Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:58:51 -0500
Reply-To:     "Roy O." <olynicks@ESCAPE.CA>
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From:         "Roy O." <olynicks@ESCAPE.CA>
Subject:      Re: Need a (gasp) dealer-only part, and the dealer is inept
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> I have a '85 Westy.  I need to replace the grey-colored felt strips that
> slide into a metal groove along the inside base of the sliding side
> windows, and also slide into a vertical groove where the two window
> halves meet.

Mike, try a house window and door manufacturer for these weatherstrips. 

I guess there are no mosquitoes in Germany because  the screens don't come with any kind of weatherstripping. In the area of Canada where I live, mosquitoes are in abundance (practically the provincial bird!) during the summer so I needed to install a length of weatherstrip vertically on each screen to prevent the critters from getting into my Westfalia. I found exactly the same weatherstripping which is on the windows. It's actually weatherstripping for sliding glass patio doors. It works perfectly!

P.S. I also had to plug up gaps surrounding the screening in the roof skylight to keep the little blood thirsty critters out as well.

Roy O.
1987 Westfalia

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