I dunno, it's only about 65 here today... a bit nippy for a vacation, eh?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of rust... How to seal this?

> sorry to bother you again.It has come to my understanding that this is the
> front bottom of the sliding door.What i would do, is to first stop water
> infiltration.To do this , I would caulk the plastic plug that is used to
> adjust ther sliding door(see bently).Then, I would remove allllll the
> rubber weather striping from around the sliding door and gob vasoline on
> all of the rubber and let it sit in the sun for a day or two(SO. CAL.
> would
> b best),.This will cause the rubber stripping to expand(considerably) and
> may plug up any opening that the old rubber missed,allowing that evil
> water
> to enter.Next ,check the junction of the floor and passenger rear
> seat "pedastal".If you see rust here,it is time to pray.You must grind
> grind grind rust away(or move to so. cal.)This area is over a frame
> crossmember and access is muy poor,so grind, POR-15,and apply some kind of
> wax based undercoat via spray at zeibart to the affected underside
> area.After all this take a vacation to so cal.Too much snow here.Good
> luck,
> Roger Sisler