Date:         Fri, 3 May 2013 09:12:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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How can this be?  This is a VANAGON, nothing is supposed to be easy!!



Stuart



From: Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 9:07 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: Vanagon mailing list
Subject: Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels



As Jeff says, it's easy. You might want to pick up a cheap plastic
upholstery panel tool to lift the channel out. Other than that, it's a
no-tools deal. Maybe a rubber hammer to tap things in place and a dash of
rubber trim adhesive here and there.

Jim



On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

On other cars I've had to remove the window with the mechanism to get at pop
rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt
channel down to the bottom of the door.



I'll check the vendors.



Thanks!



Stuart



From: Jeff Lincoln [mailto:magikvw@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 8:35 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: Vanagon List
Subject: Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels




I think that most of the onliune vendors carry the replacements for these.



I have done this it isn't really all that hard. They will just pull off and
the new ones should just go back on the same way. No real tools necessary if
I remember correctly.



Providing I am understanding you correctly. I replaced the entire window
rubber on my '85 with the ones from my '90






Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus