Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:57:43 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
In-Reply-To: <3cbd01d19406$8a1f0b60$9e5d2220$@busdepot.com>
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I have done all of that, John. The sliding window replacement was very
difficult, physically. You have to put the seal on the window, wrap a
clothesline through the channel in the seal, have you and a helper set the
seal on the ridge in the bottom of the window frame, and then go in the bus
while your helper pushes the window in at the spot where you are pulling
the rubber lip through from the inside with the clothesline. You will need
plenty of dish detergent for lube. Don't dilute it with water. It is very
important that you go to harbor freight and get yourself a set of those
blue plastic upholstery tools ($7) they sell. You will need them to catch
and pull what the clothesline misses, and you can't go back.
The rest is pretty easy. Be sure you use plenty of dish soap on triangular
rubber. Don't let anyone talk you into using anything else. The rest of the
front part it pretty easy, it comes apart like you think it will and like
stuart said just go at the silver trim until it is gone and don't look back.
The felt stuff and all the other channel stuff is pretty easy. You will
find that the over-the-top-and-down-the-rear channel will collide with the
outer bottom sill and up-the-back-about-an-inch channel and overlap half an
inch or so. You will really mess things up if you try to trim with cutters.
A dremel tool with a thin cutoff wheel does a great job and can be done in
place with your eye on getting the cut just right so that it will push
right into place and make a good seal.
I used Bus Depot seals and had no issue with any of it. But I used lots of
dish soap on the solid rubber. Don't even think about skipping that.
Jim
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:27 AM The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:
> > So maybe the question needs to be who made the seals you used? ALL the
> > ones I have used came from the VW Bus Shop in Germany and look to be VW
> > originals. And I’ve installed quite a few.
>
> > Now you might be onto something. I believe I got them from Bus Depot,
> > but I'd have to check my records to be absolutely sure.
>
> The ones we sell are the same ones VW Bus Shop in Germany sells - OEM
> German seals that are the same as the originals. We've sold them for
> decades with no issues with fit or quality. In fact, while there are some
> cheaper aftermarket Vanagon seals out there, I have yet to see a non-OEM
> version of the vent wing seal, so to the best of my knowledge this would
> have been the same seal no matter where you bought it. Therefore, I hate to
> say it but I have to agree with Frank that this sounds like an installation
> issue and/or something else relating to the vent wings that is out of spec.
> I can't think of any other explanation..
>
> Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
>
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