Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:18:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: caulk your westy fill ports/hookups!!! or this will happen...
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <3a25d.5ddbce7a.38d5a42f@aol.com>
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thank you

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:

> ever wondered why your westy has bad rust on the drivers rocker seam
> directly under the fill ports/hookups  and none of the passenger vans have
>  this
> problem?
>
> water leaks in around the fill ports on the drivers side..and causes  this:
>
> _
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ScottGulyas/VanagonPictures?feat=embedwebsite#5
> 367249631571635362_
> (
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ScottGulyas/VanagonPictures?feat=embedwebsite#5367249631571635362
> )
>
> when westfalia did the camper conversion, they simply cut three square
> holes in the drivers side sheetmetal and slapped a foam gasket around the
>  fill
> doors and screwed them to the side of the van.
>
> 20 years later these foam gaskets have long since been reduced to dust, and
>  everytime it rains or your wash your van, water pours in around these
> ports and  soaks the insulation behind your kitchen unit.   it never dries
> out
> and usually seeps thru the drivers rocker seam..causing rust thru at the
> rocker  seam/floor level.
>
> the pics above are what happens when the insulation gets soaked, and there
> is a horizontal frame member there, and it literally rusts a hole in the
> side of  your van under the fill ports where this metal frame member is.
>
> caulk your fill ports. its so easy to do...  can save you a lot of  money
> and work in the long run..
>



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roger w
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