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On 2 Sep 2005 at 3:38, paul_cowan@juno.com wrote: > I remember a routine where you would get steel flex hose and then pull it > inside the rusted heater ducts. It musr be of just slightly less OD > then the duct's ID. Of course, the ducts are metric and the flex hose > you can get is in inches. Doies this work? What size should I look for? I don't know if anyone's tried this before, but I would expect the biggest problem to be the fact that most of the duct, the part in the rocker area, isn't round. > If I use foam filler, will it stand up to the heat of those ducts? Could be a problem. The type 3 heaters get very hot when they are working right. > I also wonder if there is a complete kit of window rubber out there? Depends on what car you have and maybe what year. Some parts are readily available, some are very hard to find. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~