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  • sliding window lock
    Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
    Sun, 3 Dec 2006 00:41:43 EST
    When I bought my 1987 Vanagon about 6 yrs ago, the passenger side sliding window lock was broken and in the glove box lol...
  • Re: Disable power windows?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:21:37 -0400
    ...If anyone knows how to fix power windows or convert them to manual lifts, let me know. Thanks. you need to get a manual...
  • insulated window blanket prototype
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:04:19 -0700
    My wife sewed up a insulated window blanket today - I had an idea, I got the material, she did the hard work. It turned...
  • RE: wind noise in vans
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 17 May 1994 08:55:16 -0700
    ...We carry a nickel(s) in the map pocket on the door to shim the window tight on long drives. Is there a window...
  • Re: Side middle window bushings
    Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
    Wed, 9 May 2001 23:23:17 -0700
    ...Side middle window bushingsReference those sliding window end guides (281 847 723B) I used a utility knife to trim back the tabs and then...
  • Needed: Power Window regulator/motor Driver Side
    Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
    Wed, 15 May 2002 07:29:17 -0700
    Hello All! I need a power window regulator/motor for the Driver's Side window in my '90 Vanagon Carat...anybody got one for...
  • Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:38:04 EDT
    In a message dated 8/15/05 1:09:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, otlists@evcl.com writes: > The windows are different sized? yep...
  • Anyone have an extra sunvisor clip?
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Sun, 11 May 2008 22:34:59 +0000
    ...Ric _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner
  • Passenger side window inop
    Historical mailing list - Scott R. Holpainen
    Sat, 8 May 1999 10:14:51 -0700
    My power window just went kaputz! Any suggestions?
  • Front door speakers and window crank
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 10 Nov 1994 15:16:23 -0500 (EST)
    ...It's the window crank that makes things difficult. I was thinking of replacing the window crank with one that is just slightly shorter...
  • Re: 57 samba or 58?
    Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
    Fri, 03 Nov 95 10:38:47 EST
    > the initial 2 means it's a type 2 - transporter > the second number is the model - > model 21 is the delivery van (no windows...
  • Q:how to install the plastic front window trim
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:11:50 -0400
    ...I bought new (WCM) front window plastic trim from Ron Salmon when we were en route to Manassas. The old trim came out easily...
  • Re: WTB:window crank spacers for speaker clearance
    Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
    Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:19:02 -0500
    Ron, I know you know the $3.00 Bug window crank works on the Vanagon too.Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Bus Depot <ron...
  • Re: Original poptop and window seals leave trails of black residue after rain on my white 91 MV
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:10:07 -0400
    ...I have been using 303 Protectant but I do believe I'll treat all the windows with Glyceryne based on my test window. YMMV...
  • Re: 87 Westfalia: Rear closet removal?
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:41:04 -0400
    I'll add my name to the list of users who have had that window tinted without having cabinet or window removed. Marc P...
  • Re: Power window disaster, help needed! (update)
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:03:23 -0400
    conversion to windup windows is pretty simple. Replace motor and current regulator with the windup regulator. You have to pull the existing one out...
  • Power door parts FS
    Historical mailing list - Joe Kearns
    Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:36:13 -0400
    I just dismantled the door on an '89 Carat I am parting and have all of the power Window, power lock and the drivers...
  • rear vent windows for Eurovan
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 06 Jul 95 12:20:31 CDT
    from European Car, August 1995 issue, page 28: "Projektzwo offers a conversion for the VW Eurovan that allows you to use the rear windows...
  • Outer Window Seals
    Historical mailing list - ROGunter
    Fri, 6 Mar 1998 20:47:23 EST
    Does anyone know where I can purchase the seals that go on the driver and passenger side windows of a Vanagon. I am not...
  • 90 Vanagon Power Window Problem
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Paul
    Tue, 9 May 2000 20:07:03 -0500
    Has anyone had experience repairing the power window mechanism? The window on the passenger side quite working and is stuck about three inches from...
