Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
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Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
It seems to me that the rear windows on a Traveller are not opened often other than the one or two I've seen on MOT.
I am about to replace a rear post due to wet rot in the joint where the post meets the centre section. To avoid any more rot I am considering removing the window runners, using wooden fillers where necessary and sealing the lot with Dum-Dum (Is there a better sealer?)
I aim to use the original windows. Comments please and if you have done this I would like to see a picture(s)
Thanks all
I am about to replace a rear post due to wet rot in the joint where the post meets the centre section. To avoid any more rot I am considering removing the window runners, using wooden fillers where necessary and sealing the lot with Dum-Dum (Is there a better sealer?)
I aim to use the original windows. Comments please and if you have done this I would like to see a picture(s)
Thanks all
Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
I usually have the rear one on my side open unless raining, to get a good through draught from the heater without the fan running. And yes in the recent HOT weather we had them ALL open as far as they would go!



Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
Ditto to what Roy said.
Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
I try to use mine fairly regularly in the warm weather, else they seize up! I currently have a really impressive moss garden in the nearside channel, which replaces the worn felt seals I replaced a few years ago! 

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Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
I use mine regularly too,or at least just open them now and again as Maurice said, to stop them seizing up. I've used Tiger Seal to deal with water leak problems and for the first time in 25 years, my car is now leak free!
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Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
I am cultivating a crop of moss (sorry don't know the latin name) in my window runners at the moment 

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Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
what variety of moss do you have
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Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
millerman wrote:It seems to me that the rear windows on a Traveller are not opened often other than the one or two I've seen on MOT.
I am about to replace a rear post due to wet rot in the joint where the post meets the centre section. To avoid any more rot I am considering removing the window runners, using wooden fillers where necessary and sealing the lot with Dum-Dum (Is there a better sealer?)
I aim to use the original windows. Comments please and if you have done this I would like to see a picture(s)
Thanks all
Why would rear windows be opened on an MoT?
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Re: Do you use the rear windows on your Trav......?
Don't worry Colin - my rear window opens too, and I'm not sure about it.
Sadly, on a two-door saloon, that's a tad inconvenient...

Sadly, on a two-door saloon, that's a tad inconvenient...

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