Re: [T3] WCM rubber warning!

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 31 May 2007 at 21:06, Keith Park wrote:

> I went to get the new rubber for the 71 that I had stored in a  box in my
> garage and found that several of the window seals, including the windshield
> had completely deteriorated in the last 3 years they have been in the box in
> the garage!  Just a general crazing of the rubber EVERYWHERE!!

Are you sure that it's not just on the surface? They often seem to 
come with a waxy mold release on them that dries out and then cracks 
(and just comes off.)

If it's really into the rubber, was this stored somewhere that it 
could get really hot, or near a source of ozone (electric motor, gas 
burner flame, etc?) Can you see any possible explanation?

Years ago, when talking to a rep at WCM, he told me that their source 
for most of their parts was actually VW stock which they apparently 
bought up all over the world. So it seems quite possible that some of 
the stuff we bought was actually already 30 years old when we bought 
it. It sure makes you wonder how they stored it so that it survived 
so well until just a few years after it got sold.

OTOH, it may have been brand new junk that was only going to survive 
a very few years regardless of storage conditions.

-- 
*******************************
Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
*******************************

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~