If you pick up an older steel hatch, you'll know ... it is noticeably heavier.

On 03-Apr-2015, at 11:23, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow wrote:

> I've never cut through it.
> 
> Maybe I'll do that for the double engine project.
> 
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Isn't it? I've cut through one of the late models to clear a diesel injector, and it was fiberglass all the way as far as I could tell. You might not have an original.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> My 91 engine lid is plastic?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The older, air-cooled and diesel engine lids are all steel, not plastic. Except for the sound deadener which looks like coir. When I first read the post, I thought the request was for an engine lid "hatch" but it was for the rear door hatch.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> Steel hatch?
>>>>> 
>>>>> What part exactly is steel?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 5:05 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Look at diesel hatches. they are steel, if that's what you want. A lot of
>>>>>> people have swapped them out for plastic hatches because the steels are so
>>>>>> heavy and the fire protection aspect is more or less wasted on a diesel.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 2:29 AM, John Dillon <johndillon@johndillon.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> still looking for the rear hatch for an air cooled vanagon � hopefully in
>>>>>>> Ontario or close � anyone have such a creature?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> jdd
>>>>>>> 
>>