Date:         Wed, 29 May 2002 11:11:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: a/c housing
Comments: To: Tonya@HOLOREALITY.COM
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I have had good success repairing these by:
#1) remove the damaged panel.
#2) use very good clear packaging tape to pull the parts back to a seem
less appearance.
#3) use a fiberglass body patch kit and patch from the inside of the
part.
#4) use very small pieces of fiberglass fabric to make a test run before
you lay on any mass, you don't want this thing locked in eternal misfit
until you're satisfied with the appearance of the crack (clear tape, you
should be able to judge this pretty good).
#5) in most cases you can use finger nail polish or other pure acetone
solvent to blend the crack back to a clean appearance after the
fiberglass on the back side has set.
#6) not a bad idea to reinforce the fastener holes while you've got a
batch of resin right there and ready.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Wed, 29 May 2002 10:56:00 -0500 Tonya Pope <Tonya@HOLOREALITY.COM>
writes:
> Hi all --
>
> The AC housing in the rear of my van has developed some cracks.
> It's not falling, but I would like to repair or replace it for
> asthetics.
> Anybody done repair work that could offer advice?  Or would it be
> better to try to find replacements from a donor?
>
> Thanks,
> Tonya
> 87 GL Wolfs
>

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