Bigfoot windows

Have you checked to make sure that the drain holes are clear?

That would be my first thing before I do any more.

I had a problem with the pass through window on mine. It is pretty much useless, so I put a piece of black Gorilla tape down the joint onto both sides of the joint, and I haven't had any water come in there since. It means the window can't be opened, but how many times have you used that window?
The other thing that we do when travelling in the rain or dust is to keep the roof vents closed. I have Maxx Air vent covers on both and the aerodynamics want to create a vacuum in the camper, so water and dust come in all the little gaps.
Brian

Photomike wrote:
Have you checked to make sure that the drain holes are clear?

That would be my first thing before I do any more.

Ditto. Started seeing the inside wall at the back of the large dinette window was wet after a rain. Found the drainage path was clogged with dirt. Open the window and there is a sliding piece in the grove that drains out a hole covered with a rectangular piece on the outside of the window. You can try to blow it clean with one of those cans of compressed air used to clean keyboards but be ready for dirt (or mud if it's wet) to fly everywhere :B I'm not sure if this is where the moisture is coming from in the other locations but it's worth a try.

X2 on the drain holes first

I'll check the drains. I travel with the vent over the cabover open so that is likely creating a vacuum.
Dang y'all are good.
I'm too wore out to think straight....3900 mile trip over the last 2 weeks. Got back yesterday.
.........Thanks

Yes to all replies above.....same issues and same conclusions & fixes I have had with 2002 BF 9.6 and 10.4 I have now.

Sometimes it is a simple solution but we are to close to the problem to see it, hopefully your is just that simple.

I learned from watching my Dad to take a step back when you can to look at a problem, or get someones view point that is not involved. I pulled up one day to my Dad's house to look at his new to him VW Vanagon. He was standing behind it with a hammer about to smash out the rear window as the hatch would not close all the way. I managed to stop him and talk him down from smashing and helped to get the hatch open. We reset the lock and watch it close like it was suppose to. He was frustrated, caught up in the issue and unable to see it for what it was.

A second opinion is what a forum like this is good for!

Yep, those drain slots need to be clean but:

There have been a few of us that have had a window leak because the butyl tape used to seal the windows to the fiberglas did not properly bond during the mfg process. This is not just applicable to BF's.

Look at the top of all of your windows and see if there is a crack between the tape and the fiberglas or the window. If you see gaps it is time to think about removing the window and re-sealing.

When I got my BF, new back in 2000 my kitchen rear window leaked like a sieve! The mfg did not put enough tape on it to seal around the slight curve of the rear of the camper where the window is... I fixed it myself... Then I went around and looked at all my windows... The windows were barely seated into the tape. I went around each window and gave the screws about 1/4 turn. Some were so loose that it took a whole turn. This did cause the tape to ooze the next summer. I trimmed the tape 2 times over the years. My windows are really sealed nice, even after 18 years.

Jim

The dinette window in my old BF was installed in an oversize cutout. The window sat in the lower rear part of the cutout, leaving very little flange and tape to seal the upper forward corner. Shimming it to the center of the cutout was the solution.

I'm surprised folks have an issue with the front window under the cabover. Never had water enter here even when it was wide open.

I'm surprised folks have an issue with the front window under the cabover. Never had water enter here even when it was wide open.

Were you driving down the road at 65mph in the rain? That is where I have had cab window leakage.... never when stopped.