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Missing pictures from original posting. I hope?

I’ll attach the pictures when the website allows.

Our Oliver LE2 is stored in along side our house and is subject to rain, oak leaves, pine needles, bugs and whatever else Mother Nature throws at it in Lutz, FL. It is a constant struggle to keep it clean and off-site storage is very expensive. And until the finance department approves a storage solution, I’ll just have to try to keep up with the maintenance. Florida is called the Sunshine State but we also receive a fair amount of rain. After a 5” rain one day this summer, we found the curbside bench cushions to be wet. I found some ideas about the cause of the leakage in the Oliver forums and determined that cause of the leak was dirt and crud blocking the weep slots. ScubaRx/Steve offered some detailed thoughts about cleaning the window tracks which included the weep slots. So I tackled that project which included removing the window seals covering the fixed glass track. Then removing the sliding window track seal and finally removing the screen and it’s seal. With those items removed I was able to clean the tracks pretty well. I have attached a poor picture of the 3 tracks of the window frame and the weep slots. And in an effort to be clear, the picture does not show the slots very well. The weep slots are between the outside of the window frame and the fixed glass track and between the fixed glass track and the sliding glass track. There aren’t any weep slots to the screen track. So if the weep slots become clogged, the water overflows into the sliding glass track and the overflow runs down the inside wall. This can happen to any of the windows except the door window. The Norton’s had told me about draining the the window tracks by placing a finger at the bottom of the weep slot and creating a capillary effect to drain the window tracks. The window weep slots must be fairly clean for this to work. It’s very effective if you are around your Oliver when it rains. And now my helpful tip. I cut pipe cleaners in half and place one in each weep slot. The slots between the outside and middle tracks line up, so push the pipe cleaners through the outside track and into the middle track. It requires about an 1-1/4” of the pipe cleaner to reach the middle track. I find that the tracks dry out much faster with the pipe cleaners than without. The pipe cleaners also travel pretty well as we didn’t lose any on our last camping trip which included some interstate driving. We hope this proves useful for someone.

Thank you both for doing the hard work of planning the micro rally. Krunch and I had a great time making some new friends and breaking bread bread with some old ones. The hurricane made for some second thoughts about attending but it turned to be a great week for camping. Thanks again, Mike and Krunch

Excellent solution and execution. It’s funny because I always thought we would order a standard bed when the time came. I didn’t think my better half would go for the twin bed version. Low and behold, we found a 6 month old 2017 standard bed and used the big bed for 1 trip. We did not like devoting 40% of the space to a bed and did not like converting it to booth table each morning. So we tried different sleeping arrangements and settled on the dinette for Krunch and the back bench for me and the dogs stay on either side bench. And then over Labor Day week the factory converted it to the twin bed configuration. We bought mattresses from Southern Mattress and they shipped then to Hohenwald. Next week is our first trip as a twin bed and I am hoping for the best.

I have included a couple of pictures from hull 193 so you would know what some have been talking about. I have never heard any fan running without turning the switch on.

I think the existing window stop would prevent anything you put in the track from reaching the curved corner.

I would suggest that the white band/seal be removed from the window and cleaned on your picnic table or outside work bench. Then use any product you choose without any damage to the gelcoat. I think a better idea would be to replace the white window seals with a black one like the back/exit window. I recently requested information about that seal from Jason. We will see if it is possible in the future.

Thank you for the before and after pics. And you are right about the black frame and dark window blending togethet. It looks great!

Thanks for the response and advice. I’ll follow up with the Toyota service department and see want they have to say.

John, I had a 50k service completed a few weeks ago on my LC and opt'd to replace the air and cabin filters myself. Today I completed those tasks but noticed what appears to be something missing. Can you or any Tundra owners tell me what should connect to the open port? Thanks is advance.

How does the black frame look on your Ollie? I am pretty sure that is the same glass and shade that Lippert Industries offered. When I talked to them a couple of months back they indicated that they were re-working the shade, so I have been holding off on replacing ours.

Congratulations on retirement. Will this be a warm up for Alaska? Are you’all going to Jasksonville In October?

Hull #193 has about 10,000 miles on and the only off road activity it has seen has been in state park campgrounds and it has similar rub marks from the spare tire. The real reason for this post was because John once mentioned scratching the rim with the hold down ring. Although I did not share those concerns due to the fact that it was on the inside of the rim, I did know from checking the tire pressure on the spare that there was a fair amount friction on the rim when tightening the hold down ring. Thus my search for something to act as a washer and some of you may recognize my orange washer is actually a circle cut out of a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket lid. I think I get another turn or two on the hold down ring with less friction. I hope someone finds it useful.

Just saw your additional posts on the clothesline mod concerning the mount procedure. Please ignore my question about the mounting hardware as you have already answered it.

Two questions. The first is, did you install the port hole access for sink and faucet maintenance? The second concerns the tie down mounts. Did you use through bolts and backing plates on any of the mounts for the closet or clothesline anchors or just the VHB tape and surface screws? Nice job?

Could you use your pvc fresh water chlorine injector on the black tank flush line and inject the mineral oil into the black tank?

When we first picked our used Ollie in January, we had a leak in the dinette window. While searching the forum, I found a post by DavePhelps discussing the porch light leaking issue. I pretty much followed his procedure and did not have any problems until this month. My first thought was that I didn’t do a very good job on the light over the curbside bed. While testing with a hose, I started at the bottom of the sliding window and immediately had a leak. We have had so much rain that I haven’t gotten the window tracks clean and there is nothing on the bench except towels to catch any leakage. It leaked again on Thursday after a very hard rain, so it’s a work in progress. We’ll be in Hohenwald the end of August if I haven’t figured it out by then. Thank you for the suggestions???

Amen to that Overland?

Funny you should rant! Came home Friday from an overnight visit to my mother-in—laws house. The trailer stayed at home and we did have a big rain Thursday, rain gauge said 5”. Opened the trailer up on Saturday to find the curbside and rear cushions very wet. Took them out to dry and cleaned up the water in the window, the bench area and the plumbing area. With things dried out this morning, I applied water to the bottom portion of the sliding window and the boss immediately screamed stop. She dried that up and we tried the stationary window and it was okay. So now I need to dry the window area again and try to determine why it is leaking. Maybe it’s just dirty and debris is preventing the window from closing completely. We’ll see.

ScubaRx has a flag pole mount on the back of hull #50 and someone else has a suction cup flag pole mount. Either would work for a temporary cellular antenna mount.

Did the camp host have the WeBoost external antenna mounted to a mast? Are you referring to the Cradlepoint router’s twin rubber antennas? Is your router connected to a WeBoost?

Our 2 Border Terriers always travel in crates, but after watching the videos we may have to rethink our choice of crates. Randy, thanks for the link.

Yes Sherry, you are correct. The original posting about tank sensors slipped into cleaning tanks and I apologize for contributing to the confusion by not staying on topic.

Bed Bath & Beyond Enjoy!