Date:         Mon, 8 Jun 2015 17:18:49 -0400
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can you drive with skylight open?
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  Ours will typically jiggle itself closed.

  We have a better solution, it is called air conditioning.  We live in the
southeast where AC is a Necessity Of Life.  The Kombi has 10 opening
windows, an overhead vent, and no radiator toasting your feet, and one
still suffers inside on a day like today - 86 Farenheit degrees and
breathing air soup.

Geo/ATL
'89 Westy
'67 Kombi

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> I used to drive with it open a few inches on my '86 Westy.  I put a little
> piece of cardboard in the opening and tightened the skylight down on it and
> that usually prevented it from rattling.  My skylight hardware needs
> redoing so right now it's not very easy to open it. So I haven't been doing
> this lately.  Air does come in it rather than going out of it as others
> have mentioned.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I miss my '85 poptop weekender... but I remember driving it with the
> > skylight open...
> >
> > all the hardware on it must be tight otherwise it will rattle...
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:36 AM, James <jk_eaton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We have, but even with new hardware from The Skylight Guy our
> skylight's
> > > hardware isn't 'tight and strong' - at highway speeds, over an hour or
> > so,
> > > the skylight will slowly close on its own! - or, rather, close down to
> > > about 1/4 inch from closed, at which point it rattles and bangs
> > > alarmingly.  As a result, we only do this if we have back-seat
> passengers
> > > who have to have the air.
> > >
> > > On an alternate track, though, leaving the skylight open when the van
> is
> > > parked is an excellent way to keep the interior cool on a sunny day -
> > > enough air enters through the front vents and exits the skylight to
> keep
> > > the interior temperature under control.
> > >
> > > James
> > > Ottawa, ON
> > >
> > > > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 20:18:52 -0700
> > > > From: dn92610@GMAIL.COM
> > > > Subject: Re: Can you drive with skylight open?
> > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > >
> > > > yes you can if the hardware of the skylight is tight and strong...
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 8:14 PM, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone drive with the skylight open? (or is that a surefire
> way
> > to
> > > > > ruin a skylight?)
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> > > > > 90 Westy Automatic
> > > > > Los Angeles
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