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Old 08-09-2014, 10:40 AM   #1
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What were these for?

Just wondering what the two metal brackets on the back of my Boler were for and also the round thing below them?

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Can I remove them? The round thing goes through to the inside so I'd have some repair to do. The metal bracket thingies I was just going to cut off.


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Old 08-09-2014, 10:43 AM   #2
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Looks like something to hold an antenna and seal the wire going throught the body.
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Old 08-09-2014, 01:40 PM   #3
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Looks like Roy has the answer.
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Old 08-09-2014, 03:26 PM   #4
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So I'm ok cutting off/ removing them? Or maybe I should just leave them for when I rig up solar power sometime in the future?


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just thinking here and I have no real answer for your question. I think what I would do is just leave them,at least for now,if there aren't any problems right now with them being there,other than looks,as you use your camper more you just might find a good use for them just like they are.

I'm sure someone with a lot more knowledge than me will speak up and give you some much better advice and a lot better answer to your question.

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Old 08-10-2014, 03:33 AM   #6
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I was temporarily siliconing around the window I need to replace so I used that to seal up the outside of that round thing. The PO had sealed it up high tech style with a piece of crumpled paper.

I'll just leave everything for right now.


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Old 08-10-2014, 05:31 AM   #7
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I was temporarily siliconing around the window
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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Old 08-10-2014, 06:58 AM   #8
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Donna's right WE don't use silicone on fiberglass trailers
THAT'S a no no !!!!
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Old 08-10-2014, 08:38 AM   #9
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I've used silicone. And the world didn't end. My trailer


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Old 08-10-2014, 08:41 AM   #10
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Old 08-10-2014, 09:12 AM   #11
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Why don't we use silicone on FG travel trailers?
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Old 08-10-2014, 09:15 AM   #12
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Ooops!! Why?? I used it on the outside (marine grade)... Is that even worse?

I thought I'd be able to peel it off when I tear the window out! The inside is a mess of it from PO's attempt of trying to see how long they could go without replacing the gasket.




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It's the peeling part that's the problem, it don't peel !
Sticks to the fiberglass like s--t to a blanket.
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Oh dear. Well, what's done is done. Is there a way to fix it? Because my little bit of silicone is the least of my worries. I think the window has about 20 years worth of different silicones on it. I'm guessing I'm going to be kept very busy with a carefully wielded scraper after I take out the window?


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As stated before, the world doesn't end when using sillicone.
Just use a new single edge razor blade and B carefully not to cut yourself and U will B able to remove it from the gelcoat.
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I'm guessing I'm going to be kept very busy with a carefully wielded scraper after I take out the window?
Maybe... or maybe not I've had zero trouble removing the ample amounts of silicone from my trailer... in my case it has just peeled off. I did have to razor some off one of the plexi windows when I replaced that window seal (PO had caulked over a crack in the rubber seal as if that was going to solve the leaking problem - and it did not), but it was no big deal and took 2 seconds to do. All of the silicone covering loose rivets has come off cleanly... but it wasn't doing a particularly good job of sealing those either. I am using butyl tape as I replace those rivets to make sure those are water-tight.

That said, I am dreading when I get the replacement seals for the sliding windows.. because I pulled one of them out and there is an excessive amount of some kind of "goop" in the channel that isn't exactly caulking, I'm not sure what it was/is or how hard it will be to clean off. I'm on the fence about removing the window frames and replacing the butyl tape - my goal is to see how things are once I replace the missing and cracked/dried out rubber seals that are still there. I'm not opposed to pulling the frames off if I need to, I'm just hoping it won't be necessary.

The escape hatch on mine is also on my list to replace, but that's because all of the plastic trim parts inside are covered in cracks, not because it's currently leaking - but because there's so much silicone stuck over the hatch on the roof that I can't see the condition of most of it. For about $100 I think a new one is wise.. I'm not even sure the old one would hold together if I did attempt to take it off and replace the butyl tape to seal it better.

I think in general, the problem with silicone is that it's almost always just a "band-aid" fix... it doesn't really solve a problem, it just covers it up. It might stop the leak for a while, but it usually doesn't last very long compared to fixing it right. My experience is that it's usually not that much more "work" to correct a leak the right way, but silicone is cheap and easily available. I can say that with my trailer, there are a number of "fixes" that I've uncovered that are evidence of nothing more than cutting corners - why take the time to fix something right when one can fix it "good enough" for the next trip... I'm not doing that, my goal is to fix everything and do it right so I'm not doing it again in a couple of years
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