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Subject:Re: noise from door seals at speed
From:Calle
Date:Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:00:59 +0100

I had that problem with a -82 VW Golf (Rabbit) Diesel I used to own . Took
it to a friend who has his own workshop and he said it was an easy fix that
he normally wouldn�t preform in front of customers since it was a bit
rough......
He opened the door, lovered the window, put a knee as high up on the inside
of the door as he could reach and pulled the windowframe towards himself a
couple of times
Then we tried the fit and it was tight !
He explained to me that the top part of the door was too weak and that this
was the way to adjust since the door was warped and impossible to get tight
by adjusting hinges !
I don�t know if it�s useable on Vanagon doors......

Calle

----- Original Message -----
From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: noise from door seals at speed

> With the doors closed look at the top front corner of the door from the
> inside and see if you see daylight coming in at that point. My van had the
> problem right there and one other I also saw.  What I did was just glue in
> a
> thin piece of rubber to boost that part of the seal back up where it
> belonged again.  Still don�t know why that problem corner.
> jimt
>