I thought they more put a hole in the back of the bowl to let the water out lol

Oh yes! But I kind of wanted to avoid that!

Cool! Is this going up outside for a bit? The extra bowl clip and the drain hole ended up making the later ones pretty well sealed, never really saw any that were dirty internally around here anyway

No not yet, I’m not happy with the sealing yet , the seal I have at the minute doesn’t get the nose of the bowl!, with it clipped into place you can still slide paper under the gap easily!, and the bowl is sitting too low under the weather flange of the canopy for my liking! , going to try a P profile seal next? It’s only going up when I’m happy it’s decently rain proof!

Excellent refurb Rich good you have the clips too, Alpha 4s in comparison always ended up cable tied lol

Yeah rain would probably still get in there, have you tried bending the ends of the clips in a bit more so they put more pressure on the rim of the bowl?

I doubled the seal up but it’s the actual bowl moulding that’s out of shape when you put it on a flat surface! , I’m guessing the seal Philips fitted from new was slightly air filled to accommodate this?

Could be, or just the with the age of the bowl it has deformed a little bit? If its had the 4 clips on the sides tightly clamped down all its life but nothing at the end it may have bent the plastic a bit?