Date:         Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:08:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Arlene K Sondergaard <asonder@USGS.GOV>
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From:         Arlene K Sondergaard <asonder@USGS.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
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I sealed my windshield with gutter seal.
Worked well for a year only.
Tried to removed it without success and scratched the paint around it.
Used screwdriver to pry windshield seal to apply WD 40 and sewing machine
oil.
        -cracked the windshield
                -mechanic says to replace windshield will require $200.
EXTRA to clean up the gutterseal

I have found that the Busdepot mats for driver and passenger work for
drips!
These mats corral the water in their honeycombs and a towel or a shake
gets rid of it.

Arlene
1987 Wolfsburg



From:
Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
To:
vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date:
11/21/2012 08:17 AM
Subject:
Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
Sent by:
Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>



Hi All,

It is the (very) rainy season here on the wet coast.  The good news is I
can easily identify water ingress in my van.  The bad news is, well, water
ingress.

I would like to replace the seals, but it does not look like this will
happen until the spring.  (In snowballing work/effort, I would like to
repaint when I do the seals, thus likely delaying the job)

I wonder what solutions people have had for buying a bit of time with
leaky
window seals.  I have tried a bit of vaseline on the wing window and that
seemed to help.  Any other ideas?

The seals in question are:

* Wing window (
http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_262_400/right_wing_window_weatherstrip_seal_1_per_door.html


* Window in the sliding door (just above the door handle)
* I suspect the front window leaks (my left foot has been dripped on)

Tom