Whoa up there Rocky, you'll blow a gasket - nail polish works too...

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks, Pascal.
>
> BD has a photo of the 85 and later escutcheon, and it's not the same as
> what I have here on my 84. My 84 part looks like the Trim Ring shown in
> Bentley's. I think what happened is that VW added a "A" suffix to the Trim
> Ring part when it became the Escutcheon. BD only lists the part without
> the suffix, but it's clearly the later model Escutcheon.
>
> So, what I have on my van is an 1984 handle and trim ring. The door panel
> is not original, no telling why it was replaced. I'm missing the seal.
>
> Wouldn't the trim ring be handy for keeping water out. Like rainwater?
>
> The stupid Schuck's FLAPS on NE 3rd St. does not have ANY Loctite. Unless
> you want to buy a large bottle for $22. All I need is one stupid drop of
> the blue stuff before I re-mount the panel. I gotta check the other FLAPS
> to see who is bothering to keep small bottles of the stuff in stock.
>
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 11/9/2009 7:59 PM Pascal wrote:
>
>  Mike,
>>
>> That thin little plastic sticker around the slider handle hole is there
>> to protect the paint from the escutcheon that move a bit when operating
>> the handle.  The escutcheon for the '84 is NLA, but do a search on eBay
>> for "delrin vanagon" and someone is making a nice replacement part.  I
>> replaced my escutcheon with the derin one and it's a nice fit. The seal
>> you mention that is missing is a foam ring, that was missing on mine as
>> well and I got a replacement one from the Bus Depot a few years back.
>> I'm not quite sure what that seal does, it might simply be a dust seal.
>> When you replace the screw that holds the handle, make sure to put a
>> drop of blue loctite on it's threads.
>>
>> Pascal
>> '84Westy
>>
>>

--
Jake

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