Hi all.

This is likely obvious to most Vanagon owners but.....

3 months ago, I moved to a residence with a lot of evergreen trees;
parking "full time" in this type of surroundings is new to me. While
working on my Westy today, with the rear hatch open, I saw a twig or
two sticking up out of the trough at the top of the opening. To my
surprise, there was a LOT of twigs, sediment, muck etc. in that
trough. And it was totally wet. (I now live on the Sunshine Coast, but
that name is somewhat of a misnomer; it rains a fair amount up here.

It would probably take some time for that material to rust out that
area but why wait? I cleaned it out and sprayed on some Rust Check
fluid.

Neil.

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