Date:         Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:39:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: replacing window glass seals
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I use nylon string from a "weed eater".

YMMV,


Mr. BZ


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 5:39 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:

>         Small diameter, very strong, nylon cord is the best.  Use Krown
> Rust proofing oil or similar on the seal and on the frame, goes in very
> easy and the Krown keeps the rubber soft and combats rust if any defects in
> the painted surface.  The two centre windows are the hardest ones to remove
> as they are a tighter fit than the others due to the aluminum frame around
> the glass.  The hole was made for plain glass and Westfalia force fitted
> the aluminum framed windows into the same hole without modification of the
> opening.
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
>
> > Check around, maybe on The Samba, or maybe someone else here will chime
> in.=
> > Someone did suggest using parachute cord, I was using just plain nylon
> rop=
> > e, which is what I'd always used on the others. I've tried using both
> soapy=
> > water and talcum powder, the powder being the messiest of the two. Hell,
> m=
> > aybe I put on an '84 or earlier door, which has a bigger window opening!
> Th=
> > at was the reason for replacing the glass/seal, I had a very dented
> sliding=
> > door that I replaced with one from a junkyard. Jeff Stewart
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
> Trains (Collection for sale)
> Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the
> Ottawa Valley
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> June 05 ~ 08, 2014
>



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Tom Buese