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VW T4 "Eurovans" => Exterior => Topic started by: albertr on June 06, 2015, 07:24:05 pm
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Was planning to do some electrical upgrades on 2001 EVC and pulled out Suburban furnace.
One of the vent pipes installed by Winnebago was completely rusted out.
(http://www.iral.com/~albertr/EVC/rust/IMG_5293.jpg)
Also shoreline electrical outlet socket needs to be replaced because of the rust.
Here's what I found after pulling the old socket out:
(http://www.iral.com/~albertr/EVC/rust/IMG_5326.jpg)
Cole, I remember you had some rust issues in your vans before... Did you repair it yourself or have someone to do it? I never did any bodywork repairs before, I guess I need to start learning it...
-albertr
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So far the rust issues I've had have been minor or isolated.
I've had some body work done by a lock shop to repair rust and paint.
Seems the older vans rust much more than the newer ones.
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Looks like part of the issue is that Winnebago didn't treat the steel where they cut their holes.
I've never seen rust on the Westfalia where the top is cut.
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Fixed the rusted shoreline socket, here's a short write-up:
http://www.iral.com/~albertr/EVC/rust/shorelinesocket.html
It looks like Winnebago did a poor job on sealing all the openings they cut in EVC body.
-albertr