The new front flat seal does look a lot like the old one, except it is a
little wider.  This is the picture of the old one coming off:

http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal/img_3339

This is the new one installed:

http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal/img_3345

The luggage rack needs to come off today so I can replace its seal.  To
get it off completely, there are some screws on the backside hidden by the
pop-top when it is closed.  Do I have to remove the interior ceiling to
access those screws, or can I just use a wrench to turn them from above?

I got that LP tank and regulator from GoWesty.  Hopefully I can remove the
old one and bolt it in today.  The old tank is looking pretty bad.  The
open/close valve is rusted so bad I can't turn it to the off position.
After burning the stove for a good 25 hours, I finally just parked my van
in a nice open parking lot and vented the propane.  I'll post pics of the
install when its complete.

Regards,
Matt

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Shawn Wright wrote:

> From: Shawn Wright <swright@zuiko.sls.bc.ca>
> To: Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
> Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 08:19:16 -0800
>
> Matt,
>
> Thanks for the pics. But the shots of the installed seal look like the old one. Are the
> new pics not up yet? Thanks for posting these.
> Also, where did you get the nice new propane tank?
>
> On 6 Feb 2005 at 0:30, Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM> wrote:
>
>> I installed the front flat seal tonight.  It is much more difficult to
>> install than the rest of the pop-top seals, but only took 30 minutes to
>> complete.  Its easiest if you wiggle it up and down as you push the seal
>> onto the fiberglass.  Still, its a grueling 30 minutes.
>>
>> I've updated some before/after pics here:
>>
>> http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal
>>
>> Will tackle the luggage rack tomorrow.  These new seals are a definate
>> improvment.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Matt Barclay wrote:
>>
>>> From: Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM>
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
>>> Date: 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 seal I bought from him
>>> several weeks ago.  Here are some pictures of the flat seal.  I'll post
>>> new pictures after I install it this weekend:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal
>>>
>>> BTW: the pop top seal is excellent!  The hardest part is getting the old
>>> one off.  Make sure you use a razor glass scraper to carefully remove the old
>>> rubber if it sticks to the fiberglass.  You can see the new poptop seal and
>>> old, rotten flat and luggage rack seal in this pic:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.openfbo.com/camper/IMG_3267
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, The Bus Depot wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:26:53 -0500
>>>>
>>>>> Dunno Ron --- the one you sold me was a glue-on, at the time
>>>>> you said that sometimes you shipped one or the other
>>>>> depending on availability. Perhaps this is no longer the case.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have to import the front flat seal that doesn't require gluing from
>>>> Europe
>>>> because there is no U.S. supplier, so once or twice in the past I've had to
>>>> infill with the U.S. made version (that does require gluing) when the
>>>> European one was on factory backorder.  But I stocked up on about a year's
>>>> supply of the European ones this fall, so I should have them for quite some
>>>> time now.
>>>>
>>>> - Ron Salmon
>>>>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>>>  www.busdepot.com
>>>>  (215)  234-VWVW
>>>>
>>>> _____________________________________________
>>>> Toll-Free for Orders by PART # :  1-866-BUS-DEPOT
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> I.T. Manager
> Shawnigan Lake School
>