Boidster wrote:
Also had the center brake light leak into the rear wall. The brake light has a rubber gasket that barely sealed around the hole in the wall for the wires. Dicor fixed that.
Yep, my center brake light has the same issue and both screws had stripped to boot. Luckily there's no visible water damage in the area (yet). I fixed the holes with Mr. Grip (http://tinyurl.com/glvpprk) and the lens seems to fit tighter now, but the gasket isn't really very compressed. I was thinking of cutting a new gasket out of thicker material. Did you just replace the gasket entirely with a bead of Dicor around the edge? I've never used the stuff - can it be applied and smoothed like caulk, for a clean look? Easy to remove the lens if the bulb goes out?
Thanks again for all the help.
I used the old gasket with the brake light and just ran a small bead of Dicor around the outside. It has been a number of years since I did this and I'm pretty sure I didn't use any Dicor under the gasket.
One issue with Dicor is that dirt sticks to it and the bead turns black after a while. Rubbing alcohol does clean it up though and I have found it a good idea to clean the old caulk when doing an inspection for cracks in the caulk. I also found that it is difficult to remove the old Dicor bead, so I now just apply some new caulk over the old where needed, which has worked out OK.
I, too have wondered why the raw edges of the wood laminate aren't sealed somehow at the factory. Seems like a simple thing to do and can't imagine they haven't thought of doing it.
