aluminum channel frame that holds the filon panel. Once there is water there, it has nowhere to go but to be soaked up by the wood behind the filon.
I discovered two ways that water can get into/onto that lip. First, if I don't lock the upper (keyed) lock, it doesn't hold the upper part of the door tight against the gasket. I rarely leave it unlocked, but it could have been the problem.
Second, this door was designed to be mounted horizontal, not vertical. What would be weep holes in the bottom of the frame are now in the side of the frame. They are near the exterior edge, and in a prolonged rain, could probably take in a few ounces of water. Which would run down and sit in the bottom of the door as mentioned above.
Here is a photo of the holes. I'm going to plug them with caulk or cover them with eternabond, and drill a couple of new weep holes on the bottom. I would recommend others consider doing the same.
(You can't see the delam in the photo. It's a bulge across the bottom, buy only raised about 1/8", on both the outside and inside filon pieces.)
On my Trail Lite 213, the rear cargo door is starting to show delamination across the bottom. Water is getting into the door panel. I found water sitting in the bottom of the aluminum channel frame that holds the filon panel. Once there is water there, it has nowhere to go but to be soaked up by the wood behind the filon.
I discovered two ways that water can get into/onto that lip. First, if I don't lock the upper (keyed) lock, it doesn't hold the upper part of the door tight against the gasket. I rarely leave it unlocked, but it could have been the problem.
Second, this door was designed to be mounted horizontal, not vertical. What would be weep holes in the bottom of the frame are now in the side of the frame. They are near the exterior edge, and in a prolonged rain, could probably take in a few ounces of water. Which would run down and sit in the bottom of the door as mentioned above.
Here is a photo of the holes. I'm going to plug them with caulk or cover them with eternabond, and drill a couple of new weep holes on the bottom. I would recommend others consider doing the same.
(You can't see the delam in the photo. It's a bulge across the bottom, buy only raised about 1/8", on both the outside and inside filon pieces.)
