[A/S] Front window leak found and sealed at last!

["Christopher45103" <blickcd@xxxxxxx>]

I've had a front window leak for the two years that I have owned my 
1979 International.  I've used a lot of Parbond to seal around the 
front windows, battery boxes, clearance lights and so on.  All of 
that helped a lot, but I still had two trickles that would come in 
and run over the tops of the battery boxes.  Testing with a garden 
hose, working my way up from the bottom, confirmed that the leak was 
at the windows and not the letters or something up on the roof.

Last weekend I decided to try once again and look for the leak.  What 
I noticed is that the lower corners of the front window frame are 
mitered together.  This is the perimeter frame, not the swing out 
portion, of the large center front window.  While they are nice clean 
miter joints, there are hairline cracks at those locations.  They 
were also about the only points not sealed.

I cleaned both corners and applied just a little bit of Parbond to 
each.  Yesterday it rained on and off for almost 24 hours, and an 
intense inspection last night showed no signs of leaks.

If you have been frustrated with front leaks for a while, check out 
the lower corers of your window frames.

Christopher