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  • Adding New Interior Lights
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Channell
    Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:35:06 -0700
    ...What would the power consumption be on this? Thanks, Ralph Channell 91 (90 in CA) White Westy "Das Fort" (still working on the name)
  • Re: Timesert install - I'm stumped
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:12:13 -0500
    ...I > have tried levering with a pry bar through the Channelocks clamped tightly > to the bolt head. I have tried wiggling the Channelocks to...
  • Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
    Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
    Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:19:04 PDT
    ...Looks like it was put there for the purpose of blocking >the channel. > >Also another list member with the same model (84 wolfsberg westie...
  • Re: sliding door problem on 81 Westy.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:38:20 -0500
    ...COM> writes: > I've a problem with the lower sliding door channel. The door is > difficult to > close for the last 3-4" of...
  • Re: Friday: T3 car models
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:06:21 -0700
    ...Where do I have to go, what do I have to do to > get a Channel Crossing vanagon? > > Jim > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012...
  • Other famous van drivers...
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 14 Oct 1995 06:43:11 -0400 (EDT)
    Speaking of famous VW Van drivers, I was channel surfing last night and saw an early breadloaf on, of all things, ESPN2....naturally I...
  • "Ventwing"
    Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
    Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:07:09 -0400
    ...of plexiglass or Lexan or such that fits into the window channel leading (and top) edge to act as a wind deflector. Presto, no...
  • Non vanagon content-Annoying sirius DJ's-Does XM have them too?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
    Sat, 22 May 2004 23:28:41 -0400
    ...percentage of music content versus talking between songs on the music channels? _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from...
  • Re: [NVC] Weather strip/channels sources?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:58:35 -0400
    I find that difficult to believe. Sometimes their web pages can be a little itimidating, but they usually have the stuff. Are you sure...
  • Re: Needing best quality parts info
    Historical mailing list - samc
    Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:25:14 -0400
    ...Where should I be purchasing them from? Back-channel emails are fine. Tks SamC
  • Re: Door air vent was taped over?
    Historical mailing list - Roland
    Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:23:59 -0700
    ...But this vent on the bottom corner of the door is not part of the channel that directs air through the door into the...
  • Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
    Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
    Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:43:33 -0400
    ...Official Vanagon CB Channel > I just a 2000 mile turn around to Albuquerque and say only one Vanagon on > the road. > CBs are Ok...
  • Re: junkyard tales
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:54:53 +1300
    ...I was offered an Oettinger-powered Syncro in England (for a ridiculous price) with 3-channel ABS. It was an 86 or so, if...
  • Re: idle stabilizer
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:22:34 EST
    ...so,before I take channel locks to them and > probally shatter old plastic,does anyone have a method? thanks,Mike > carefully press the wire...
  • Replacement Westy Screen Pics
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:28:38 -0600
    ...They will require you to drill 2 small holes in your bottom window channel, and will include 2 screws and instructions. These should fit...
  • RE Portable CB
    Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
    28 May 1996 12:23:37 -0700
    ...a) a GE "emergency" unit kit w/ magnetic mount antenna 40 channels 4 watts for $38 b) a GE portable hand held unit with...
  • sliding window removal question
    Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
    Tue, 18 May 1999 23:47:53 MDT
    ...I have removed the lock mechanism and rubber channel above the sliding glass but still don't have enough room to get the glass...
  • Re: Seams
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sun, 26 Oct 2003 13:33:43 -0800
    ...M --- Ralph Channell <pchannel@PACBELL.NET> wrote: > Hi. > What type of sealant is best to repair the seams on > the Westy? I have a...
  • Parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - Green Westy
    Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:55:46 -0400
    ...Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
  • Re: Air Engine... the ultimate Vanagon Engine Conversion!
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:38 -0700
    ...but I don't believe it... >Saw this on the History Channel last night (or was it Discovery) either way. >what a great concept...
  • Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:16:43 -0700
    ...I've already bent the vent window / front channel, while trying > to rotate the top of the vent window frame to clear the metal...
  • Re: Making a rear bumper??
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:30:25 EST
    ...it was a nice bumper, made of wide "U" channel steel beam and had a trailer hitch on it too. it was welded to...
  • Re: Annoying sirius DJ's-Does XM have them too? NVC
    Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
    Sun, 23 May 2004 23:22:20 -0400
    ...to > > all my email, even when I asked to add a channel for new rock. They > > started to add commericals, sent a email about...
  • Re: Generic Stereo Question
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:22:47 -0700
    ...I guess great minds think in like channels?
  • Military Double cab sighting on TV
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
    Sat, 25 Jan 1997 19:25:58 -0500 (EST)
    ...I saw it while I was flipping through channels on a religious commercial that said the end was coming. I would love to put...
  • Re: rain guard
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 6 Nov 1998 20:38:25 EST
    ...My question is, if you silicone them in, what happens when you want to take them out? Will it mess up the channels and...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 3 May 2013 11:35:10 -0400
    I think that most of the onliune vendors carry the replacements for these. I have done this it isn't really all that hard...
  • blasting and intake vents?
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:58:24 -0400
    I've got to sand blast at least parts of my Vanagon for primer and paint...including a few window channels after pulling them...
  • Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:39:49 +1200
    ...Yes, 3-channel ABS was available later in the 80s. > Has anyone ever locked the front wheels of their van during an emergency >stop...
  • Re: Advice about buying a bug
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:33:41 -0700
    ...Check the heater channels, the rear luggage >> area under the carpet, and especially around the area under the >> antenna mount, because water leaks down...
