Mud flaps, leisure battery, re-sealing and GRP repair.
Posted: 27 Jun 2017, 21:18
Hi all......Just want to pick your brains, if I may........ I own a 1986 2 berth Kameo T25.
Firstly, could anyone please tell me where i can get a decent set of front mud flaps? I bought a pair that were the rigid plastic type. I had to return them they were rubbish. My rear mud flaps are rubber, not plastic.
Secondly, my leisure battery has died. I cannot find anything small enough to fit under the passenger seat. My van has a swivel bracket fitted to the seat which makes the recess even smaller. The recess measures 300 wide x 160 deep x 180 high.
Thirdly, my van has a fibreglass high roof. The original sealant has hardened and in some places along the guttering the fibreglass has delaminated from the sealant. I know the best way to fix this is to take the roof off but I don't have the facilities to do this nor can I afford to pay someone to do the job. The way I see it there are one of two options. Either to remove the carpeted panels and re-seal from the inside or fill the gutters with something like sikaflex 221. There are areas along the guttering where the gap between the fibreglass lip and the gutter is just enough to allow for the gutter trim to fit. My thinking is to trim the fibreglass lip enough to get a nozzle in and then fill the gutter with sealant. I would appreciate some advice on this before I go ahead tho. I don't want to do anything that I may later regret.
Fourthly, the fibreglass needs a little bit of repair work here and there, especially along the lip that sits in the gutters. (See pic). I've never done fibreglass repair before and would appreciate some pointers. Thank you for any advice you can give.
Firstly, could anyone please tell me where i can get a decent set of front mud flaps? I bought a pair that were the rigid plastic type. I had to return them they were rubbish. My rear mud flaps are rubber, not plastic.
Secondly, my leisure battery has died. I cannot find anything small enough to fit under the passenger seat. My van has a swivel bracket fitted to the seat which makes the recess even smaller. The recess measures 300 wide x 160 deep x 180 high.
Thirdly, my van has a fibreglass high roof. The original sealant has hardened and in some places along the guttering the fibreglass has delaminated from the sealant. I know the best way to fix this is to take the roof off but I don't have the facilities to do this nor can I afford to pay someone to do the job. The way I see it there are one of two options. Either to remove the carpeted panels and re-seal from the inside or fill the gutters with something like sikaflex 221. There are areas along the guttering where the gap between the fibreglass lip and the gutter is just enough to allow for the gutter trim to fit. My thinking is to trim the fibreglass lip enough to get a nozzle in and then fill the gutter with sealant. I would appreciate some advice on this before I go ahead tho. I don't want to do anything that I may later regret.
Fourthly, the fibreglass needs a little bit of repair work here and there, especially along the lip that sits in the gutters. (See pic). I've never done fibreglass repair before and would appreciate some pointers. Thank you for any advice you can give.