  • Re: Chrome Window Trim
    Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
    Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:23:41 +1000
    I was toying with the idea of powder coating the aluminium window frames black. I dont have the chrome window channel strips. Ray Hunnam...
  • Re: triangular side window seal Re: Westy Soundproofing
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:39:09 -0700
    ...06, Rob Infante <RobInfante@aol.com> wrote: > > Speaking of window seals, my little swivel window on the passenger side is > noisy. Looking at the...
  • need help with power window problem
    Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
    Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:47:44 -0800
    I've removed and installed power window motors and regulators, but I'm not sure what's causing the current problem. I started to...
  • Re: Driver's Door Window
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:22:16 -0800
    So, I took the door back apart as soon as I got home, and after looking for a few minutes, found that the window...
  • Re: Removing window seals
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:43:30 -0500
    Insert blade/cutter knife (long blade style cutter works good) BETWEEN GLASS AND SEAL parallel to glass, go around windows as deep as you...
  • Re: base model '90-'91 NON-GL's
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:58:09 +1000
    Actually, I don't think it had anything to do with a preference by tradesmen although I do concur that non-opening windows are...
  • Power Window problem
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
    Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:20:28 -0600
    My driver side power window control has been slowly failing, and today it died. Previously, I would just have to slam the door and...
  • Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
    Historical mailing list - Alvaro
    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:08:24 -0700
    ...I was just wondering if anyone has tried window cranks from a Jetta? I just replaced one window crank on my t2' and it...
  • Power Windows
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 01 Jun 1995 15:18:35
    The right window in my '90 Vanagon GL goes down, but not up. Neither the right or left door switch will bring it up...
  • Any Sliding Window Screens Out There?
    Historical mailing list - James Benthall
    Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:17:35 EDT
    Hi all, Go Westy is out of the sliding window screens they use to sell, and I can't find them at the Bus...
  • Wanted: your old busted or ripped westy sliding window screens
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:40:23 EDT
    if anyone out there has any busted or ripped Westfalia sliding window screens...im interested in them... (these are the OEM style plastic framed...
  • Re: Power Window Wires
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Wed, 6 Sep 2017 07:42:03 -0400
    ...The diagrams for the window circuits are quite challenging. Just finding them in the Bentley is often impossible for me. :-) Larry A. On Wed...
  • Re: Vent windows past 90 degrees -- nope
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:24:55 -0700
    Not quite - my '84 and '86 vent windows work great! =) On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Randy Bergum <organslave@earthlink.net...
  • Bus broken into last night. Need F.R. triangle window, etc
    Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
    Tue, 4 May 1999 07:13:55 -0700
    ...1) how much can I expect a professional to replace the window for me? 2) are these windows easy to replace and should I...
  • Re: westy bug screens into vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
    Mon, 1 May 2000 13:02:29 EDT
    >Stuart wrote: >The Westy sliding side windows are specific to the Westy and come with screens, but the rear hatch screen will work. You...
  • Re: 3 Window Westfalia canvas
    Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
    Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:25:28 -0500
    When we moved from an '87 Westy to a '95 EurovanCamper, we moved from one window in the canvas popup to 3 windows in...
  • Front window broken plastic bit
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:41:52 -0700
    On the passenger side, while re-installing the window, a little plastic part that helps connect the window to the regulator broke. It looks...
  • Re: window wind and rain deflector
    Historical mailing list - Jim King
    Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:56:14 -0400
    ...The ones I have fit into the window channels, tightly without any adhesive and can be easily removed again. The best thing they do...
  • Re: Van Windows
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:56:25 -0800
    Why don't you post some pics, Birdman? Are these he bubble type or what? BenT Sent from behind naked windows On Dec 31...
  • FS: Westy canvas
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 17 May 2000 19:24:08 -0300
    ...It was made by a local canvas shop and is sort of light pea soup green in colour and has NOT windows, not even...
