Leaking Overhead Cab Marker Lights

[JAG1]

Anyone know if it's just the screws that leak? I changed out all the little plastic washers under the screw heads using neoprene washers from pole barn metal screws. Seems to gasket pretty well but, wondering if the leak comes from the lens base instead. I was afraid to pull them up since they are stuck on. Might tear the gasket underneath. Tell me where the leak comes from :ashamed:TIA.

[flagmanruss]

I don't know but I've had leaks from my overhead from time to time. Now my overhead is out!

[JAG1]

Yep, I'm afraid of that too with the computer right there. Mine is leaking and coming down inside the passenger side pillar cover. I was afraid the speaker tweeter or computor would get damaged. I know this is a common problem so hoping someone will chime in.

[Rogan]

pull 'em up, dab some silicone on the underside of each light where there is a corresponding hole in the roof. That's how I fixed mine, anyway.. And no, it doesn't take a whole gobbin' mess of it..

[flagmanruss]

Be careful not to oil an the roof. Must be done from the side unless you're skilled at levitation! LOL!!

[Rogan]

Be careful not to oil an the roof. Must be done from the side unless you're skilled at levitation! LOL!!

Looks like m73m typed this LOL

[JAG1]

Be careful not to oil an the roof. Must be done from the side unless you're skilled at levitation! LOL!!

I was careful thank you. Almost oil canned it once when it popped back unharmed Used a 6 ft. ladder from both sides. I have some residual moisture over the headliner so I got a little space heater going inside the cab for awhile. I think the pole building screw gaskets are working very well. So far no more water coming in.

[Looner]

How hard is it too add cab lights? I heard the spots are marked on the inside of the roof? Is the wiring harness there ready to be plugged in? Any help is appreciated

[Rogan]

How hard is it too add cab lights? I heard the spots are marked on the inside of the roof? Is the wiring harness there ready to be plugged in? Any help is appreciated

I did a write-up here on the 2nd Gen of adding cablights. http://forum.mopar1973man.com/showthread.php?t=4726 Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

[flagmanruss]

I need to get back up there & I'm no light weight. I figure a step ladder against the door pillar & keep my weight on the frame. Reach as far as possible. That's the theory anyway. Probably need to swing the mirrors.

[Mopar1973Man]

What would be wrong with carefully prying up slowly on a warm body (inside a shop with heat or using hair drier) and putting a shot of silicone under each one?

[JAG1]

I know your right Mike. Others too on here. I only pulled one up since it sticks like it will tear the gasket. Silicone is a good thing even if the do tear. The gaskets don't seem to be the highest quality. I put on the rubber washers for now and it stoped the leak.I need to clear out my shop, get the truck inside and work out of the rain.

[jlwelding]

My new (05) never gets driven in the rain and it never comes out of the 8k grarge. So I dont know if it leask or not.:think:And I only put 10k miles on it 15 months:ashamed: and it's still under warrenty till the end of this month:lmao:

[Rogan]

My new (05) never gets driven in the rain and it never comes out of the 8k grarge. So I dont know if it leask or not. And I only put 10k miles on it 15 months:ashamed: and it's still under warrenty till the end of this month:lmao:

Reminds me of my wife's van. She's driven it 11k miles in 3yrs. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

[flagmanruss]

My 97 Cirus was my Mom's car... had always been garaged... Mom never told me but left instructions with my sister that I was to get the car. It was 5 years old and 9000 miles on the clock. I just did the timing belt with 120k on it now.

[Mopar1973Man]

Hmmm... I bought the 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 back in 2002... It only had 112K on the clock. Now its got 148K so thats 3.6K per year... Compared to the 2002 that I bought brand new 20.8K per year with 208K on the clock.

[JAG1]

I used to have a Saturday job driving an elderly couple to town in their 1958 Chevy Impala with 29,000 original. It was a blast that car.... so tight... felt like it had a real frame, like a solid hunk of iron compared to today.

[flagmanruss]

One of my elderly aunts had an all original 1937 Pontiac. Her late husband had driven it for a year as a traveling salesman before he died & it had like 20k on it. As long as she was alive, when you took her to the store, you had to drive her car. It needed some slight restoration but you wouldn't believe the vultures trying to score that car. After she passed away, it was sold, properly, for a good price. I remember visiting with her. She was so proud of her remodeled kitchen... The ancient wood cook stove had been rebuilt with kerosene burners in the remodel. I think the ice box had been replaced with a electric refridgerator but she wouldn't part with the former.

[JAG1]

Cool!These elderly folks with the Impala had all these old miners tools on display. One Saturday when I asked about them.They said, OK 'hold your hands'. She says, 'no, both hands! So I did and out comes all these hard rock mine nuggets out of an old leather pouch. Couldn't believe what I was holding. Some were 2 1/2'' inches long. They were beautiful and I'd never seen a real nugget in my life at the time.They were from her great great uncle, a miner in the California gold rush days. Man! I couldn't believe it:)

[Mopar1973Man]

As for the clearance lights the only thing else I can think of is see if a local hardware store seal o-rings of different sizes and see if you can find one large enough for the clearance light so when you tighten it up its seals nice and tight.