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• Re: Rust Bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 13 May 2010 09:56:13 -0400
  With age window seals shrink and allow capillary action to wick and hold water. Pull the window with seal, treat or repair rust, replace...
• Re: Help-83 pop top seal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:20:17 -0400
  >Parts Place (Recycled Bugs) >The price was: >US$49.95 for the luggage rack seal - part# 8-231-831-709 >US$109.95 for...
• Pop-Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - Reynolds John
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:59:35 -0400
  I'm installing new pop-top seals on my 81 Westy. Since there were never any on the van I am unsure as to...
• Re: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:03:30 -0500
  ...seal from other side >> Now… >> >> Should I insert seal into tranny and then push shaft back thru? >> Or >> Push shaft thru then insert seal...
• Second mainshaft seal failure....
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:57:25 -0700
  Listees, Can someone suggest the cause/causes of failure of main shaft seals in conjunction with clutch replacement work? I have installed a complete...
• Poptop seals
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Krause
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:23:14 -0800
  I'm brand new to the list and want to find out some info on poptop seals. I've heard of the ones from...
• Re: Axle flange seal replacement (was Manual trans -- note to self:)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:47:14 -0700
  ...I thought I had a seal leak, changed the seal and it still leaked. I took it to a pro and they changed the...
• Sealed Bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:08:41 -0800
  Most 'sealed' rolling bearings designed to run in an air environment are 'permanently lubricated'. That is to say the lubricant lasts for the life...
• Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:46:33 -0700
  I am trying to replace a leaking drive flange oil seal. I figured the two hurdles were getting the circlip off and getting the...
• popseal installation tips
  Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:09:47 EDT
  Just ordered the aftermarket seal from Bus Depot. They don't include any instructions. Anything someone who has already installed one can tell me...
• Lo price Vangon German double SUN roof seal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lee
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:59:13 -0800
  Need VW vendor who can supply possible lo price (out side sunroof seal Outside seal VW # 253877223) .Application is (FOR) 1981 Transporter. SUNROOF seal...
• Re: Front and rear seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:53:55 -0800
  I am also going to be replacing the rear main seal in my 2.1. I have to pull it apart to replace the...
• 1980 AC 2.0 engine bay seal
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:32:56 -0500
  Can a 1980 air-cooled 2.0 FI vanagon use the same the same engine bay seal (engine weatherstripping) as the bay window type...
• hatch seal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 09:29:15 -0700
  Whats the best way to remove the remnants of a rear hatch seal? What adhesive do you use for the new seal? stan
• Window Seals-Vendor Comments Please!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 25 May 2012 22:57:11 +0000
  ...BTW, Go Westy! did send me a replacement seal at NC, but like I said, this one tore too. Are the replacement seals just...
• pop top seal.... solution?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Jun 1997 14:50:31 -0400 (EDT)
  so i think ive come up with a relatively painless compromise to the drooping pop top seal problem that happens when the steel clips...
• Re: 85 Vanagon; water housing & Oring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:56:32 -0800
  ...Use no sealant here for best results. A very thin film of silicon paste will ease installation.
• Re: trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:48:26 -0500
  Tranny shop suppliers have these seals in the kits. However, they are not quite right design wise. Give the dealer the money and be...
• Re: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:40:53 -0600
  ...seal from other side >>> Now… >>> >>> Should I insert seal into tranny and then push shaft back thru? >>> Or >>> Push shaft thru then insert seal...
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 14:02:28 -0700
  I would replace everything except the vent seal. Unless it is damaged, ripped burnt or turn I’d leave it alone. They quality of...
• Re: 85 Vanagon; water housing & Oring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:20:52 -0800
  ...Application of a non-hardening sealant will not defeat the purpose of the o-ring - it will in fact help. However, if you use...
• Re: Exhaust install question -- sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 08:23:52 -0700
  I use exhaust sealer. Silicone *is not* the sealant of choice in this application. Exhaust sealer is a gray paste that hardens like stone...
• Re: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:43:06 -0700
  ...I think easier that way avoid damaging the internal bore of seal. Alistair > On Jun 14, 2021, at 7:41 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast...
• Re: Second mainshaft seal failure....
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 02:42:33 -0400
  Hi Tom, First, did you use a OEM seal? If not you should! Second, the stupid VW design call for a shim adjustment, did...
• Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 22 May 2007 11:14:01 -0700
  ...Then you will know if the problem was that seal or the internal pinion seals. The pinion seals do require removing the tranny and...
• Re: removing main engine seal?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:23:18 -0700
  ...I just replaced my main seal this last weekend, and it was tough. Turns out the seal is original, with 200k mi on it...
• seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:03:18 -0700
  ...The ETKA calls it a seal and when I removed the old one (it was leaking), it was a flat seal, not an old...
• Re: seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:34:18 -0400
  I'm no authority on the matter, but experience has shown me that old orings compressed long enough can look like flat seals. Any...
• Mystery drip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:48:13 -0600
  ...But I didn't see if any sealant was applied. Is sealant an absolute must on a Vanagon whindhield and seal?? New windshield, new...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 May 2004 17:39:59 -0500
  ...Installing pop top seals > On Sat, 8 May 2004, Stan Wilder wrote: > > > The seals have spring clips imbedded in the V grove channel. > > Much...
• Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:23:37 -0800
  I just bought the front flat seal and luggage seal from Bus depot. The luggage seal looks a lot like the regular pop top...
• Re: hatch seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:48:00 -0600
  Reason I asked is that that Seal Typically Doesn't Need Glue ~ It is simply a "Push On" install ~ While the Eng' Bay Lid...
• Luggage Rack Seal- Report! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 2000 11:02:03 EDT
  Well there was some debate about the luggage rack seals last week and I just thought I would throw in my observations. I bought...
• Re: Too Much Head Sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:23:29 -0400
  hello Frank the old gasket sets did have bad black sealant, the new ones seem to have right stuff in the victor rienz tube...
• Re: Crank Scoring / Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 10 May 2013 07:37:29 -0500
  Search your email for my name and the word "flange" or "seal." I dealt with the same issue on my diesel. Rebuilt an engine...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:46:15 -0700
  the crank pulley seals on waterboxer engines .. in syncro's or 2WD's .. in my expereince, almost never leak. like if I'm doing...
• Re: Crank Scoring / Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 10 May 2013 08:36:39 -0400
  I would use permatex super 300 or avaition sealant on the outter edge of the seal. don't get any on the face of...
• why install substandard seals in your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:59:35 -0500
  I am wondering why anyone would install the black silicone main seals in a Vanagon when one could install the red or even better...
• poptop seal needed for ASI Riviera top.
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:15:49 -0800
  Does anyone know when I can buy the seal that goes around the fiberglass roof on a ASI Camper? This seal looks exactly the...
• Re: Dometic flue, sealing
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:15:54 -0400
  I was able to fix my fridge blowing out problem by sealing the flue. I don't know which interface seal was the problem...
• Re: Pop top installation tips
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:23:00 -0700
  The BD top seals don't use any adhesive, they are both "self grabbing" for lack of a better term. Usually the biggest problem...
• Re: New windshield installed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:24:29 -0400
  "Also, the gap between where the two ends of the seal meet" Gap! all the seals I've seen are one big loop. What...
• Re: Luggage rack seal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:04:41 -0800
  Steve, You may have to wait for warmer weather or attempt to warm the seal/roof with a hairdryer to compress it. I put...
• Final Drive flange seals
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 12 May 2019 21:57:11 -0400
  91 Vanagon Auto 2.1 This weekend I replaced the final drive flange seals. The new seals didn't seem too tight around the...
• FS: new flat poptop seal (80 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:53:55 -0700
  I ordered a flat poptop seal from GoWesty (for a 80 Westy) and found that I am gonna replace the whole seal. Soooo... I...
• Fixing pop-top seal
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:55:42 -0400
  The seal is comingloose on the front of my Vanagon pop top. It seems the little 'teeth' are kind of rusted out, and it...
• Is the rear main seal in an 8v scirocco the same as a rear main seal in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:39:43 -0400
  Is the rear main seal the same size in a 2.1 liter vanagon engine as the rear main seal in an 8v scirocco...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:20:51 -0400
  Do you use the permatex #3H aviation form-a-gasket on both sides of the metal cylinder sealing rings? Also, do you use that...
• Leaking Axle Seals 1989 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:06:26 -0800
  How hard is it to change the Differential / Axle seals re 1989 Westy? Mine seap slowly but after a long drive the oil mist...
• Re: poptop seal - quality?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 25 May 2006 16:14:12 -0700
  ...I was carefull cutting the flat strip and the edge seal so they mated close, then sealed the cracks with black silicon RTV and...
• Re: Sealed starting battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:35:39 -0400
  ...http://www.batteriesinaflash.com/sealed-lead-acid/centennial-batteries/centennial-automotive-batteries/centennial-bci-group-41-sealed-12v-automotive-battery-650cca Chris. Wysłane z...
• Re: Sliding door hinge rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:09:57 -0500
  According to the diagram you linked, which is 80-84 sliding doors, the 2 lower bottom link seal seem to be the same (NLA...
• Anyone have an exploded view of the rear main seal/flywheel area? 86 manual 4
  Historical mailing list - Jim Harpe
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:57:16 -0400
  Anyone have an exploded view of the rear main seal/flywheel area? I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong when I...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:22:27 EST
  ...For the push rod tube seals, no sealant needed as long as the tubes have been elongated slightly and have good tension when installing...
• oil seal questions
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:00:17 -0500
  ...Replacing these seals seems somewhat unnecessary to me, and slightly daunting. Are any of these seals known to leak? Would replacing any of these...
• Re: sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 23 Apr 2023 14:49:31 -0700
  If the seal is in perfect size, I would not cut it. I just mark the position, unbolt the roller, slide the seal over...
• Re: Winshield seal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jul 1997 00:06:46 -0400
  ...the seal itself provides the clamping power to retain the windscreen. The adhesive is really just a sealant, so butyl, which takes longer to...
• Just an update on my clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 7 Jun 2021 19:03:18 -0700
  ...I’m sure the input shaft seal is leaking on that, and I know the shift selector shaft seal is leaking. New seals ordered...
• Re: water in the rear hatch door
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:35:59 -0500
  If you don't clean the rubber seal, especially the part near the top, it will leak. I am talking about dirt and leaves...
• Re: gas tank seal failue
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:57:13 -0400
  ...Could have been an defective seal (although we have not heard of any problems with these seals). We get our seals from the VW...