I have that opening that slidey vent at the back of the driver's door makes
my vent whistle back way off or stop, depending on the amount of wind I'm
driving in. It seems to cure a pressure differential that makes the noise.

Jake

On 6/5/06, Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 6/5/2006 11:21 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> > 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.
> Excellent use of brute force to solve a problem. But here, I grow more
> puzzled. I just finished poking around the door with my calipers to see
> if the rubber seals were too thin to close the gap between the door and
> the inside of the door opening. Nope, plenty of thickness. Maybe the air
> is leaking out around the rear edge of the glass. I've got new rubber
> seals all 'round the glass  to put in, maybe that'll take care of it.
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> 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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