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• folding table
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  7 Jun 1995 09:51:23 -0800
  ...set up and holds frame securely inside the table when it is rolled up. Tubular aluminum legs screw on in seconds. Seats four. Opens...
• Cup Holders,etc.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:26:23 -0600
  ...they can be put on the seat base, but they a a pain to use, if you are on the roll. I found the...
• Soundproofing material for FS
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Mon, 1 May 2006 09:18:40 -0700
  I have an unused 50-foot roll of B-Quiet Ultimate I need to get rid of -- way overestimated the quantity I needed to...
• Re: looking 4 bug screens front pass/driver window cheap
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:21:57 -0600
  ...be nice if they have a magentic strip , so you can roll the windows up > if > it is raining. Does anyone have a lead??? >
• Special Materials (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:22:01 -0600
  ...3M makes it and they would make for me a roll 2ftX75ft for $900. I don't need that much of the stuff. Does...
• Re: [FIX] Sound deadening with B-Quiet products?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 01:22:24 -0700
  ...wrote: >Brent, > >I just did my Westy door's--and it was easy but not cheap---- > >i had bought this roll of Dynamat last...
• Re: old style slider door cheesball way to get it quieter.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:24:59 -0600
  ...it - turns > out it is a perfect fit (raises rear of door by about 1 millimeter). > - just enough to lift slider metal roller buried...
• Re: Why has the list been so quiet lately?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:19:25 -0500
  How 'bout a Joker TD thread? Imagine it: full throttle accelerations with thick pungent clouds of black oil-laden smoke rolling out of a...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:55:08 -0700
  ...Sliding door roller bearing To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 6:30 PM is the grooved part gone or the...
• Re: Famous Vanagon Owners
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 15:25:09 -0600
  ...The Byrds, 1967, So you want to be a Rock and > Roll star. It will take you back. > > On Monday, February 6, 2023 at...
• Re: Value of a Rolling Chasis to a scrap yard
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:22:10 EST
  ...What do you suppose is a decent dollar > amount for a "rolling Chasis" Vanagon is I were sending one (or two) to a > scrap...
• Re: Thursdaye Fun
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:53:46 -0700
  ...Thursdaye Fun > Well, it's strictly Vanagon related, but fun. > Anyway- "How To Load A Dead Van Uphill Onto A Tow Dolly, When Your...
• Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:57:43 -0700
  ...I think it was dropped during > assembly or shipping.
• Re: Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 18 May 2007 07:34:02 -0400
  ...Transporting this car to his trailer seems > to be the big deal killer right now since it doesn't roll and would > take more...
• error Re: Heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:34:44 -0400
  I wrote: >If it's just making a dreadful howling racket it's likely the >bearings are worn and chattering (rolling around the inside...
• Re: Re : Re: My 2 mods
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:35:43 -0500
  ...Because the metal is springy, it doesn't matter if the roll is new or is down to the last square of paper. Mike...
• Re: Question about Tires and Handling
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:40:31 -0700
  Stock sizes for Vanagons (Transporters) are 185-14 (185/80-14) and 205/70-14--both have effectively the same rolling diameter. If going...
• Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:05:19 -0500
  ...I thought that seemed > >> > > > > That was Mike Collum, talking about the roll I gave him. It's been > > around in the marine world for...
• Re: Why did VW *really* purchase Lamborghini?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:30:53 -0800
  ...if VW now own Roll-Royce, why is it that the new Roll-Royce Silver <somthing>, the first new model in 15 years comes...
• '82 vanagon rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:34:25 -0700
  I feel rather stupid asking about rear bearings since I've watched a thread go by without reading any of it, but here goes...
• Re: LTX Tire Pressure ... Now Noise
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 18:34:40 EDT
  ...I had a small car that would sound like a helicopter taking off when it got rolling. The rear tires wore strangely because there...
• Re: Mattress Toppers Memory Foam
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:17:56 -0600
  How hard is it to roll up a two incher and how big does it pack? Thanks Jeff Sent from my iPhone > On Mar...
• rollover accident in 71 VW
  Historical mailing list - Sue Holbink
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:14:39 -0800
  ...We took at look at the VW and are very impressed at how well it held up in the rollover and banging into cement...
• Re: VANAGON ROLLS
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:42:35 -0800
  I'm going to try to determine if the van has been totaled and where it currently resides. I'll let the list know...
• Re: help....84 starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 5 May 2006 18:04:23 -0400
  ...The only way to get it > started is to roll start it. If I do roll start > it, it runs just fine. If I...
• Re: Lima Bean rolls under its own power (78) long
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:43:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...Called > the shop AGAIN, got the anes machine AGAIN, left a message. "A rollback will > be there in the AM to pick her up...
• Re: drilling through sheet metal?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 May 2004 00:36:38 -0400
  ...I had to drill out a roll pin the other day, while fixing a shift lever for an '85 Golf, and it took way...
• 130 MPH in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:42:10 -0800
  ...Working backwards through the math using your rolling radius measured with the double rollout method and the 0.77x4.86 effective gear ratio, you...
• Re: Sliding Door problem
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:24:51 -0600
  ...So I am pretty sure it is inappropriate for use under the roller bearing that carries the weight of the door. I would say...
• Re: Cup Holder, in captains area.
