Pop top completion (sort of)

Got the tent done today.

It went smoothly, I guess, for a humid and 90 degree day in a pop top.  Think I will need to wash those cushions from all my sweat. Yuck.

The next step was to try the fitment on the Wasserstopper.  It took some doing, and I cannot foresee how happy I will be if I need to do that in the rain.  Also - the van sits too high for me to reach up to the extension snaps without a step up.  That makes me nervous.

Ok it fits, but I still have some reservations.  We shall see the first time I go to use it.  I do like that the clips on the passenger side attach to the awning case thereby eliminating the drip line from the roof, behind the awning and onto everything I attempt to keep dry in the first place.

Final touch was the new Westfalia sticker.  It looked wrong to me when I was gazing at it.  Could not figure out why.

Then after grabbing a celebratory tasty beverage, I figured it out.

The Westfalia sticker that was on there prior was brown.  I went with black on this round due to the changes taking place in and out of the van, but had forgotten as the parts have been in the garage for months.

Now I only need that flat pop top gasket that has been back ordered.  May need to reuse my 2 year old one so I can camp this weekend.

Pop top - part 3A

Some added pictures from tonight.

The new stainless footmans cleats.

Rebuilt the skylight with new stainless hardware. 

Got the Wasserstopper snaps installed.

There was an issue with the Wasserstopper that is worth mentioning.  The directions discuss installation on a later model, and a slightly different pop top.  The 84 has a metal brace along the front where the instructions state that the snaps are to reside.  I got around this by first removing the center bolt holding on the brace (as this is where the center snap needs to go).  It is larger than the screw holding the snap, so I put some glue into the hole and hammered in a dowel to fill the hole.  

While that was drying, I drilled 4 holes (2 on each side) aside the center hole and installed some stainless screws to take up any pressure that the center screw was holding.  Then I drilled the dowel for the snap screw.

Positioning the Wasserstopper, I located and marked off the remaining 4 locations for front snaps, drilled through the points with the 1/8 bit and then relieved the metal brace with a 5/32 bit so the threads would not strip out as I was screwing through the metal.

With those positioned, I worked my way along each side of the pop top adding the extension snaps, 2 per side.   Now when the top goes back up, I can adjust the Wasserstopper accordingly and all will be good for the next rainstorm!