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Cut a soda can and wrap the aluminum around the wing window pin to shim it. You won't even see it. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Guarnotta [mailto:kguarnotta@usa.net] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:25 PM To: 'Jim Adney'; type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] Wing Vent winndows... Just to put my 2 cents in...I love the vent windows. I don't know why VW ever got rid of them, I always heard it had to do with security. I figure for my car it is probably easier to just open the door, as I rarely lock my vehicle. One thing I don't like about them - regarding the sealing of them. They are kind of designed to fail in the sealing, right? Both windows on my bus and my squareback don't seal quite completely when closed. I notice a high pitch whistle when driving at high speeds, that disappears as soon as I crack the vent a little. It seems that the locking point and hinge point not being opposite each other, causes problems. Actually the drivers side in my sqbk has another odd problem, which I know of no way to fix. The top pivot hole seems to be too big, there is a lot of slop there. So when driving with it closed -this window rattles-as it is loose on the top. Anyone else have this problem, or know a solution? Thanks, -kevin '71 sqbk '65 kombi somerville, ma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~