Hey Skip,

I can't tell from the photo where the dam is or what it consists of.  Mike deHate gave me the idea to put drains in the hinge wells at the top.  I
did this using nylon tubing run in the overhead console then down the sides
of the door and they join underneath the door then exit through a tube in
the wing root.  This gets rid of the water that pools under the door hinges
and there is also a small trough about 1/8" deep in the door frame between
these two wells.  But this does not keep rain out that falls on the door
frame below the hinge wells when the door is open or not latched all the
way.  I have tried to think of a dam that will stop this but it looks like
the door fits flush against the face of the frame and there wouldn't be any
room to build up a channel or a stop to keep the water out of the cockpit.
This is just a long winded way of asking you to explain where your dam is
and how it works.

Wait a minute - I think I know what you mean now.  That is the walls at the
inside of the wells.  Do you have drains for those so that they won't
overflow when the water fills them?  What do you think about the complaint I
stated above?  Do you get the same thing?  Thanks,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Skip
Slater
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:23 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Leaking door hinges

 George,
  I put the dams in my door hinge cutouts as well after getting soaked
every time I opened the door if there had been moisture or rain on it.  They
work great.  Photo attached.
  Skip Slater
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