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• Interior light?
  Historical mailing list - T.
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:55:08 -0700
  ...how can I turn on the interior light in my van without opening a door? So far, I can only get the driver's...
• Re: Westy Water Tank - Thread Size
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:21:32 -0500
  ...a suitable substitute, Terry Kay has 'em for sale, at an eye opening price of $28. George/ATL '89 WesTiico, "Wernher" '67 Kombi, "Puddles"
• Subwoofers Under Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:30:13 -0400
  ...I notice that there is an opening to the front of 1" x 15" and in the back an opening of just 9/16...
• Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:22:35 -0800
  ...easy to reach from the rear hatch opening and the rear seat... just run unswitched wires to it.... switch it on when you need...
• Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:51:53 -0700
  ...If you stretch it tight/put slats across the opening every couple of feet & duct tape it down tightly, I don't think it...
• Re: some vanagon applicable products from lee valley
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:28:29 -0700
  ...wrote: >> If the LED light could detect the rear cupboard door opening...... bingo! > > So long as there's a moving warm body within view...
• Pop-Top Counterbalance
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Mon, 1 May 2000 13:10:39 -0600
  ...Could you please elaborate? On my 1983 Westfalia, the roof would stay in various positions, and was fairly easy to lift when opening. My...
• Re: Are syncros more trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:59:17 EST
  ...and it is worth it to you >> You are forgetting that opening the windows of a 2WD Vanagon makes it every bit as cool...
• Re: sunroof seals??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:56:58 -0800
  There are two seals that you need- one for the moving piece and one for the opening. Should be around 100$ for both. The...
• Thermostat opening vs. all open temperatures
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:52:17 -0400
  Does anyone have the specifications or real world data for what temperatures our thermostats should 1) start to open? 2) be fully open? A...
• Re: Fender Flares?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:02:24 -0800
  ...Rad - wheel Laufen - to run (probably could also mean openings?) Abdeckung - covers Call it what you want! Kim Springer 2WD Tristar #7 White '89
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:40:03 -0400
  ...This aluminum piece has a inner rim that fits into the radius rod opening in the body. If you look carefully you can see...
• Re: Bus Depot is Hiring!
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:14:31 -0700
  Check with Ron, it sounds like there is more than opening Jere 90 GL 88 GL -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Interior light clarification *sorry*
  Historical mailing list - T.
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:54:27 -0700
  ...The door opening aspect works great. I just don't like opening a door so that I can get a light to come on...
• Re: Delta Deep Six the lot
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Tue, 2 May 2006 09:51:26 -0400
  ...What I like about them most is that they are > nearly > flush with the surface they mount to. > > Anyone attempted to cork those openings...
• A/C duct for '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:11:19 -0700
  ...The end is going to fit into one of the vent openings and I used the far right one, so carefully pry out the...
• Re: Clean Yur Trough!
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:54:31 -0800
  Looks like you need a new gasket for the hatch opening. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail...
• opening the AFM - Howz it done?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:30:47 -0400
  ...However, someone else on this list mentioned opening the AFM and cleaning it with electronic contact cleaner, and/or resetting the position of the...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:58:45 -0500
  ...very nice. > > > Just for completeness sake, many/some European models have a shelf and not > a > opening glove box. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Felder <jim.felder...
• Re: Westfalia top opening fridge question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:08:50 -0400
  > Saw a "Westfalia top opening fridge (12V and 110V)" fridge > FS. It's listed under "81 Vanagon parts" so not sure if a > transplant...
• Skylight installation
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Mon, 19 May 2008 22:31:09 -0400
  ...It would be nice if the kit came with a template for the opening and bolt holes and included directions on the best way...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 May 2011 01:57:43 -0400
  ...No, the 2.1l system is totally different and works by admitting extra air, simulating opening the throttle. Yrs, d
• Re: Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:58:48 -0700
  ...I have a flush tee in one of the heater lines about amidship -- opening that with the heater lever also opened drains things pretty...
• Re: empirical data on heating a bus
  Historical mailing list
  13 Sep 95 10:23
  ...Glancing through the my 1964 owners handbook, the section on heating says that by opening a cab side window or a vent wing the...
• Kitchen Faucet Cutout
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:03:17 -0700
  ...on-demand pump (which I will be installing) but I need to know the size of the opening. Jeanne '87 Syncro Westy [text/html]
• Capacity of 2.1 ltr Coolant Pump.
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:02:27 +1100
  ...Thermostat no worries the openings are listed but nil for pump. Ray Hunnam
• Re: Heli stories NVC
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:45:18 -0800
  HELO, Hi exit, Low opening. Used to describe airborne parachute maneuvers. HELI---shorthand for HELICOPTER. In Alaska in the sixties, I watched a high...
• Can the Sunroof Be Motorized?
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Gregory Smithers
  Tue, 7 May 2002 07:54:20 EDT
  ...Little did I understand that opening the sunroof was aerobic exercise. It took forever! Can a motor be installed to open the sunroof with...
• F.S. JBL 402 A speakers fits frontdoors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:36:51 +0000
  I have a pair of used speakers in very good condition that fit the front door speaker openings perfectly without modification. They have carbon...
• Westy top hinge
  Historical mailing list - Rosebud
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:52:50 -0400
  ...Reefer, stove and sink at the opening of the side door (split and swinging) and the rear hinged top was the first year for...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:43:43 -0400
  Saves propane? Big fat hairy deal! It's still not worth my bothering with opening the door and switching over and I believed that...
