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• Re: Slider Quietening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 15:16:45 -0600
  ...it is proving to be very durable. They use this kind of stuff in industrial applications. Comes in a roll, looking like a roll...
• Re: Anti Rolling Reminder for Automatics when parked
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:18 -0800
  ...itself -- if it doesn't start over at no. 1) 9. Run back to Van, stand there and wonder why the van is rolling...
• Re: Westy Bed hardware
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:45:58 -0500
  ...So it's pretty much the same as buying an original Westfalia "rock and roll" assembly at a junkyard, except that it's new...
• Re: Heli-Coil tap and drill size needed as soon as poss
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:52:22 -0700
  At 09:56 PM 6/26/2001, you wrote: >Hi all. > > It's 9:30 PM California time and I am trying to finish...
• Re: Fender Flares
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:50:01 -0800
  ...This doesn't keep it from > > working normally but it does keep the roll from unrolling itself when > > the passenger window is rolled down...
• Off topic: roll pin extraction
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 13:26:38 -0700
  Hi All, Taking a chance here. (Friday) I'm trying to extract a roll pin that has a diameter of about 1/16th inch...
• DIY Awning Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:56:10 +0000
  ...That got me thinking could you make a permanent awning with that tube, a tarp or awning material, a pole to roll it up...
• Re: 84: Sliding door top roller rattle
  Historical mailing list - lp
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:24:31 -0800
  ...think i used a C-clamp to press it onto the door post). > > > >The top roller of my cargo bay door has the annoying...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:55:55 -0600
  ...To maintain a speed it only has to match the drag component. Weight or mass WILL affect rolling resistance and not surface drag. There...
• Re: Friction
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:09:00 -0700
  It wouldn't change the rolling resistance but having the pedal down makes the engine work harder to overcome the diaphragm pressure. On Tue...
• Re: Prepared foods
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:48:06 -0700
  ...pieces of gum that came with the cigs and TP > roll!!! ;) > > Tyrone > Big Pine Key, FL > > 87,85,81
• Alarm systems
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:43:15 -0800
  ...With the windows rolled up it doesn't annoy too many. BUT you would be hard pressed to stay inside to steal anything.
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 19:35:09 -0400
  ...limiting it to the > > part in question? > > > > On a related question, I know the upper part can be replaced by just > > rolling down the...
• Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:48:32 -0400
  ...I'll add a testimonial for the Roll-a-Table. We've used ours for 12+ years, and it's still going strong. Many...
• Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:06:57 -0700
  ...It rolled up with the legs and 'stretchers' inside, then > slipped into a tube cover. packed up nicely.. > > Don Hanson
• Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 02 Mar 95 10:19:52 EST
  ...I really like it, anyone else? it could look like those honor roll stockers, with a VW logo instead of a school logo... anyway...
• Re: Re Utilities
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 11:56:38 -0800
  I gave up on the collapsible ones 'cos they roll around in the back when we go round corners. Now have a cubic rigid...
• Re: Anyone rolling north?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:45:36 -0700
  ...Anyone rolling north? Ya, and Greyhound would not likely require any packaging, just tag it with a shipping label and throw it in their...
• Re: Hose ID: Crossover tube to expansion tanks?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:47 -0400
  ...ear" on it you clamp with the pliers. �bought the clamps at >> McMaster-Carr for very little. �They are stainless, with rolled edges, and...
• Re: unrolling papertowel
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:59:49 -0400
  ...I'm going to buy Vivatowel stock right now > > Mini bungee cord around paper towel roll. Paper towel roll hangs from pop-top cross...
• all twos
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:46:20 -0700
  My odometer rolled through 222222 miles today. I was lucky to have seen it and pulled over and took a photo. https://share.icloud...
• Re: short trip report - Van. Island
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:22:48 -0400
  ...Just keep it rollin between th fence posts. I am impressed. Bill 84 Westy, Tiicoed
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:14:19 -0700
  ...joetu@PACBELL.NET writes: > > << If it was a factory option is it still possible > to get the factory roll bar > from somewhere? What model...
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:32:55 -0400
  ...The only thing is make sure you do it when it is warm. Mine started to harden on the surface then ran underneath. Milbs...
• Re: Lubricant ?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:55:52 -0800
  ...Maybe I've attracted all manner of grit! Ack! But then I have the teflon blocks for "rollers" so it kinda made sense at...
• Re: Slider door adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:22:18 -0600
  ...It can take some > > fiddling to get it right. > > > > This last weekend I replaced and lubricated all the rollers/bearings and > I > > also applied...
• Re: Upgrading I-4 timing belt tensioning roller?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:19:43 -0700
  ...It is not too hard to get it as tight as the Bentley manual suggests I have done more than my fair share of...
• Re: Roll call list
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:36:23 -0500
  ...Roll call list > Before starting a cross country drive, I started working to homogenize the > various lists of VW friendly spots in the USA...
• Re: Looking for an armrest repair procedure 2
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:34:50 -0600
  ...the roll pin out of the joint. Move the arm up and down while pulling it outward and it will come off. It is...
