Date:         Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:35:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Rodney Kindlund <rodney@RODKRAFTSTUDIO.COM>
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From:         Rodney Kindlund <rodney@RODKRAFTSTUDIO.COM>
Subject:      Re: rear window leak
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I had the same thing going on with my '84 Wolfsburg
and found that the seal had a small smashed spot at
the top of the door. It was leaking and making a
waterspot about 4" diameter, so I replaced the seal
and did the cleaning job and now no more
leaks.....Rodney

--- Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:
> I had the same thing and seem to have stopped it by
> doing two things,
> and I have no way of knowing which. But they're both
> easy.
>
> First, clean the rubber seal where it contacts the
> door. Scrub it with
> a kitchen scrubber and armorall. Wax the body where
> the seal contacts
> it. If there's any dirt or crud between the two,
> then you don't have a
> seal.
>
> Secondly, find the crack at the bottom of the window
> where the rubber
> (almost) butts together and fill it neatly with
> silicon glue.
>
> No more wet rear pad for me.
>
> Jim
>
> On Jan 7, 2004, at 10:37 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> > I'm curious about this also. My 88 GL has the same
> problem. The rear
> > pad
> > and insulating cover over the engine hatch is wet
> by the right rear
> > window each time it rains. Doesn't appear to be
> from the rear hatch,
> > but
> > the rear side window somehow. I did pull that
> plastic locking bead out
> > because it was so faded and broken in places. I
> wonder if this has
> > casue
> > d the leak.
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> > BillM wrote:
> >
> >> On my 91GL there is a black plastic vent in the
> rear most part of the
> >> rear side windows. When it rained last weekend
> water got through it
> >> somehow. Is this a real vent? Do they all leak?
> >>
> >> Bill M
> >> Mystic,CT
> >>
> >

=====
Rodney Kindlund, RodKraft Studio (Leather-Art)
rodney@rodkraftstudio.com
www.rodkraftstudio.com
'84 VW Wolfsburg Weekender "Sunshine SuperVan
'84 VW Wolfsburg Weekender "PartsBus"
'82 VW Westfalia Camper "No Name Yet"
'72 VW Superbeetle (Nancy's) "No Name Yet"