Advice- if I recall correctly the channel on the rear apron is spot welded to an inner piece of metal in the apron( ie the apron is made of 2 or more separate pieces of sheet metal. I think if you carefully drilled out the spot welds on the channel, you could move it where it needs to go and plug weld it back into place without hurting the paint on the outside sheet metal. Just found a good image I am attaching- you can see that the channel could be replaced without hurting the paint on the exterior of the car.
Ray -----Original Message----- From: rayvwbug via VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> To: vintagvw <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 11:13 pm Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Rear engine compartment seal You have the right seal. From your picture I suspect the rear apron was replaced at some time. All channels should line up and the side channel looks correct as the channel aligns close to the top of the metal it is spot welded to. That is correct and tells me your rear most channel is somehow misplaced. This thread shows replacement of a seal and you can see all 3 channels align. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6755634 Ray -----Original Message----- From: Bert Knupp <[email protected]> To: vintagvw <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 5:55 pm Subject: [vintagvw] Rear engine compartment seal Volks, Just got my 1972 SuperBeetle back from the paint shop right after Christmas. The engine (with all tin) is at the mechanic’s being rebuilt (I hope), so thought I’d use its absence renew the liners and the rubber seals for the engine compartment. Liners will take some cutting and punching, but they’re coming along okay. Got some good-quality seals from WCM. Old seals had crumbled and fallen apart; removed them completely and cleaned channels pretty well. So far I’ve gotten the forward seal into place (the one behind the doghouse above the transmission). I was able to slide one end in, and just used violence to press in the remainder. But now I’m encountering a problem with the rear rubber seal – the one that goes across the back (i.e., nearest the bumper) and along both sides. The channels are not in alignment. At the break, the left and right side channels are about 25mm (1”) higher than (=above) the transverse channel! There is no visible sign there’s been any repair work or welding back there (there could have been – I’m about a fourth owner): they just are nowhere near being in alignment. And since the break between channel segments is only about a half inch or so (same on both L and R sides), there’s really no way that the rubber can “step up” to run along the sides. QUESTIONS: Is this the normal configuration? If so, how does one run the rear seal to be gap-free around the body and the engine tin? Do I maybe have the wrong seal (it’s one long piece and straight, with a goofy Z cross-section)? I’ll try to attach a picture. Any advice, y’all? Bert Knupp -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
