Date:         Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:02:05 -0600
Reply-To:     Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Luggage Rack Noise on 84 Westy
Comments: To: Michael Plante <mplante@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <199906031445.HAA00912@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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Yep, quite a racket indeed.  Scared me to death first time I heard it...
then had to put up with it through three hours of KS driving into a head-
wind.

I haven't really tried to fix it as I'm planning on replacing all the
'seals' up there, and expect that when I re-install the luggage compartment
with a 'stickier' seal, it'll press down against the roof and stop the
movement.  In the meantime I have folded up some random newspaper and
stuck it in the gap.  Works great.

Reminds of the winter of maybe '82 or '83, cross-country in a '67
Mustang, so cold the automatic choke kept closing at highway speed...
Nancy Reagan was on the front cover of Time Mag. and boy did she do a
great job of keeping that choke open, jammed into the top of the
carb ;)

        Gary

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Michael Plante wrote:
> In colder weather my vanagon luggage rack makes an awful racket (vibrating
> sound) at highway speeds... has anyone else experienced this and if so is
> there a fix?  The seal looks like it's in great condition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Plante
> 1984 Westy
>

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Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea