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Subject:Re: diesel engine lid
From:EMZ
Date:Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:56:32 -0500

Don't waste your time trying to fix this lid. These are in every junk
yard.  They almost never need replaced.  The camper does not have
insulation on the top. Only the bottom.  I guess this is to keep
the matteress clean.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Bradley Flubacher wrote:

> I have an engine lid for my '82 diesel vanagon that is coming apart. I
> have two of these vanagons and the lids are different. Both are for the
> diesel vanagon, but one if from a westy, and the other is from a
> passenger van. The one from the westy is  the one coming apart. I has
> what looks like normal fiberglass insulation under the lid. Does anyone
> know this kind of lid? What's the best way to restore it to better
> health? I don't want fiberglass getting cought in my belts.
>
> Brad
>