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Subject:Re: luggage rack drainage? water goes where?
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:26:54 -0400

At 22:12 9/20/99 , you wrote:
>  Just explored the van's roof & noticed the (presumed) drainage holes in the
>luggage rack.  Bentley doesn't mention anything about this:  where does the
>water go?   Is there a channel that gets blocked?  Is this why the headliner
>seems warped?
>Thanks, CSS

The water runs into the holes and onto the roof and out around the edges of
the luggage rack, which filters out all the solids and leaves them sitting
on the roof under the rack in case you wanted them later.  If the trim
strip around the edge of the rack has chafed the roof so it rusts, some of
the water may drain through the pinholes and warp your headliner.

Oy vey -- voteffer dot means.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"