Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:21:58 -0700
Reply-To:     RiffOil <riffoil@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         RiffOil <riffoil@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: caulk your westy fill ports/hookups!!!   or this will
              happen...
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I always wandered why specificaly that area was prone to rust


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On 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..