Harry,

Always include the year and model in questions like this.

If there was antifreeze in your engine, then no, there's no tin or
foam seal. The tin and seal are part of a cooling system that was
replaced by a water jacket and radiator.

Mark
'82 AC Westy

On Nov 4, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> So, I'm continuing on with the new vanagon, fixing this and that and
> waiting for my bently book to arrive.
>
> I've got a few questions...
>
> Does the rear windshield wiper act in union with the front or is there
> some mysterious switch I'm missing? It doesn't operate at the moment
> so
> I figured I'd ask before tearing it all apart.
>
> Is there engine tin and foam seal with vanagons, like there is with
> transporters? If so, anyone got some spare engine tin they wanna
> sell? ;-)
>
> Is there power that comes from the antenna port in the radio? If not
> do
> I need to find a power source to make the retractable antenna work, or
> is that only for certain models of vanagon?
>
> What does one do with their flushed antifreeze?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Harry