>Hi volks,
>  I'm new to the list. Don't know what's kept me so long. Hopefully I'll 
>be able to help someone out (own an '89 Westy with it's share of foibles) 
>but for now I'm looking for advice. The seal around the cap (poptop 
>section) never seemed to be properly attached from day1. I drove the van 
>for the first couple of winters and freeze/thaw made a bad situation 
>worse. Wound up peeling the whole thing off. The metal strip inside was 
>badly corroded. I removed it and cleaned up the inside of the rubber 
>strip assuming I would be able to glue it to the cap directly using 
>"goop" or someother sort of product. 
>    Has anybody tried this or is it necessary to purchase a seal with the 
>metal clips inside?
>   Phil
>   '89 Westy

Hmmmm........ haven't you been getting any V@L postings in the last day or
so????
(ie, how could you have missed the current flames  uh... er.... thread.......???
)  :<)

chris