[T3] Decklid Seal - was: John's Rubbers-Now door seals-

[John Jaranson <jaransonT3@comcast.net>]

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On Nov 1, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Dave Hall wrote:

> They clip onto the edge where the inner and outer panels of the piller 
> meet.
> There isn't as obvious an edge for the tailgate.  It might be possible 
> to glue a
> bulb seal in the channel I suppose.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
>
>
> > What about the Back Door? Will these work there too?

The decklid seal is a different arrangement and it would be difficult 
to use the pinch welt bulb seal there.  Last time I checked West Coast 
Metric still offered a reasonable replacement for the decklid seal on a 
Square.  It is an extrusion so is a constant section unlike the 
original seal and is a little small on the bottom edge of the decklid.  
Not a big problem for water intrusion, but can let in fumes.  I used a 
bit of generic rectangular section foam weather strip (I think it was 
3/8" x 1/2") in the channel before gluing in the WCM seal.  This moved 
the WCM seal outward enough to effect a good seal.

BTW, one of the things that Jim Adney pointed out at Hershey was that 
the stock OEM seal had a small indentation in the center bottom to give 
you a bit better finger hold when opening the decklid.  Those are the 
little things you can afford to do when you are tooled for 300,000 plus 
a year that you will never find in low volume aftermarket replacements.

Later,
John Jaranson
'66 Square (Sophy)
'71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting)
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