Oh, and Les, where did you find a 1997 Rabbit? ~Holland On Mar 8, 2015 6:54 PM, "Holland Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a company www.steelrubber.com which may be able to make rubber > seals for the Mk2 VW's upon request. Their website only lists seals for > American iron, but I have seen the company featured on multiple occasions. > Maybe worth a phone call or email. > Just an FYI... > > ~Holland > On Mar 8, 2015 5:25 PM, "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Finding leaks can be a challenge. I had a 1997 Rabbit that would flood >> every time it rained. It would flood the rear footwells and slosh around >> when I drove. Aggravating! But I could never ever find where the water >> entered the car. >> >> >> Rain gutters and window seals are still available for your Jetta. Get >> them while you can. I think it is because there are modern version of the >> MK2 Jetta being produced in China. In contrast, I've had a heck of a time >> trying to find rain gutters and rear window seals for my MK2 Golf. >> My brother found a nice set of rain gutters for me from a seller in >> Northern California. I've found sources for some of the other front window >> seals (I've got the smaller '85 door windows with the triangular glass up >> front. But I've not found a source for replacement rear seals for the Golf. >> There are a ton of rubber rear window seals on eBay for the pop-out glass >> which ironically is the rarest of Golf accessories. But mine are the US >> issue Golf rear windows. I was lucky enough to stumble on two fresh MK2 >> Golf 16Vs in a local salvage yard and I collected complete door and rear >> hatch seals. But I'm still in search of rear side window seals. >> >> >> The 16V seems a bit neglected of late as I've been distracted with the >> other cars in my garage so Ive not been able to spend much time on the 16V. >> But I plan to resume work on it later this summer. >> >> -Les >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Holland Phillips wrote: >> >> > Okay Chad, what exactly would you like to argue about?😀 >> > >> > ~Holland >> > On Mar 4, 2015 11:47 AM, "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Usually after a few hours of rain I would often find water pooled in >> the >> >> trunk of my Jetta. I took the carpet out many years ago so this >> wasn't a >> >> big deal. I would just put a towel in there to soak it up whenever I >> >> remembered. The car is normally parked in my driveway at a slight >> incline >> >> so the puddle flows to the rear of the trunk area. I drilled a small >> hole >> >> to let the water drain. >> >> >> >> I think the water is coming in from the rear window seal and I really >> don't >> >> want to have the window and seal replaced. Maybe it won't be too >> costly - >> >> haven't even checked. >> >> >> >> I'd like to say I fixed the leak but I think an argument can be made >> that I >> >> didn't do that :) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > a2-16v-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
