You forgot step a step (often required at this time of year in my part of
the country):

0) Climb up the ladder, shoot some Raid or Black Flag into the drain holes
to kill the hornets that have nested just inside. Wait a day or two for
fumes to abate.

At 04:33 PM 9/26/2006 -0400, Christopher Gronski wrote:
>Whether or not you bought bus depot seals it is probably a great time
>to remove the front luggage rack, a LOT of crud builds up under there
>over time and its nice to clean it out periodically. The Bentley I
>have is reasonably clear on the procedure, or perhaps is clear to ME
>because I've done this a few times (though not for a while). Start in
>section 75.8.
>
>1) Raise poptop
>
>2) Close all doors and windows
>
>3) Get something to stand on
>
>4) Remove all screws from the rear edge of the back headliner (photos
>75-034, 75-030)
>
>5) Unzip screen and reach outside to remove rubber caps and nuts from
>the back edge of the luggae rackn (photo 75-031). This MAY require
>holding the bottom of the bolts so they don't turn (Photo 75-032).
>This was why you removed the screws from the back of the headliner
>
>6) Zip poptop screen back up
>
>7) Remove the four outer luggage rack screws
>
>8) Make sure you did step 2 and 6 and closed all the doors, windows,
>and westy screen
>
>9) Make sure that you did step 8
>
>10) Make sure that you did step 9 (are we clear on this?)
>
>11) CAREFULLY remove front luggage rack. There will be a LOT of crud
>underneith, and you don't want it inside the van.
>
>12) Hose off your roof and install your seal
>
>13) Before you put the luggage rack back on glue four screened washers
>from washing machine hose (they have a little domed screen) and poke
>up PERFECTLY through the drain holes in your luggage rack to at least
>slow the accumulation of crud under there.
>
>Chris
>
>On 9/26/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>I'm about to install the new seal on my luggage rack, and was just wondering
>>if there's anything I should know aside from the obvious.  There are four
>>screws on the front and sides of the rack, four on the back, and I assume I
>>remove them, remove the rack, then pull out the old seal and put on the new
>>one.
>>
>>Is there more to it than that?  The info in the Bentley is singularly
>>useless - they have luggage racks and interior head panel on the same page,
>>with a lot of photos.  From the layout of the photos it would appear that
>>one has to remove the interior panel to remove the luggage rack - there's no
>>labeling to indicate which photos go with which instructions.
>>
>>Is that actually necessary?  Do I have to remove any interior screws to get
>>the rack off, or just the eight exterior ones?
>>
>>And is there anything else I should know before I get to it?
>>
>>Oh, and right, I didn't find anything in the archives on this subject!  :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>Joy
>>
>>
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>>Joy Hecht
>>now living in a real house in northern Virginia
>>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>>now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
>>lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>>
>>For musings about life and the vanadventures:
>>http://www.joyhecht.net
>>
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