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 azz
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 05:08 PM |
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changing window rubbers
ok can it be done by someone with no mechanical experience at all??
or is it just better to let the professionals do it??
ive got a 1976 kombi van-the windscreen is fine! its the
-four side windows-two have quater windows
-and the back window which looks the same as a side window without quater window
any good books on how to do this?
the only book i have is Haynes' VW 1700/1800/2000 Transporter
Owners Workshop Manual
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 06:31 PM |
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Anyone can do it so long as they have a helper. The hardest part for me is getting the rubber onto the window. Once rubber is on the run a piece of
cord/thick string around in the groove which locks into the body of the car. I generally use a bit of insulated electrical wire cos I dont have cord
lying around. I have the ends of the cord at the top of the window but I guess it makes no difference, and overlap the cord a bit. Your assistant
places the window into the hole and applies pressure while you gently pull the cord towards you from the inside which pulls the rubber lip over the
ridge where its sposed to go.
Its a bit hard to put in words. I guess it would be easier if you could see one being done first.
Your 1/4 vents may be a little trickier. And be prepared for rust holes in the body underneath the old rubber and in the 1/4 vent frames.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 07:13 PM |
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any idea where i can get unrusted quater windows?
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 10:25 PM |
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Try the Buying/Selling section. 
The quarter vent windows are easy, the rear ones go in after the larger fixed pane.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 06:43 AM |
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Azz
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any idea where i can get unrusted quater windows?
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no such thing... there all rusted.
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 10:00 PM |
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Well that was my answer too but I thought I'd sound like a smart arse.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 10:04 PM |
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The rust quarter window thing is true. Helbus had three quarter windows in the back, and they were all rusted. This was on a bus that had no rust
anywhere else at all.
I ended up putting just plain glass in with plain rubber seals. The glass was $50 a sheet, sent down from Sydney (VVDS I assume) and the rubbers were
something like $60 each as they were WCM, not Brazillian.
The WCM rubbers fit well without lifting in the corners.
Make sure your headlining material is well stuck down before pulling the glass in.
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 10:08 PM |
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Regarding the 1/4 vent windows, I'm not sure if kombi stuff is harder to come-by, but Boris just got me some stainless steel 1/4 vents with glass
for my Oval.
Is it worth trying VVDS or not?
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| posted on January 16th, 2003 at 03:53 PM |
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When I replaced all my Kombi's windows, there was just no way I could get the vent windows back in AFTER the larger pane. I had to push the large
pane out again, put the vent and frame in first, THEN finally the large window. An un-rusted vent outer frame has two locking tabs that fit either
side of the body's window lip.
My vent frames (inner glass frames) were OK except for a few bubbles, which I ground down and filled with metal epoxy filler. Fantastic stuff, it
looks like a silver plasticine snake with a black core. You cut off a bit, knead vigourously until the black/silver are combined - it will also get
hot - and then apply. It sets hard in less than 10 minutes, and by the next day you can file, cut, drill or even tap the result. Sand smooth, paint
and it looks and feels like metal. And won't ever rust.
The outer frames...different story. They are ALL rusty. I managed to find half a dozen OK ones, and cut-weld them until I had three good ones. Then I
found one complete, unrusted one in a burned out Kombi near Lake George. Keep an eye out at wreckers and swapmeets, it's the only way.
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