• Re: Mysterious Vanagon Problem - Will not move.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:24:51 -0400
  ...my parking space this morning, the van >would roll about 5 feet, then stop. >It felt as if I were hitting a curb or...
• Re: Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 18 May 2007 05:33:17 -0700
  ...Transporting this car to his trailer seems >to be the big deal killer right now since it doesn't roll and would >take more...
• Re: Silicone "Rescue Tape" ... it works
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:29:08 -0400
  ...Keep it clean and stretch it minimum 50%, 100% better. $10 for a decent roll. Yours, David
• Re: Adjusting Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 May 2023 16:52:16 -0600
  Dan It is most likely the Latch itself that needs Repositioning as that controls how Closed the Rear of the Slider ends up,,, The...
• Re: Movie Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:35:19 -0800
  ...of the movie is *Sasquatch Mountain* . > They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to > shield themselves in a > shoot out. > Don...
• Re: screens for front doors
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:26:18 EDT
  ...happened across do it yourself screen stuff at local hardware superstore (Home Depot). Screen frame comes in six foot sections (less than $2 USD...
• Caught offside - - correction
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:07:47 +0100
  ...leave any doors open! its three degrees of freedom - should have read - its three degrees of ROTATIONAL freedom (being roll, yaw and pitch of...
• 83 vanagon for sale, los angeles area (spare parts, anyone?)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 18 May 94 08:43:23 CDT
  i saw this in rec.autos.vw, and thought i'd post it here (in case anyone was interested ... maybe a rolling set of...
• Clear coat
  Historical mailing list - Derek Wh
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 12:00:27 -0400
  A while back there was a posting about a clear coat that could be brushed or rolled onto a Westy top, it would bring...
• Re: Honda ad
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:27:16 -0700
  ...it on Snopes at: http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp Very cool ad. The snopes article explains how the tires rolled up...
• Re: Contact Paper Source
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 06:00:02 -0400
  ...Take a sample of the colour to them and they will get it dead on. Then paint the surface using a roller, not a...
• Re: another chain question
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:09:06 -0800
  ...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: Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:12:34 -0400
  ...Our company bought a building a few years ago and when I was there checking it out, I noticed an old Rolls Royce sitting...
• Re: Vanagon Emergency Rear Door Exit
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 00:08:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...rolls. Landed on the right side. This was in a blizzard. > We got out the driver's door, but when we returned it had...
• Bug screen for front windows idea
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:29:43 -0800
  ...and it will keep the bugs out on those hot southern summer nights. Total cost for both windows was about $13 ($4 roll of...
• Caught offside!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:01:36 +0100
  ...maybe analagous to 'dutch-roll' of an aircraft, where natural stability in two of its three degrees of freedom, roll and yaw, interact. * or...
• Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:22:24 -0500
  ...I love it. there are also fabric roll up tables, and people I know with them have been quite happy with them. Why would...
• Re: transmission problem?
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:46:56 -0800
  ...even a rolling stop. When I step on the accelerator, the van doesn't move forward instantly. It feels like it's not engaged...
• Best $20 spent
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:45:53 -0500
  Just went to Wal-Mart and found window tinting (20% Limo Dark) in a long roll. Here's the best part -- it's *static...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:30:57 -0700
  ...I am in need of a slider door roller bearing (the big one that goes on the channel under the cover, under the rear...
• Re: roll down sids windows
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:36:34 EDT
  ...my van, and roll down windows would work > but they would probably let the body flex alot more than it does now, like > a...
• Archive reference guidance
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 21:47:07 -0400
  ...door center track and glass does not roll up. Door panel off and I've restored it, wired a speaker. ready to seal and...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:22:17 -0700
  ...but how do you propose to jack up the suspension to work on it , when that wheel is on a roll-up ramp ??? for...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:33:28 -0700
  --- On Wed, 9/9/09, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote: > It's getting to be time to replace the 14 inch tires on...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:10:22 -0700
  --- On Wed, 9/9/09, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote: > It's getting to be time to replace the 14 inch tires on...
• Re: Electric window inop (syncro westy)
  Historical mailing list - Lawn Boy
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:11:02 -0400
  ...It hasn't completely gone yet and it rolls down fine but I have to press the button repeatedly before it will go up...
• Re: Front 'badges' / emblems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sun, 18 Sep 94 19:33:25 PDT
  ...I've noticed that many buses (at > > Ken > 71 Westy > > I have one from my past '71 in my rollaround. (It got removed for...
• Re: '87 Vngn stuck in 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 May 2000 21:33:37 EDT
  ...If I'm gonna get stuck in a gear, I'd prefer to leave it in 3rd, high enough to roll home, BARELY low...
• Re: Movie Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:58:00 -0800
  ...of the movie is *Sasquatch Mountain* . > They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to shield themselves in a > shoot out. > Don...
• Re: vanagons in a rollover accident?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:03:07 +1200
  ...who was involved in a rollover last >year at highway speeds in his '87 Westy. I believe it went all the way over >twice...
• Re: Peel and Seal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:57:14 -0700
  ...Heat it a bit, roll it on with some pressure, roll into all the little details..... and it's there for life. The "seat...