Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:55:11 -0300
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
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I guess that depends on the condition of you rear end ;-)
On 03-Apr-2015, at 11:57, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow wrote:
> Will it ruin the rear springs, and scratch your rear bumper and you drag the tail down the street?
>
>
>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:36 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>
>> If you pick up an older steel hatch, you'll know ... it is noticeably heavier.
>>
>>> On 03-Apr-2015, at 11:23, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow wrote:
>>>
>>> I've never cut through it.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'll do that for the double engine project.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Isn't it? I've cut through one of the late models to clear a diesel injector, and it was fiberglass all the way as far as I could tell. You might not have an original.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> My 91 engine lid is plastic?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The older, air-cooled and diesel engine lids are all steel, not plastic. Except for the sound deadener which looks like coir. When I first read the post, I thought the request was for an engine lid "hatch" but it was for the rear door hatch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Steel hatch?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What part exactly is steel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 5:05 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Look at diesel hatches. they are steel, if that's what you want. A lot of
>>>>>>>> people have swapped them out for plastic hatches because the steels are so
>>>>>>>> heavy and the fire protection aspect is more or less wasted on a diesel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 2:29 AM, John Dillon <johndillon@johndillon.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> still looking for the rear hatch for an air cooled vanagon … hopefully in
>>>>>>>>> Ontario or close … anyone have such a creature?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> jdd
>>
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