  • Re: window replacement, almost back on the road
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:31:09 -0800
    At 11/26/2005 06:01 AM, Joy Hecht wrote: >Someone carefully cut out one of the triangular side windows, on the >passenger side...
  • Re: Westy Window Query
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:36:38 EDT
    ...you cannott put screens on the passenger van sliders, the screen would cover the latch, and you wouldnt be able to open the window...
  • Re: Vanagon glass update: window tint
    Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
    Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:41:34 -1000
    ...window tint >I will also be re-installing the window tint on my 87 van. >I've just noticed that the back window has...
  • Re: Window Crank Extenders
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:56:51 +0200
    Will the window crank extenders from a Bug work? I know the cranks themselves work, I have chrome 1968 Bug cranks on my 87...
  • Screens for Westy Weekender Side Windows?
    Historical mailing list - DB
    Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:35:13 -0500
    Hi Gang, I know metal screens are stock on the sliding side windows on Westy full campers, but are they available for the Weekender...
  • Window-mount A/C info?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
    Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:17:20 -0700
    ...I've picked up a small (5200 BTU) standard window-mount A/C unit. I plan to use this for my summer camping trip...
  • Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at the factory in Germany:
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:43:35 +1300
    >Right, at least till mid 1980's had the 3 foot wide tailgate with the >big deluxe window AND the deluxe 15/ 23 style...
  • Re: cool aftermarket window cranks, retrofit power windows?
    Historical mailing list - Audin Malmin
    Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:11:15 -0700
    On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:54:55PM -0500, Andy Stalick wrote: > Hello all- > > My driver's side window crank has gotten stripped...
  • Window Seal / Scraper options?
    Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
    Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:53:50 -0400
    Are there any generic "by the foot" window sealing/scraper options for the roll downs in the front and the sliding windows in the...
  • Re: Privacy glass for VW's?
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
    Fri, 10 Jul 1998 14:00:03 -0500
    ...You just press it in place and it supposedly sticks...like a static cling window sticker....Looks just like the regular window film that...
  • Vanagon side window latch removal
    Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
    Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:15:28 -0600
    Hi list members, Can someone tell me how to remove the slide window latch? There appears to be a slotted screw in the bottom...
  • Saving window cranks
    Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
    Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:19:35 -0700
    My window cranks also failed as a result of stress from the resistive forces of mechanism and/or tracks. Anyone done a "rebuild" of...
  • Re: Sale prices for Vanagons
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:57:25 EST
    ...power windows were still an option. in '89 they became standard on the carat/wolfy. chris
  • FS: vanagon screened side windows, louvered or sliding
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:42:02 EDT
    ...vanagon side windows w/ screens, sliding westy style. have pair. fit all vanagons, westy or pass van. also have louvered jalousie side windows w...
  • Re: WTB - quarter vent window
    Historical mailing list - John Runberg
    Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:32:29 -0500
    > A friend broke the glass in one of his vent windows and the local yards are > empty. Does anyone have a quarter window for...
  • WTB - Good Used Power Window Motor
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:06:29 -0400
    Driver's side needed... (didn't realize they were different - thanks, Zoran!) Folks, Not for me (I use those bio-mechanical window cranks), but...
  • Re: rattling window
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:36:46 -0400
    ...is the whistle coming from the main window or the vent window? Mike Jeff Palmer wrote: > Mine whistles when its fully closed. Any suggestions...
  • Re: lubricating window regulators?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:27:39 -0400
    My brother's Plymouth Acclaim has manual windows but his driver's side window was so hard to roll down that the glass would...
  • Re: 12v Fan for fridge interior
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 8 May 2008 13:50:32 -0600
    ...not me, the fan. :) _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc...
  • Re: Window tinting
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:58:49 -0700
    ??? Does that mean that if you're from Arizona and have legally tinted front door windows, you can't drive that vehicle at all...