leak1

Leak1

This leak was harder to find than to fix. It ends up the problem is located in the most awkward location of the windshield (difficult to reach from above). Illustrated below (diagram 1) is the location of the hole which is the cause of the leak.

starboard windshield The leak is located in the lowest corner of the windshild. It is a hole on the inside of the windshild. The hole allows electrical wires to control the windshield wipers.

The problem occurs when the hole is not sealed properly (and from what I've seen, it's a common problem on the 390).

You're probably thinking: But the hole is on the inside of the windshield; how can it leak? I don't know, but it does.

Solution1

From above

If you can get caulk down into the hole from the cockpit, then you should be able to seal off the source of the water. For me, I just couldn't get my caulking gun or my pudgy fingers down into the corner to reach the hole. Although I couldn't seal the hole from above, I suspect sealing from above would be the best solution.

Solution2

From below

In order to get to the hole from below, you must disassemble a portion of the interior. This was the way I fixed the problem (for me it was also how I discovered the source of the leak).

Here are the steps I took:

1	Remove the window shade
	Note: Notice the staining from the water leak on the middle of the shade
	This was probably the hardest step. Sea Ray must have 6 screws in that shade, and each screw is inset into the wood, and the insert is covered with a wooden plug. So, first I had to remove/destroy the wooden plugs (I used a pick tool to dig out the plugs), and then it was just a matter of unscrewing all the screws to remove the shade.

2	Disassemble the woodwork

	In order to reach the hole, you must disassemble a portion of the beautiful woodwork in the salon on the starboard side. Remove Speaker (if applicable) Remove Molding My molding was held in place by a few brads/nails. Remove panel Again, a combination of nails and screws held my panel in place.

3	Once you remove these wood pieces (and exercise caution so as not to break any of them), then you'll expose the hole (it has electrical wires going through it (the windsheild wiper wires)). Sorry I don't have any pictures of the salon woodwork disassembled, but I'd already put everything back together when I created this page.

4	With some nifty contorsions, I was able to get my caulk gun to the hole and plug it up. Don't overdo the caulk, because it will be visible from the cockpit (I recommend using a black colored caulk).

5	Let dry; test; and re-assemble the wood work.