Having done this procedure on a prior van of mine (and anticipating
doing it again on current/future vans!), I'm interested to know what
you used for the flap seals and how well it worked...?

As far as the "whistling"... have you ruled out door/window seals?

Thanks,

James V
86 Syncro Westy

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Michael Hart <mjhart853@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just spent most of the weekend refurbishing the front heater box in my '87
> Westy - following the great instructions available on the 'list', at
> www.benplace.com & on Youtube (Thanks! I can't imagine getting this right
> without your careful recording of the process!!). I replaced the heater core,
> fan motor, installed all new seals on the many flaps, sealed the box back up,
> tidied up the rats nest of wiring left by PO and added lots of soundproofing in
> the nose area.
> Amazingly, everything worked perfectly when reassembled. What a huge job....
> BUT: I'm a little disappointed to find that the van still 'whistles' when
> driving at speed (all vents closed). What did I do wrong???
> Mike,
> '87 Westy, Palo Alto, CA
> P.S. Hoping to be able to get into syncrofest this weekend (though apparently I
> left it too late to register, so I'm still waiting to hear from the organisers
> to see if they will let me in - any advice??)
>