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Engine compartment seal channel (SHOULD IT BE AT AN ANGLE??)
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tristanblue
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2020 6:03 pm    Post subject: Engine compartment seal channel (SHOULD IT BE AT AN ANGLE??) Reply with quote

Hi guys so replacing the one side of my engine compartment seal channel and noticed that the one on my other side slopes downward towards the front of the car. I recall the ones in the beetle and bus are straight or parallel with the sheet metal but what I am seeing on the passenger side of my 66 ghia vert it is not.

I can not compare it to the other side as that had rotted away and been removed by the PO before I got the car. Anyone have the answer to this or can you take a peek at your car?

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2020 6:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Engine compartment seal channel (SHOULD IT BE AT AN ANGLE??) Reply with quote

tristanblue wrote:
Anyone have the answer to this or can you take a peek at your car?
Here's a peek at my '71 with a new seal in the original channel. I had not noticed previously, but the seal does angle down toward the front.
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Engine compartment seal channel (SHOULD IT BE AT AN ANGLE??) Reply with quote

Ahhh interesting, thank you my friend!

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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2020 11:54 am    Post subject: Re: Engine compartment seal channel (SHOULD IT BE AT AN ANGLE??) Reply with quote

Found this picture here at The Samba.
This car is a -66.
It seems that the seal channel is mounted with an angel and not parallel.
Maybe it’s different in other years?

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