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01-13-2019, 01:05 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 281
M.O.C. #23051
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Compartment door leak
Well we did it. We pulled the trigger and purchased a new High Country yesterday. 2 hours for the walk-thru and only found three items for the dealer to fix. Replacing one of the roller blinds, replacing led light strip on the front and replacing one cabinet door that is damaged. The rest of the PDI went well.
Now the bad news. It rained all night here and when I opened the compartment doors a while ago I have a water leak on both. It isn't coming in around the seal at the bottom. It appears to be leaking at the door frame seam at the top of the door. Both doors have water running down the inside of the door panel.
That seam at the top appears to be pressed in place on the door and not caulked. I can see light through a gap in the frame seam from inside the door. Anyone else experience this and did you simply caulk the seam?
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2019 Montana High Country 331RL
2017 Ford F250 Super Duty, 6.7 PSD
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01-13-2019, 03:15 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fort Worth
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Same issue with new 2019 3120RL. Dealer replaced both seals and repaired any other leak issues. The basement doors have not leaked since. I did my research on the seal material and instillation. For ours, it was poor instillation (not properly placed against the vertical door lip and folds or creases in the corners) and lack of caulk. I’ve gone over the unit top to bottom, front to rear and recaulked, tightened, and improved on lack of quality in the build.
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01-13-2019, 03:20 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Boone
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Awesome, congrats. What model High Country did you get?
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2018 Montana HC 362RD
2016 Chevrolet 3500 Duramax HD SRW
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01-13-2019, 03:35 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Fort Worth
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James, we bought the Montana 3120RL - not too big, not too small, just right for our tow vehicle. For the price, we did well, but the quality issues are a pet-peeve of mine. I had read and fully understand that these RVs will have traveling issues, build issues is another thing. One of the issues we had was the ODS flood/Scare lights was half full of water and the bayonet fixture was totally rusted out. The mech who installed the light put some caulk around the lens, but never tightened (4 screws) to the lens down. Hey, he/she did a great job of sealing the bottom half of the lens...
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01-13-2019, 03:47 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
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We had the same problem on one of our basement doors. I replaced the seal with a better quality and no problems since.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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01-13-2019, 05:03 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Virginia Beach
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M.O.C. #23051
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesb
awesome, congrats. What model high country did you get?
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2019 331rl
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2019 Montana High Country 331RL
2017 Ford F250 Super Duty, 6.7 PSD
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01-14-2019, 04:22 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Boone
Posts: 311
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DROMEO- do you think a ex- Marine sealed that?
Just kidding, I’m retired Army. Thank you for your service to our great Country.
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2016 Chevrolet 3500 Duramax HD SRW
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