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Date:         Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:18:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk3oapaU6DJawmpuhP-u63083MtnThKd95eNvfONxG6Bkg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Mark and others,

I’m not sure what these are either but whatever they are I’m sure I need them now!

eRic Caron 85 GL Auto

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 7:14 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I'm sure I could probably recreate about any simple shape out of lead, but > even after 26 years of Vanagon ownership I don't know what these items are. > > Jim > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:11 PM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < > kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Marc, where are these located on the vent wing? Maybe people just don't >> understand what you are referring to. I know I am scratching my head on >> this one. >> >> Ken >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Okay, I've gotten zero responses to my questions about the lead vent >>> wing seals which are NLA. Is anybody making something out of a >>> different material to replace the lead seals? I was talking to a >>> designer friend of mine and trying to think of some kind of material >>> that could possibly be molded to fit that would then harden >>> sufficiently but then remain pliable enough to seal but not so pliable >>> as to leak. Any thoughts from any materials scientists out there? Do >>> we have any materials scientists on the list? >>> >>> My lead seals are rapidly going to pot, so to speak, and I'd like to >>> get them replaced with something that works, even if I have to >>> engineer something new. Others could benefit from this, I'm thinking . >>> . . >>> >>> Marc Perdue >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Ken Wilford >> John 3:16 >> www.vanagain.com >>


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