This is the pro grade stuff, which you wrap around the threads:
https://www.amazon.com/Dicor-BT-1834-1-Butyl-Seal-Tape/dp/B001FCB4JS?tag=inc
epin-20  Also available from auto body supply stores like Wesco. I've also
used duct sealant putty with good results:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-1-lb-Plug-Duct-Seal-Compound-DS-11
0/100212441

You want something that won't harden but is sticky and flexible.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Edward V Barger [mailto:edvbarger@mac.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 10:41 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Back again needing more help to find out what size the bolts
are that hold the pot top hinges to the top of the van

Thanks

Would a locktite  product work or use silicone ?

Edward V Barger
edvbarger@mac.com
310 922 6251

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 10:38 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:
>
> Also, these are sealed at the factory with a non-hardening sealant.
> Rain can leak through these holes when the top is up and will drip on
> the mattress if not sealed. BTDT.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Edward V Barger
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 10:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Back again needing more help to find out what size the
> bolts are that hold the pot top hinges to the top of the van
>
> I sure wish I had
>
> I am sure we put them in the same metal container with many other
> screws & bolts  but over a year later who knows
>
> Will pick up a 6 mm x 1 inch  at the hardware Saturday when near the
> place that caries MM  to try  as per Alistair
>
>
> Thanks guys putting this all back together is a challenge had to move
> it all from the shop where nothing was getting done to a neighbors
> back yard then to my garage where I can work on it as I get time First
> thing is getting to together enough to have the 93 Subie engine tuned
> up and then to be smog certified
>
> ed
>
>
> Edward V Barger
> edvbarger@mac.com
> 310 922 6251
>
>
>
>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 9:58 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>
>>       You didn't, by any chance, Wisely put them back into the holes
>> that
> they came out of ~
>>
>>
>> On 19 Jan , 2017, at 3:29 PM, Edward V Barger wrote:
>>
>>> Have the pop top setting on the top of the Vanagon  ready to bolt
>>> and
> now can not find the bolts that hold the hinges to the top of the van
>>>
>>> It has been over a year  since it was removed all the other bolts
>>> are in
> the container but some how the ones that hold the hinges are missing
> and the bentley does not
>>>
>>> have that information
>>>
>>> Please any help in this  much appreciated
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> ed
>>>
>>> Edward V Barger
>>> edvbarger@mac.com
>>> 310 922 6251