Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:37:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Passes the dollar bill test on top and sides, not so tight the full
width of the bottom.

"So even with striker plate out of the picture, the hatch does not lie
flush with body? Do you feel the hatch pressing on the rubber seal?"

Um, so you're asking whether the door will close enough to press against
the seal if the striker plate is removed? Hang on, lemme see, I'll be
right back.

<on hold music, "Girl from Ipanema" plays softly>

I'm back. With the striker plate removed, if I lean my butt against the
closed hatch, the dollar bill is much harder to remove. I guess what I'm
dealing with there is that the striker plate doesn't move forward enough
to seal the lower edge.


--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/24/2012 10:27 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> worst journey, feh. Those effete sassanachs are always making a big
> fuss about a brisk walk.
>
> :)
>
> So even with striker plate out of the picture, the hatch does not lie
> flush with body? Do you feel the hatch pressing on the rubber seal?
> Can you do the dollar bill test around the hatch while helper pushing
> on hatch? Perhaps find a spot that is tighter?
>
> The only other adjustment is/are the hinge plates, and that can be a
> bit of a bugger - bolts can be in there very tight and you do need a
> helper to hold hatch/stand back and look etc.
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-09-24, at 9:58 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> "you really gotta look in Bentley more often Ramblin'  Jack :)"
>>
>> Yeah, because it's so darn fascinating.
>>
>> I'm presently reading "The Worst Journey in the World," Apsley
>> Cherry-Garrard's account of the 1910-1913 Scott expedition to be
>> the first to reach the South Pole (beaten by Amundsen).
>>
>> That's a lot more interesting.
>>
>> "yes, those two stops, I think a 17 or a 19 mm open end fits on
>> them. Look closely."
>>
>> Well there's my problem. Even with the striker plate all the way
>> forward, the door does not close flush with the body, and doesn't
>> even come close to touching them little bumpers.
>>
>> --
>>>
>