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• Re: adding central locking -- SWAP DOORS and HATCH?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:37:22 -0700
  ...Front doors are interchangeable but not the slider or rear hatch. BenT
• Re: rear hatch seal.
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 22 May 1996 12:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
  And Gregor Durstewitz thus wrote: > > hatch seal for my 73 westy. Is there any secret concerning the installation ? > I suppose I just pull out...
• Rear cargo door seal for '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 16:17:25 PDT
  The seal around the rear cargo door (not the engine hatch) of my '71 bus is pretty well shot. Replacements are around $70-$80...
• Re: rear window leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:19:36 -0600
  ...The rear > pad > and insulating cover over the engine hatch is wet by the right rear > window each time it rains. Doesn't appear...
• Re: 831/2 rear window for a westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:16:59 EST
  ...I need a window for the rear hatch. I was wondering > how feasible it might be to attempt to purchase a piece of plexiglass...
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!! Re: Rear hatch for '88 GL - what years fit?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:56:53 EDT
  ...No rust. > > actually ive had quite a few vans from Coastal California that had substantial rust under the window seals from the ocean salt...
• Re: bike rack bolted to hatch
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:12:22 -0600
  ...I put the fork mounts on the pop top though, not the upper, rounded part of the hatch. I wanted the rear wheel of...
• Fw: magic mossies
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:55:26 -0500
  ...I'm assuming here that you do not have your van's rear hatch open with the hatch screen in place. The rear hatch...
• Re: what is the party number?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:28:25 -0400
  ...what is the party number? On 84 (or so) Vanagons, this is the gasket packing seal for the Rear Hatch Push Button Assembly to...
• Re: Rear hatch lock for electronic locking system
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:47:26 -0700
  ...also need the little weatchr > thing (round rubber seal) that fits up against the hatch around the lock. > > When I had my van in...
• Re: how much did you pay for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:16:12 -0700
  ...Rear hatch struts stiff & new Rear hatch mosquito screen like new Pop top ceiling flocking clean as new Front carpet clean & in good shape...
• Re: How does it leak in?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:31:17 -0800
  ...that could interfere with the rubber seal on the body around the hatch opening. like it could keep the seal from seating properly against...
• Rear hatch screen install w/ passenger AC
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:50:50 -0500
  I ordered a rear hatch screen from the Bus Depot for my 90 Carat. Good looking product, came with all the snaps, has a...
• Re: rear hatch gas shock lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:06:07 -0400
  ...rear hatch gas shock lifespan? >David >On my 1985.5 was every 5 years.But I use the rear door probably more >than most...
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!! Re: Rear hatch for '88 GL - whatyears fit?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:39:43 EDT
  Might be a good idea, to take a smooth, 1/2" spatula, and as you're lifting and sliding the window seal rubber up...
• Re: Reinstalling rear glass in hatch
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:02:38 -0300
  ...Reinstalling rear glass in hatch Hello, I took my rear window out today to take care of the rust under the gasket. Have a...
• Re: interior smells like exhaust...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:16:38 -0400
  ...Bill M collum_westy@YAHOO.COM wrote: >This sounds more like a failed rear hatch seal or >engine cover seal. > >Mike >'84 GL >'85...
• Re: installing seal on Vanagon rear hatch / door
  Historical mailing list - Toomey Douglas
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:33:11 -0700
  ...get the Wesy back together > > I put the new seal on the rear hatch / door but now can not completely close it > > have been...
• Leaky rear hatch????
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Thu, 15 May 2003 13:25:12 -0500
  ...I opened the rear hatch on our '87 Westy last night, after a mild thunderstorm, to find that the cushion and engine cover were...
• Parts needed for '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dan Burgos
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 01:16:33 -0400
  ...nut, rear, 46mm, right wheel bearing, rear, inner, right wheel bearing, rear, outer, right grease seal, rear wheel, inner, right grease seal, rear wheel...
• =?utf-8?Q?Rear=20hatch=20lock=20for=20electronic=20locking=20system?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:38:24 -0400
  ...also need the little weatchr thing (round rubber seal) that fits up against the hatch around the lock. When I had my van in...
• Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:24:05 -0800
  Mice have eaten quite a lot of the tubular rubber sealing gasket at the bottom of my rear hatch (regular Vanagon). I know they...
• Re: drip
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 07:51:41 -0400
  ...both the van and the rear hatch. I ginned up a replacement using rubber hose and RTV to seal the ends until I can...
• Re: rear window leak
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:35:16 -0800
  ...The rear > > pad > > and insulating cover over the engine hatch is wet > by the right rear > > window each time it rains. Doesn't appear...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:37:49 -0700
  ...the hatch pressing on the rubber seal? > Can you do the dollar bill test around the hatch while helper pushing > on hatch? Perhaps find...
• Re: oil all over rear hatch?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:10:26 -0700
  ...I will change it, and washed the rear hatch off with gas already. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "-------------" <VW4X4@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:40:57 EST
  ...Rear hatch gasket seems to be fine how could the rear d pillar windows allow water to get to the engine lid area? tree...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 06:52:50 -0700
  ...Open the hatch and the angle changes exposing the seal to air. After days of being open, especially in hot weather, the compressed air...
• Re: what is the party number?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:51:59 -0700
  On 84 (or so) Vanagons, this is the gasket packing seal for the Rear Hatch Push Button Assembly to the Hatch metal. Open ETKA...
• Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:56:48 -0500
  ...I used a under hood sound blanket from a late Buick for the rear hatch.It is light and very good($5).The hatch...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:43:15 -0400
  ...to the snaps for the rear hatch mosquito screen? Does it have a method of making a seal to the rest of the van...
• Re: westy bug screens into vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Mon, 1 May 2000 14:01:53 EDT
  Doug Demarest asks: >Will the side window and/or the rear hatch bug screens from a westy install >easily into a vanagon? Just thought...
• bus depot window gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:43:56 -0500
  i ordered bus depot's "window seal restoration kit: includes all window seals except front door window seals. Windshield, rear hatch window, side windows...
• Round, black rubber thingy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:42:01 -0600
  ...Rear Hatch Leak > somehwhere around the rear hatch - maybe!! > > Everytime it rains, the carpet in the right rear cargo area > floor and > > engine hatch...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:14:21 -0700
  ...No new seal applied at this point and the gate still opens easily with the plate fully forward. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:02:37 -0600
  ...All the windows and seals were removed and new seals put in by the shop. Rear hatch and side slider seals replaced as well...
• Re: rear hatch bug screen
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:24:31 -0400
  ...to make a hole for the rear hatch lock. The easiest way is to close the hatch, reopen it and see the hole you...
• Re: Parts needed for '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:17:44 -0400
  ...nut, rear, 46mm, right > wheel bearing, rear, inner, right > wheel bearing, rear, outer, right > grease seal, rear wheel, inner, right > grease seal, rear wheel...
• More questions from a rookie Vanagon owner
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:44:29 EST
  Any way of finding caps for factory Wolfsburg alloys for my 87 and the rubber ring/seal for the rear hatch lock? or are...
• 831/2 rear window for a westy
  Historical mailing list - Lee Whetstone
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:49:10 -0600
  ...I need a window for the rear hatch. I was wondering how feasible it might be to attempt to purchase a piece of plexiglass...
• Re: Prepping for paint!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:08:06 -0400
  Hi Jeff, I love having new seals after paining. Things like the ones that go around the front door handles. Or the rear hatch...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 20 May 2009 10:09:41 -0700
  ...And I wasn't that fussy putting it in, if you pull the door panels and panel on the slider and rear hatch it...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:42:30 -0500
  ...parts and getting things > to fit again, but the rear hatch doesn't seal as tightly as it used to > and I get a...
• 88 vanagon for sale
  Historical mailing list - Louanne Courtright
  Sun, 2 Mar 1997 18:33:39 -0500
  ...New exhaust, brakes, rear hatch struts and recent head gaskets and seals. Don't want to part with it and love it but we...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:50:26 -0500
  ...Windows removed, new seals (my expense), repair (with metal, not Bondo) rust points at base of four windows. Also need to replace rear hatch...
• Re: Vanagonginity lost...
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:27:14 -0700
  ...the rear hatch of a 1973 Bus (strap on job). Three mountain bikes and one bump will break the seal on the hatch pretty...
• Re: rear hatch bug screen
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:36:31 EDT
  In a message dated 6/29/99 12:36:52 PM, bloss@ENTER.NET wrote: <<I know the Westies have rear bug screens, but...
• Install rear hatch glass/which suction cup?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:44:34 -0700
  ...my rear hatch window this week. I have a nice piece of stock replacement glass from a donor and new rubber seal from GoWesty...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:32:59 -0600
  ...Jim On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Doug, I suspect that the rear hatch gasket...
• Re: rear hatch struts report
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:33:52 -0400
  ...In the winter, when the hatch struts don't seal as well, I'll probably go to one of each. For the summer, I...
• Warranty Rust Repair Gone Bad!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:57:14 EST
  ...rusty hardware for the rear hatch and license light. On the rear seam, they did a lousy job. To seal the seam, they just...
• Re: Rear window removal tips?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Brower
  Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:30:19 -0500
  ...need to remove my rear window so we can fix some rust that started under the seal. The seal is fairly new so still...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:47:22 -0700
  ...the stock rear hatch halfway and then filled in all the gaps. And retain the stock rear window and rubber window seal. Hinges at...
• Re: rear hatch struts report
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:39:40 -1000
  ...rear hatch struts report > I think it is a good thing. I bought a pair of tbd "heavy duty" hatch > struts, (aka nautilus workout...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:14:12 -0700
  ...An additional rubber seal in the front door edge blocks the whistling vacuum egress and the rear "door vents" are blocked up, being only...
• Re: What VW white paint was available on 1990 Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:40:45 EST
  ...you found a vanagon hatch in ontario with no rust under the seal?? van must have never been driven in the salt! :<) ************** Biggest Grammy...
• Re: Cabin Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 2 May 2012 20:16:09 +0000
  ...Without the rear hatch seal in place it was sucking the exhaust right back into the van. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > A few years...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 21 May 2009 08:05:52 -0700
  ...And I wasn't that fussy putting it in, if > you > pull the door panels and panel on the slider and rear hatch it...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:17:55 -0500
  ...to the snaps for the rear hatch mosquito screen? Does it > have a method of making a seal to the rest of the van...
• Re: How does it leak in?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:44:51 -0800
  The rear leak I got for ya - It is the sorry excuse for a wiring harness dust boot / weather seal that VW used on...