Installing the new gray water tank was fairly simple. The hardest part for the repair shop was cutting the old tanks out. They couldn’t install the new tank between the framing so it has to sit on the basement floor and we lost some of our storage.
The fiberglass on the cabover had to be cut to allow the water out. The red is the glue that came loose from the water intrusion. The small whitish blob is glue from Ken attempting to reglue it by removing the trim inside the cab and pushing glue in as far as he could reach.
A lot of water had still been trapped in the cabover even though we had removed some of the screws to let it drain so the fiberglass was left loose for several days to allow the plywood to dry. Fortunately the wood was still good with only minimal swelling. They found that the water had been entering the side trim at the roofline and traveling down inside the cabover fiberglass
Glued up and ready to go! Two trim strips were used to cover the cut edges.
This would have been a huge job and we might have had to get the entire cabover rebuilt if we had not checked Ken’s work. Not only did he leave the water in the cabover but he also caulked along the side trim pieces and sealed all of the screws in the underside trim piece with caulking ,trapping the water in.
The fiberglass on driver’s side corner and the front of the cabover at the bend had to repaired and painted.
This should be the end of our repairs for the water tank and the leak in the cabover.
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