My pal Pete the bodyman will sometimes adjust mis-shaping doors by bending
them slightly. He puts an obstruction in the middle of the door ( sneaker )
and VERY GENTLY pushes on the top and bottom at the same time, so as to make
the door more convex. He did this on my 70 Nova and it worked perfectly from
then on.  Solutions don't have to be high tech and spendy to be effective.

Jake

On 6/5/06, Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'll be taking Mellow Yellow's driver and passenger doors apart to
> replace corroded window rubbers and scrapers, and to install sound
> dampening material to the metal panels. While I'm working on them, I'm
> trying come up with a fix for this air leakage that causes wind noises
> up in the rear upper corner area of each door when I'm driving at
> freeway speeds. Which seems to be around 58 mph the way I drive. Anyway,
> the Factory Repair Manual describes several fixes for whistling noises,
> but none of them seem to apply to where I'm hearing them.
>
> I have no problem replacing the door seals, but visual inspection
> doesn't indicate any problem there -- they seem to be fully "inflated"
> (seem to be nice and fat), and the thinner black trim around the rear of
> the door openings also appears to be in good condition. It's possible
> that new seals are thicker -- can't tell without measuring one. I also
> wonder if there isn't some hidden adjustment that would cinch the door
> tighter into the opening?
>
> --
>
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> KG6RCR
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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