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!)    Doors have small slits at bottom corners, between the outer
and inner skins.  Clean these out and you will allow the water to
drain out as it gets in.  If you still get sloshing noises, it may
be water in the rockers (sills); remove the bottom wing fixing screw
to see if it drips out of there.

2)   Door scraper replacement involves stripping all the window part
of the window.  The scraper fits in the empty frame (no vent-wing
either).  It's a major job, but take care and you can do it without
damaging the paint (after all, VW did it when they made them).  If
you need further details of the procedure, please e-mail.

3)    Where to get them.  I hear there's a supplier in California,
but I've lost the site URL.  If you can't get them, you can restore
the frame with new rubber (use 1/8" rivets, remove the mandrel after
setting, and flatten to complete).
The '65-on rubber is long enough, also the Type 2 Bus rubber.
Frames for these are easy to get.  I have an idea that the rubber
itself may also be available, but no address (not from VW I expect).

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: El guapo <ergodoy@ucdavis.edu>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 30 August 1998 18:51
Subject: [T3]


>Hi everyone,
>
>It's anice to see so many people dedicated to the type III.  I've
got a
>'67 sqbk that I've been doing this and that to for the past 5
years, and I
>really like it.  But now I'm having a problem with the most mundane
thing
>- you don't even notice it on newer cars... the outside window
scrapers
>are completly rotted away and the doors get full of water after a
rain
>storm so that when you drive around, it sounds like both doors are
>auxillary fuel tanks.  This can't be good.
>
>So... 1. How do I get these off without ruining my 1 year old paint
job
> (black)?
> 2. (Where) Can I get new ones? or a reasonable adaptation thereof?
>
>
>Thanks for everything.
>
>Eduardo Godoy
>Sacramento, CA
>
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