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Subject:Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:42:40 -0500

---- The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:
> > My skylight came from you.  Furthermore, I and two professional shops including
> > one that works exclusively on skylights and windows spent a great deal of time,
> > effort, and money trying to get a proper seal by manipulating the hinges and the
> > other hardware.  I bought two different gaskets from you, before I gave up and got
> > the oversized one.
>
>
> Then I have no idea why you'd have needed an "oversized" gasket.  I have never heard of anyone having trouble with the OEM spec skylights, or needing an oversized gasket.  A defective gasket could probably be ruled out since they are cut off a roll; if one was bad we'd have gotten hundreds back. (Besides, you tried two.) Sorry, gotta say I'm at a complete loss to explain this one.

Me too.  But, I found a solution, it works, and everything is fine.  Oh well.  mcneely

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David McNeely