Re: [VAL] Insects

[Charlie/Betty Burke <cbburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Allen,

When the screens are built Airstream installs a gray strip of window arm 
seal, commonly called "fuzzy stuff". When it's fresh the strip, mounted 
on both sides of the frame mesh together to block out bugs. Airstream 
still uses the same process today on their Classic and some other models.

The window arm seal, P/N 683946 is available through any Airstream 
dealer. It takes 4 feet per window to redo them. Replacement requires 
removal of the screen frame from the window. Lay the screen frame face 
down on a soft surface. Scrape off the old seal. Using contact cement 
apply a thin bed to the frame on each side of the slot. Precut the seal 
to match the length of the old seal, approximately 12". Lay the new seal 
in the glue bed with the open bristles facing toward the slot and close 
enough that the bristles for each side intermingle. After the seal 
setups up carefully remove the thread  nearest the open bristle side. 
This will loosen the seal and allow for easy movement of the lift arm

One word of caution. The 1969 trailer, besides being the first of a new 
body style, had a number of unique features. These were methods that 
proved to be awkward to manufacture or more expensive to make. During 
the model year these features were redesigned and did not carry over. 
Among them were the window seals. As you can see on the Inland RV parts 
page http://www.inlandrv.com/parts/ the window seal assy., P/N 34727 was 
more complicated than simply gluing the seal to the frame. So the window 
arm seal currently available will work on every Airstream trailer that 
uses the lift arm opening method since 1970 to date.

Charlie