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Losey
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:26:43 -0600
  ...an annoyance, my traveling coffee cup, rolls in the 89 Westy. > > > With > > > > > no where to place it, in store. > > > > > > > > > > Who has the best mounting...
• Re: Inspection Horror Story!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 01:34:45 +0200
  ...I said "No way, its a 4wd!" The DMV guy just said "ok, we'll just do it on the truck rollers, they turn...
• Re: Sliding door repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 07:54:57 -0800
  ...Now it can stay nice and dry >> and let the roller do its job as it was designed to do. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Frank Condelli >> Almonte...
• Re: Engine Stands. Which works best for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:30:14 -0500
  Hi John Most Engine stands will work if they have the adjustable mount points on it. Ive used a roll around standard Bug type...
• Re: Sliding door hinge rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:57:45 -0800
  ...Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Next item in the works is rebuilding my '85 sliding door hinge. Replacing all the rollers, cleaning...
• emegency hose tape
  Historical mailing list - BillM
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:16:16 -0500
  Check this stuff out on www.eastwood.com use the item number to find it. Xtreme Tape 10 ft Single Roll Black item no...
• rear window
  Historical mailing list - jed batchelder
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 21:06:21 +0000
  ...the rear window on a vanagon be able to roll up and down like truck back windows can do. would it even be possible?
• Re: Syncro Tire Diameter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:51:13 -0800
  ...It will also give you the data to calculate the effective rolling radius insofar as distance is concerned. The alternate method although much less...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:16:29 -0700
  ...Anyone have a stickum idea? > > If I can get it to stick then I'll want to address the middle roller > track hidden behind...
• Yes, Folks, it's Friday ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 09:35:49 CDT
  ...roll swiftly, If fact, it won't go very fast, But it's still in one piece and still rolling, So I guess it...
• Tire Circumference (was: Engine RPM (Re: Squeaky brakes))
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:08:58 -0700
  ...Think of a mark on it and how far it rolls in one revolution. Now visualize the same hoop squashed down to look more...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 May 2005 19:22:52 -0700
  ...For years I drove with the LP on and cooling the refrigerator, never had it blow out. Then I rolled the Westy. (I Don...
• Re: Double sided tape for moisture barrier
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 06:19:43 EDT
  ...Manco is OK, but if it says Tuck or Made in China on the roll, give to an enemy. Cheap tape anecdote: I once...
• Rear anti-roll bar installed!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Fri, 31 May 2002 13:03:56 -0700
  ...end loose as a result of too much roll stiffness at the rear, and it hasn't tried to lift or spin the inside...
• Trash can Vanagon stoppers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:45:33 -0800
  ...Sometime in the last 5 hours it rolled backwards. It's very windy tonight- the wind must have helped get it rolling. � � Robert 1982...
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:12:37 -0700
  ...it from did ask if I wanted it tinted. Yes, the pop top surface is forgiving. I had a moment of panic when rolling...
• Re: Stupid Question- sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 5 May 1998 13:27:20 -0700
  ...I do not put any grease on the track itself....a roller bearing just rolls along there. I used a good teflon lubricant on...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:41:33 -0400
  ...less than 5% increase in width, it really isn't going to be any significance in your rolling resistance as the front section of...
• Re: Under the rear folding seat
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:44:28 -0700
  ...NOT! Guess what showed up > inside the Westy a few years later after I rolled it? Yep, the wallet, > must have been in that...
• Re:Carrying Canoes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:17:55 -0500
  ...Also has anyone heard of a new Yakima product called the "holy roller", it is a device for carrying canoes or kayaks, it has...
• Re: Anyone making custom curtains?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:29:51 -0600
  ...shade down (not rolled up) is very effective for blocking thermal transfer there, but even with that rolled up, it's still real effective...
• Re: Packing a '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:44:03 -0700
  ...not want to get hit in the head with, secure it! I've rolled a Westy, three sides. You won't believe where things...
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:19:03 -0600
  Henry Wang wrote: > ..... > > > K2 catalyst rollerblades > > its good to have a backup for the backup... COOL!!! Wish I had thought of that!! John Rodgers...
• Anybody wanna sell an awning?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:37:56 EDT
  ...It's gotta be a rollup. Anybody got a lead? THanks! Chris Dixon
• Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:37 -0400
  ...I didn't notice any off gassing, the stuff sticks fine if applied with a roller to clean metal, and it's way cheaper.
• Re: another chain question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 01:17:34 -0600
  ...Sliding as > > opposed to when it is Rolling ~ Chains on the Front will help to keep > the Tire > > Rolling & that together with the Direct...
• Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:20:39 -0400
  ...Shipping is high for 1 roll($12.58) But it's the same price to ship 10 rolls. May be a good source for...
• Re: help....84 starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 5 May 2006 15:17:43 -0500
  ...The only way to get it >started is to roll start it. If I do roll start >it, it runs just fine. If I...
• Towing a Vehicle w. Auto Trans
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 13 May 2002 06:44:26 -0500
  ...ground, rolling, for about 100 or so miles? My very first Vanagon (w. Auto trans.)was purchased from a fellow who towed it all...
• Re: Seeking "Ice Guard"
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:57:16 -0700
  ...and 36" rolls. The original Dynamat stuff was (if I recall correctly) the same foil backed adhesive stuff, but only 40mil. > It's not...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:36:12 -0700
  ...Then we came upon a local who had rolled his bug into a ditch. We threw a rope over it and rolled it back...