Date:         Fri, 26 May 2006 10:18:35 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      RE. Leaks
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Date:    Thu, 25 May 2006 13:31:16 -0700
From:    John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Leaks (Rear Door? Window Seals?)

> in the back, it's
> the cushion that I keep finding soaked although I can't figure out 
> where it's coming from.  In the front, it's the carpet on both the 
> drivers and the passenger's side.


Can't say for certain about the back, but I do know that the seal around
th= e front windshield is notorious for exactly that sort of leak. I
wouldn't be surprised to hear an older rear window seal was doing the
same thing. I finally got my windshield to quit leaking by filling in
the space under the outer outside lip of the seal with 3M Heavy
Drip-Chek sealant <* http://tinyurl.com/gtl3h*>. The stuff stinks like
model glue and sticks lik= e liquid chewing gum, but once it cures,
ain't nuthin' getting through.

--=20
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"



John,

Does the 3M Heavy Drip-Chek clean up OK off paint work around the rubber
seal once a bit squeezes out?  
I have to do a similar job and am still considering which sealant I am
prepared to use.

My windscreen never leaked at all with the first two windscreens and the
original rubber for 12 good years.
Then two years ago when the van was going to be part of a show for 50
years of VW in Australia I decided that now was a good time to replace
the windscreen once again due to a number of chips and a small crack and
thought that now was also a appropriate time to also replace the rubber.
I bought a (supposedly) good German one too at additional cost but the
bugger now occasionally leaks much to my annoyance.

Funny part is, it rarely leaks in heavy rain....more often in drizzle...
I haven't quite figured that one out yet...

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Land Rover 109 Series 3 soft top ute (ex-Aust.Army)


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