I bet a kid had an accident on the seat.  This happened to me with my
neighbors kids during a traffic jam a 4th of July or 2 ago..  I have
Febrezzed,shampooed, everything, and on a hot day I still smell it.  One of
these days i am going to swap out the seat padding.......\

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle
86 cabrio
Vanagon Partsmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Schmitz" <djs@gene.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] Odor removal (A refreshing topic)....

> Since it's Friday, and I am fresh out of important (and unimportant)
> technical topics...
>
> My '87 Westfalia has had an unpleasant odor in the cab area since I
> purchased it. It smells like (can I say this on the list?) urine, and I
> suspect that an animal of some type must have caused this at some point
> in my camper's past. Anyway, the smell comes from the driver side
> footwell area. I've tried shampooing, which lessened it a bit, but it's
> still unmistakably there, especially when the windows are rolled up. I
> suspect that the insulation pad underneath the carpeting is holding the
> odor in.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for permanently getting rid of this
> odor, short of removing the insulation? If the insulation needs to go,
> can I replace it with something similar?
>
> --
> Dan