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Date:         Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:09:08 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch leaking water into my Westy?
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <bfb5ccc40801211740i4a024b36m94163cb20abf09a5@mail.gmail.com>
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What? Is this a design flaw? VW? Design flaws?

--- ;^)

Interesting. I'll look into that.

I appreciate the pointer Jim!

Neil.

On 1/21/08, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil - > > While yer yankin' stuff, yank the curtain straps and the screw-in snaps on > each side of the door. What happens is the screw-in snaps (when the door is > closed) rests on the "bulb" seal of the Rear Hatch Seal and creates just > enough of a gap to allow moisture through in the rain. > > In the almost 9 years of full-timing in my Westy, I discovered early on that > when it rained, I often found a west mattress and sleeping bag near the Rear > Hatch Door. I even replaced the Rear Hatch Seal with no success in > preventing the leak(s) until I discovered what the strap screw-in snap heads > were doing to the "bulb" seal. Since then I've had a dry mattress and > sleeping bag, even in the heaviest of storms. > > I usually drive with Rear Curtains closed anyway, so I don't miss the > hold-back straps, even when I keep the curtains open there. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > > On Jan 21, 2008 12:26 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > Last week I opened the rear hatch and found it would close part way on > > its' own. ?? I put in new supports just over a year ago. Shouldn't > > happen I thought..... > > > > My theory is that water gathered and froze, adding extra weight. Today > > in warm sun, water ran out of bottom of hatch and it functions as it > > used to. Mystery solved. But rear matresses are kind of wet. Water is > > getting into van. > > > > My Westy is parked on an incline with rear end pointed downhill. > > Recently weather has been cold. > > > > Where are the typical water leaks points on the rear hatch? > > > > Water normally gathers in rear hatch bottom and drains out when opened > > when parked on incline. Is this normal? > > > > IF it isn't a water leak, could it be that with a frozen chunk o ice > > at the bottom of the hatch, any "new" water coming in would overflow > > into/onto the rear? > > > > TIA, and hope my questions make sense! > > > > Neil. >

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/


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