On 84 (or so) Vanagons, this is the gasket packing seal for the Rear Hatch
Push Button Assembly to the Hatch metal.

Open ETKA, Go to your year of Vanagon, Illustration 99-00, Rear Panel Flap
(& Parts)

Has nothing to do with any cooling system items I know of.
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Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On 4/19/06, robert shawn feller <feller@carboncow.com> wrote:
>
> Ha! Not useful as a visual inspection will tell you it's a seal.
>
> Does anyone have EKTA that gives more info and a diagram to diagnosis this
> MIA part, or does it give a cryptic answer too?
>
> My only guess is it may have to do with some cooling pipe I bought, but it
> doesn't appear from looking at the pipe.
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Bob Stevens
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: what is the party number?
>
> http://www.busdepot.com/search.jsp
>
> "seal"
>
> Bob Stevens
> '87 Westy Syncro
> "Passion Fruit"
>