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| | | Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 old hand | OP old hand Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 | So the top part of my roof vent, the part that tilts up, is pretty much disintegrated....whoever painted the van painted this plastic part and it's crumbling away.
I can buy a new one for cheap.........or should I plug the hole with a thick piece of metal, like some heavy duty flashing? Visually it looks kinda goofy to me in the first place....would I regret it later if and when I start camping in it? (which will be a long way away right now) | | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,080 Likes: 1 old hand | old hand Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,080 Likes: 1 | On a breezeless day I don't think we could live without ours. Lived in it for five years and it was crucial to pulling air in through the open windows. After hail destroyed the cap of ours we finally decided to upgrade to a maxx air which is like a Cadillac compared to the old tiny bladed fan that we had been living with. However, if you are only going camping now and then you could always just put a fan in the window to pull air in and probably be happy with that. | | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Fix it, love mine, both of them have a limo in it.
SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 old hand | OP old hand Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 | I could also put in a 17x17 pop up glass sunroof, but it's a bit pricey new. | | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 55 journeyman | journeyman Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 55 | I always hear those sunroofs leak. Stick with the dome. And you can get screens to keep the bugs out.
On my first van, I had a pair of those. I had been a car stereo installer and rigged power antenna motors to raise and lower them. And I had amber 1156 light bulbs lighting them up. The light idea I stole from a dude I went to high school with in the early 70s.
Einstein, when describing radio said "Wire telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull his tail in NY and he meows in LA. And radio works the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
| | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 | Replace it with a new one!
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,455 Likes: 23 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,455 Likes: 23 | Sunroof. They all do not leak if installed correctly and you by a quality version. I have two in mine with no leaks But it is in a garage when not used.
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| | | Re: Roof vent - replace or plug? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | I have a limo, 18 x 35 in the rear roof, in both of my vans & have never leaked in the 15 yrs Ive had them.
Only leaked when I forgot to close them .... lol
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