Well, to make my turret leak less, here are the steps in applying the recommended maintenance in the attached PS Magazine article (https://www.nsncenter.com/Library/PSMAG ... geNumber=7). I chose to use a 1/8" thick 4'x4' square of heavy duty rubber instead of the inner-tube. The hatch seals up nice and tight, and almost no water leaks in. Hope this helps!
Turret Leak Fix
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Turret Leak Fix
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Re: Turret Leak Fix
Looks great - and helpful to see the pictures.
What paint and color did you use on the inside of the roof?
What paint and color did you use on the inside of the roof?
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I had the roof & turret components sandblasted & powdercoated before installing. They had a pretty close match to Desert Tan. I'll be CARC'ing the exterior in 686A, but will leave the interior as-is.Clarke wrote:Looks great - and helpful to see the pictures.
What paint and color did you use on the inside of the roof?
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Re: Turret Leak Fix
That is a excellent job. What I did was installed weather stripping (G7011-T-50) all around the turret roof retainers.
This really stopped all my leaks. The only disadvantage is that it seals so good it makes the turret slight hard to rotate. I didn't care much for because I don't traverse it enough to worry about it. Im more concerned with leaks.
This really stopped all my leaks. The only disadvantage is that it seals so good it makes the turret slight hard to rotate. I didn't care much for because I don't traverse it enough to worry about it. Im more concerned with leaks.
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