Remove all that original and replace it with two layers of Reflectix bubble wrap insulation. It also reflects the heat and keeps from heating up the Vanagon interior. Very easy to apply. Robert 1982 Westfalia
>From: Bradley Flubacher <flub@ADELPHIA.NET> >Reply-To: Bradley Flubacher <flub@ADELPHIA.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: diesel engine lid >Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:43:53 -0500 > >I have an engine lid for my '82 diesel vanagon that is coming apart. I >have two of these vanagons and the lids are different. Both are for the >diesel vanagon, but one if from a westy, and the other is from a >passenger van. The one from the westy is the one coming apart. I has >what looks like normal fiberglass insulation under the lid. Does anyone >know this kind of lid? What's the best way to restore it to better >health? I don't want fiberglass getting cought in my belts. > >Brad
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