> > WINDOWS: All > ..Maybe it's just me, but does anybody else have a problem with the > ..wingvent windows on the side and rear windows (72 bus)? Mine are > ..rusting/bubbling directly under the hingepin for the quartervent. ...I've > replaced my sliding door window with a jalosie model and plan > ..to do the same with the opposite side, but imagine others must be > ..having the same experiance as most of the junked busses I find have > ..the same rust booboo's? > > Kevin Murray -FEETSFirst Films > Certaintly the rear wingvents are a real problem, the real funny thing is that their condition is strictly a function of the rubber seals, on my '76 the sliding door one and the rear drivers side had totaly deteriorated rubber and the frames and lower pivot had rusted seized then broken off, I had approximately 5 such frames from various parts buses and it took all of them to rebuild the 2, I cut them up and used the good tops from one side as bottoms for the other and MIG welded together, VW does sell the metal frames and they are not as bad as you might think, $25 a few years ago for just the C shaped part, it pop rivets to the straight side. NOW FOR A TRULY AMAZING THING, blessed by the VW gods, the vent wing immediately behind the driver was perfect, in fact the origional rubber was perfect, whereas all other rubber was shot, must have been from a special batch and VW should have kept its formulation, after 15 years it was as brand new as was the frame inside it. In fact I kept it against the chance of buying another bus and put 2 of my rebuilt that came out nice enough themselves after painting into the bus and deleted the rear vent on the drivers side replacing it with a single large piece of glass from the opposite side of a parts bus. I urge anyone with the time though to consider rebuilding your frames, like I said, cut two halves from opposite sides then weld or braze them together and repaint, nice results fully covered by new rubber ($50 each now, ouch) so it doesnt matter anyway, of course if the little clamp assembly is too corroded or if the pin has rusted off the glass frame, then you got to come up with some other options, more home fabrication time. I caution everyone to check these locations cause like Kevin says when that clamp starts rusting in contact with the body you got problems. John Anderson ja@coe.wvu.edu
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