• 87 Westy - Unknown Steering Boots
  Historical mailing list - Timothy S. Randle
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:19:30 -0800
  ...My current boots have a smaller diameter opening on the end which is attached to the steering tie rod. All replacement boots that I...
• Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:10:21 -0700
  ...I also wonder if there isn't some hidden adjustment that would cinch the door tighter into the opening? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Car Stereo Fit (dimensions)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Sat, 28 May 2005 20:13:21 -0400
  ...Car Stereo Fit (dimensions) Good point, I forgot I had to file the dash opening a bit too. BTW Crutchfield lists only one radio...
• replacing windscreen seals
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 95 18:04 CDT
  ...of the seal and push the (well-lubricated) assembly into the opening from the outside. The helper on the outside keeps pressure from the...
• dent removal ?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 20:36:20 -0700
  ...Anyway, there are two dimpled creases about a quarter inch deep, running from the edge of the hatch opening, across the vertical corner of...
• Old Thule box gets gas struts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 May 2017 22:04:24 -0700
  ...With the box so high on the roof of the pop top the greater opening and self support with the struts will make loading...
• Sliding door opening handles mechanics-how to remove unit out ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:57:00 -0700
  How does one remove the sliding doors handle mechanics. out? I don't see how to pull out the assembly that the inner handles...
• EV A/C?
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:27:17 -0400
  ...is located just in front of the high and low pressure openings. The A/C is cutting off and I believe the switch is...
• Help Wanted
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:09:15 -0400
  We have immediate openings for both a phone operator and a stockperson, here at The Bus Depot in the Philadelphia/Allentown/Reading Pa. area...
• Square headlight grill with round driving lights?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:22:30 -0800
  ...I have been told by at least two people that they have seen late model Vanagons (square headlights) with molded openings in their grills...
• Virus-Looking Mail from hmooney
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:25:41 -0600
  ...No point in opening it. Mooney likely doesn't even know he's the "sender". Bob Stevens http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare _________________________________________________________________ The new...
• Re: A New Thread - How to Make Degree Symbols
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:27:04 EST
  ...OPTION and SHIFT/OPTION will call forth all manner of hieroglyphics. Opening KEY CAPS under the APPLE MENU will display the available assortment. George
• battery vent hose
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:52:48 -0500
  ...What is the diameter and material of the original hose? Is it simply routed to one of the openings in the bottom of the...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:25:50 -0400
  ...detect any significant deflection of a saw buck held over the opening. Not very quantitative but it's all I could muster during lunch...
• Re: venting question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 May 2000 17:41:43 -0400
  ...He only has a number for the non-camper part (with openings). > > > >Thanks, > > > >�ric > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Zoran Mladen [SMTP:Zoran_Mladen@AMSINC.COM...
• Re: Starter removal
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:22:03 -0700
  ...Top bolt has an internal hex opening. I have the attachment > for my socket set that fits the hex opening. However, there appears to...
• Syncro 16 fender flares - Anyone got Part numbers?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 09:45:21 -0400
  Will these syncro 16 fender flares fit on a non-syncro (assuming you trim the rear wheel opening as David described) or does the...
• Fender Flares for Syncro 16 - Anyone got Part numbers?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:04:20 -0400
  I was wondering if syncro 16 fender flares fit non-syncros (assuming you trim the rear wheel opening as David described) or does the...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 3 Nov 2018 12:51:17 -0400
  ...I just stuffed some bubble >>>> wrap in there as well as in the openings in the door and body for the >>> fresh >>>> air vents...
• Re: Air recirculator
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Feb 2019 14:20:22 +0000
  ...it looks like a flap that close and open the fresh opening and at that time I am not interested and I didn't...
• Westy - How to keep the front table leg and top from getting lost...
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:22:27 -0400
  ...over), and at either side of the rear hatch opening (a bungy across the opening after loading keeps the sleeping bags from falling out...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 14:09:05 -0800
  ...Question > > Bentley (19.8) says "heat thermostat in water. Opening begins approx 85C > 185F. Opening ends approx 105C 221F. Stroke minimum 8mm 0.315...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 16 May 2011 15:44:16 -0600
  ...when you get back from a trip, drain the tank, leave the bottom drain cover and the top opening cover off for a couple...
• Firestone Recall
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:01:22 -1000
  ...They held their grand opening on the day of the recall... talk about bad timing! Mick Kalber 89 Syncro Westy "Daddy-O" Tropical Visions...
• Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:20:21 EDT
  ...suppose, in level flight the Caddy can be steered by judicious opening of the driver's and passenger's doors. Also, as a VW...
• Re: tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:24:26 -0700
  ...About the same as an inch-and-a-half in tire height, and well within the range of possibilities without opening up the tranny...
• McGyver fix (was Re: opening rear hatch from inside van)
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:44:29 -0800
  Talking of cool fix, I once fixed (temporarily) the fuel pump relay of my old '80 Golf with a dime! Got me home! A...
• Re: Rear side window airflow plastic insert foam
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Sun, 9 May 2004 13:57:40 -0400
  ...There must be a better way to get in there besided yanking it out through the plastic openings. Maybe someone on the List can...
• Re: Left & Right side sliding door Vanagon on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:43:20 EDT
  ...sides is ebay item # 270134073291 5 days left on the bidding. Opening bid is about $1700. In North Carolina. 273K miles. Not mine. Best...