Date:         Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:43:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Ty Graham <tyg@OZ.NET>
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From:         Ty Graham <tyg@OZ.NET>
Subject:      Re: Striped my Westy:  What I found.
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
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I'd put Vblok throughout.  It really lowered the engine and road noise in my
Westy, and I only did half.  I still plan to eventually pull the floor and
lay down more vb3.

www.cascadeaudio.com for info.

My site www.oz.net/~tyg has pics of my install.

Ty


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 9:07 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Striped my Westy: What I found.


Well as we bought a house this summer and had no money to take a trip,
but lots of time on my hands ----  I took EVERYTHING out of my CDN 91
Westy.

I took out the kitchen cabinet, the water reservoir cabinet, The rear seat,
the
two rear cabinets, I took up the floor  boards, took off the side panels,
took
out the insulation, it is BARE inside from the front seats rearward.

Why?  For several reasons,  1) I am going to take it for a complete
application of Krown Rust Inhibitor oily stuff. and they can not do a
complete
job with all of the insulation in place.  2) the rust proofing guys will
have to
drill fewer holes in the van.  3)  I wanted to hunt for any hidden rusted
places.
 4) I wanted to get to know my van better.

I am pleased to say that most of the van is in good shape.  I did find RUST
in
the side bottom of the side panel just to right of the rear seat - down at
floor
level.  There was some discussion as to insulation holding moisture.  I
think
that is what happened here, as the bottom of the insulation was VERY rust
coloured.  I have a few other pockets of rust back along interior of the
rear
panels, but I knew about those and I have had at it with Krown Rust
Inhibitor
stuff.   The only casualty was the big coiled filler hose, but that can be
replaced no problem.

Also the holes for the utilities is just starting to around around the
edges.  I'll
get to it with grinders, anti-rust paint and cover paint.

If you are still reading this, any tricks on taking up the front carpet and
underlay???  Anything else I might think of doing while everything is out??

Malcolm S