With a little work and trimming you could use the Bay Window Engine Seal,
but it wouldn't last very long due to the higher heat the engine room
generates on the Vanagon, verses the Bay Window Bus.  I tried this on my
Ex-80 Vanagon 7 Pass. back 10 years or so and wasn't happy that it melted,
so I knuckled down and spent the extra bread for the correct seal, which I
feel is a much stouter seal to begin with.  I figure it this way, if the old
style seal could truly work, Volkswagen would have continued using it on the
air cooled Vanagons.

The local importing warehouse here in LA wholesales them to VW shops/parts
places for $104.72, the dealer gets around $138, so $80 ($79.95 from Bus
Depot as an example) is a heck of a deal on this seal.  I'm sure Ron/Bus
Depot brings them in direct to sell at this price.

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Foust" <jmfoust@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:32 PM
Subject: 1980 AC 2.0 engine bay seal

Can a 1980 air-cooled 2.0 FI vanagon use the same the same
engine bay seal (engine weatherstripping) as the bay window type 2?
Can the bay window seal be modified to work?  The vanagon seal is
about $80 and the bay is about $25.

Jamie Foust
Des Moines, Iowa