That jogs my memory. I used an old bicycle tire tube to quiet mine. No
problems since, on the often breezy CA coast.

Joe
Go Saints!

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Debra Clark <clark10006@cox.net> wrote:

> This happened to me when on the freeway at about 65 mph and up.  It sounded
> like a helicopter about to land on top of my van.  I had some flexible
> black
> irrigation pipe that I split down one side and tucked/rolled under the
> front
> lip. Took care of the problem and is very unobtrusive.  I cut the pipe
> almost as long as the front edge of the luggage rack.
> Debra
> 90 Multivan (recently stolen; more recently recovered!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> brady
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
>
> The seal is bad up there between the plastic top and the roof of the van.
> This happend to me while going across the Varazano bridge in NYC with some
> strong cross winds...all of a sudden this horrible very scary very loud
> buzzing sound  from above my head...scared the crap out of me.
> well I pulled over to check what it was and then with a bit of black duct
> tape across the edge of the luggage rack and the windshield rubber seal I
> was good to go for let see at this point another 6 years!
> Brady
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Doug Noganav <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Sat, February 6, 2010 3:38:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
>
> Nothing up there but the factory westy top.
> its the luggage rack that is buzzing right above the windshield.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Thyer" <matt_thyer@hotmail.com>
> To: <vanagon@astound.net>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:12 PM
> Subject: RE: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
>
>
>
> The air deflection plates you can buy for most of them help.  Also make
> sure
> its not a bar end wistle that's causing harmonics in the roof (sounds like
> a
> buzz to me).  End caps on round bars make the difference there.
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Thyer
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:02:04 -0800
> > From: vanagon@ASTOUND.NET
> > Subject: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > Anybody know a surefire way to keep the luggage rack from "buzzing"?
> =
>