  • Re: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:58:17 -0700
    Channel locks and twanging. Sounds like the title of a country album. As always, thanks for the tips. (Prying may be hokey, but by...
  • RE: Another Tire Q
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 19 Apr 1996 00:05:30 -0500
    ...It has very few channels IE NONE to channel water to the outside, looks like most bias plies did in the 70's. They...
  • CCC's Livermore/Altamont meeting place
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:55:07 -0700
    ...Turn your CB's to channel 2 for us to find each other. See you there. /martha
  • Re: Heidelberg cassette ??
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:04:11 -0500
    ...Maybe the FM wont work, maybe one channel wont work and sound only comes out of the left hand speakers. Sometimes this is reversed...
  • Re: WTB trailer hitch for 84 westy
    Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
    Thu, 11 May 2006 13:35:35 -0400
    ...He makes a hitch that is great and requires little to no modification...bolts way far up into the channel rails for support and...
  • Vanagon Getaway Car?????
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 23:06:14 -0500
    I was flipping through the channels tonight and came across Spike. "Worlds Greatest Police Chases" was on and there was actually footage of someone...
  • Re: Selecting a CB?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:57:46 -0800
    ...Some have the 162MHz weather channels built in so this could be important. Other CBs have USB and LSB or Upper and Lower Side...
  • Re: Screen for non-camper
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:06:54 -0700
    ...I'd like the screen to be replaceable so something like the standard hardware store channel kit would be simplest. Maybe there is a...
  • Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:08:45 -0700
    ...Official Vanagon CB Channel 10-9? And the VHF stuff is one hell of allot more,than a tried and true cheap $59.95...
  • Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
    Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
    Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:31:39 -0800
    The washers were missing and I couldn't get a grip on them with vice grips or channel locks. I don't have a...
  • Re: radio whine - success, failure, success
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:48:01 -0400
    ...Go get that ground loop isolator and stop torturing yourself. ;-) d ps - the amp in that diagram costs three grand for 30 watts/channel...
  • Re: My van in Google Street View
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:30:59 -0400
    ...uk/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=SE9+1ld&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split...
  • T4 Paddy Wagons
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 16 Aug 1994 15:55:08 -0400 (EDT)
    While channel surfin' this afternoon...hey its boring 'round here.. especially since "vanagon" has been so quiet!! Where is everyone?... There was a short...
  • Re: Eurovan Awning or ScreenHouse
    Historical mailing list - Luis Reyes
    Thu, 14 Apr 1994 07:16:58 -0400 (edt)
    ...The main justification has been that manufacturers of that > equipment need the vehicle to have a rain-channel gutter to which they > attach their...
  • Re: rear view camera/dvr
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:20:50 -0800
    ...I'm thinking > something like this: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-CH-Channel-Dual-SD-Cards-Car-DVR-H-264-D1-Vehicel-Video...
  • Re: Galley lighting addition
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:22 -0700
    Jarrett - looks good but to be honest I prefer the long strip of LEDs in a channel on the edge of the pelmet. You...
  • Re: iPods in Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:06:12 +0000
    ...http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=3029 I works well and has channel presets, so if you get any interference on one channel...
  • Re: Genuine VW Parts
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
    Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:40:11 -0500
    discountvwparts.com also lists as the vertical division channel for the sliding window and sells it for $17.51. It looks like there are...
  • Re: ebay Vanagon with extra headroom - poptop only - no roof.
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:30:52 -0500
    ...is welded in. > > Maybe you are thinking of the exposed U-channel cross piece that you > see when looking up from rear seat. There...
  • Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome.
    Historical mailing list - Mike White
    Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:43:43 MST
    Well, I was flipping through the channels last eveing, and as the station hit TNN (ACK) I saw the coolest ad for a motorhome...
  • Re: Curtain cable
    Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:34:29 -0800
    ...need some little white (Whatchamacallit) curtain >> things that slide in the channels, also that black wire that holds the curtain >> down near the rear...
  • Aux Battery 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Jen & Rog Johnson
    Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:03:42 -0600
    ...the kid didn't stuff an egg salad sandwich into a heater channel). MY INQUIRY: Must I replace this battery with the factory spec...
  • Re: Chrome Window Strips (again)
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:33:43 -0500
    ...Auto 1/16th vacuum hose and glue it in them window channel's, with some yellow 3-M super weatherstrip adhesive, just so I...
  • Re: gas mileage
    Historical mailing list - PSavage
    Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:37:57 -0800
    One thing *I consider absolutely necessary on a long (or short) trip to a remote spot is a bottle of Channel #5. (Gas mileage...
  • Re: Radiator Design
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:17:50 -0400
    ...I > assume it flows in the bottom and fills to the top, then drops down the > side channel (where the bleeder bolt is attached...
  • VW stove grates
    Historical mailing list - Green Westy
    Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:29:42 -0500
    ...Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
  • Re: Dometic Thermistor Function?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:49:06 -0400
    ...There is a channel along the entire length of the evaporator's rear that the probe sticks into. A plastic cord about 1/8...
  • Re: Westfalia courtesy light question.
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 4 Dec 2004 06:43:44 EST
    ...Locate the light in the vent channel above the sliding door between the two vents. The metal channel can easily be cut with a...
  • Re: Need Help Replacing a Sliding Window Pane
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:45:58 EDT
    ...I think I removed the plastic channel guides on the > lower window channel, but it was still a very close fit. I would > prefer...
  • Re: TGIF - BAND VAN
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:00:56 -0700
    ...Here is a funny Vanagon video I saw on the Disney Channel. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndrEO6Kmm4 > > > > Dom > > 85 westy > -- Neil Nicholson...