Eric was able to salvage the door for the head up forward. It was burned on one corner but he repaired the spot and then sanded it well. After primer and paint it looks really good!
We had a really heavy rainstorm about 5 days ago and decided it was time to fix some leaky ports. Eric is now replacing all the old gaskets in the ports and making repairs where needed as he goes along. There are 16 rectangular ports and an additional 6 round ports that are in the engine room. He's on number 4 right now.
4 extra round ports are in the wood shop and 1 rectangular. The fire destroyed the rims on the round ones and we are now in the process of finding a good price on tempered glass to replace them as fixed port lights. The rectangular one has a chance at being salvaged but may be completely replaced as well.
The door repaired and painted!
Eric working on the first port. This is the one that had a very bad leak caused by poorly adjusted pivot pins and a very old degraded gasket . After repairs and a new gasket, it is sealing beautifully!
Applying adhesive
Pepping the gasket with weather strip adhesive. Then seated on the rim with a rubber mallet.
Everything is wiped down and cleaned
before the hatch is put back on.
