Thanks, Jim. No new seal applied at this point and the gate still opens
easily with the plate fully forward.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/23/2012 12:55 PM, Old Volks Home wrote:
> Jack -
>
> I would do that incrementally at first on the striker plate.  I did
> that on mine and had a devil of a time getting it open again with a
> new seal.
>
> Just my nickel's worth ;-)
>