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guzzirider
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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:34 pm Post subject: Bay Window instrument panel gasket |
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I removed my dash as part of my rewiring project
there is a thin plastic gasket like ring around the dash mine is broken into about 9 pieces. Is there a replacement for that?
I was thinking maybe some thin double sided foam tape.
any suggestions
Thank you
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: bay instrument panel gasket |
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either thin rubber hose cut with a slit or contact Ken at TheBusco. It took me awhile to find it and it is kinda like split hose.
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vwmerckx
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: bay instrument panel gasket |
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This may be what you are looking for??
https://busok.nl/afdichting-tellerunit-t2-top.html
I have ordered from BusOK from the Netherlands for my '71 Tintop Westphalia and have pleased |
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aeromech
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: bay instrument panel gasket |
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It’s amazing that it might be available. I never would have guessed. That said, as opposed to ordering from the Netherlands, I think I’d try and find a substitute like has been already mentioned. Either foam strip or some kind of hose you can split with a razor.
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Angus II
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Window instrument panel gasket |
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Hello,
Well, if you must have it... without paying for it...
I would think, that maybe looking at auto upholstery seat welting, it will work.
If you relieve cut the corners, and maybe use some heat too hold the form. It would be a much cleaner look than just a piece of split tubing...
Yet, it's your bus...
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guzzirider
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Window instrument panel gasket |
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what does it do??
do I need it
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: Bay Window instrument panel gasket |
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| guzzirider wrote: |
what does it do??
do I need it |
After mine evacuated itself, I noticed a SLIGHT rattle of the instrument cluster over railroad tracks and potholes. Of all the extinguishable rattles in a Volkswagen, it’s mid-grade annoying. Not as bad as a slacked and loose window regulator, but worse than a westy bed bracket rattle.
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