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Subject:Re: Westy sliding windows.
From:Edward V Barger
Date:Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:54:42 -0700

Will try with silicone paste good idea 

Ed

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> On Jun 19, 2018, at 6:51 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> Vaseline.  Dip finger into a tub of it; apply the thinnest film you can onto sliding surfaces of Vanagon window ledges.  Thinner the better.  Work it around a little bit, imagining all the contact points.  Work window back and forth.  Use rag to remove excess.  Works wonders.  No more screetch.
> After a few months, if screetch resurfaces, do same treatment again.  Yes, it wlll collect a little more dust.  So what.  Wipe it off.  
> 
> Rich
> San Diego
> 
> 
>      From: Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 5:57 PM
> Subject: Westy sliding windows.
> 
> I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on westys?
> Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm tired of the screetch.
> 
> 
>

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