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Re: [vanagon] Re: [Vanagon-Westfalia] Removing the Westy Top and Installing a...
Historical mailing list
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:33:57 EST
In a message dated 11/9/05 8:53:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, ctonline@webtv.net writes: > > Duct Tape and a sheet of...
Re: re-shaping vanagon gas tank for more capacity (Re: Reason for Saddl
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:41:23 -0700
...This heater used that same fuel tank tunnel to duct hot air to the front heater vents. VW cleverly came up with a lasting...
Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:32:09 -0700
...On Splitties and some Bays it is via a large insulated metal tube, later Bays used the same/similar ducting the Air Cooled Vanagons...
80 vanagon heat duct
Historical mailing list
Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:51:54 -0700
...I am missing the heat ducting elbow that extends from the heater >blower down thru the sheet metal fitting into the right heat exchanger...
contacting VWoA
Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:18:14 -0700
> I've > checked > w/VWOA w/ my VIN # and the recall has been >done with center duct pieces. What number did you call or...
Re: Tales of Woe
Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
Tue, 18 May 1999 10:59:10 +0000
The falling AC duct was a recall item. I had mine repaired around 1994, at VW's expense (they sent me a notice and...
Essential Tools
Historical mailing list - Dan Brustein
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:19:33 -0400
...to have for basic maintenance and emergency repair (I already have duct tape covered! :-) ? Okay.. so it was *two* simple questions. --=Dan '84 Westy
Roof Vent Fan Recommendations?
Historical mailing list - Mike D.
Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:21:01 -0700
...a 12v computer fan and rigging up something with plywood and duct tape, but then again maybe there is an easier/nicer solution? I...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:11:31 -0500
...Put the door between the fan and the duct to > prolong the > life of the fan. > That's what I'm planning to do...
Re: Can anyone identify this plug?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:14:52 -0700
...Just need a steering wheel that doesn't fall off.... > > Bryan Duct tape. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com...
What's the big deal with this sticker thing any way ? give it a brake
Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:55:37 -1000
...Van? Anybody have a dig pic of it so I know how big it is so I know what it equals in duct tap?
Westy Cabinet Plastic Trim and big heater duct under van.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 29 May 2003 09:56:41 -0700
I've heard Stan Wilder has them. Give him a try http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/firesale7.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet...
Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
Historical mailing list
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:38:03 EST
In a message dated 11/9/05 7:53:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, bueses@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > How about a poly tarp & duct...
adoptin ac from a 7 passenger into a westy
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:40:20 -0500
...i know i cannot route the ductwork to the front because of the poptop, but it could just end halfway, or? any functional problems...
Re: Will someone please go KILL this guy!!!
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:00:10 -0700
...Come on Ben, real men would use duct tape to hold the top and bottom sections together! Mark in AK (the state with the...
Re: Friday Navigation Quiz
Historical mailing list - Tim
Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:12:36 -0400
...WD-40 and duct tape.| | If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. | | If it moves and shouldn't, use duct...
Re: '87 Westy: New fuel pump started crying on first day after fill up.
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:24:08 -0700
...Oh, and hide the duct tape...unless you're trolling for Larry the Cable Guy. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :) A...
Re: re What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:03:12 -0700
...annnd usually is duct tape and bailing wire.. not > usually a jack not usually a spare not usually a dist cap annnnnnd you > know...
Re: heater blower project
Historical mailing list
4 Oct 95 17:34
For my air-cooled bus I put an inline fan from a FIAT in the flow from the centre heat duct. This meant that...
Radio Speakers
Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:13:30 EDT
Not as cool as pulling motors and repairing trannies with duct tape but.....does anyone have a clue in regards to speaker wires? I...
Re: Where to buy intake manifold?
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:10:49 EST
...if > necessary, and repaint trick. > Why dont you just wrap them with duct tape ? It will probably last longer than your suggestion ;-) Steve Cotsford
Re: '91 Camper Comments
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Sun, 02 Oct 94 16:33:32 CDT
...They sit under all that > noise while the driver+ sweats. > If I had kept mine, I had planned to port the right-most duct...
Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
Historical mailing list - don spence
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:14:25 -0700
...I've also heard of it being done with duct tape (don't leave home without it). I have wrapped up burst rad hoses...
Re: Vanagon on Budweiser Commercial
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:14:55 -0800
...Vanagon on Budweiser Commercial Anyone else see the POS tin top on the new Bud commercial? I especially like the duct tape on the...
Re: Vanagon List Profiled In Washington Post Today
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:11:57 EDT
...writes: << just busting up.. >> No, you want look at Stan's duct tape posting for that. BenT <my apologies to the ladies on the...
Friday question: What tools do you carry?
Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 06:20:43 -0800
...What I would like to know is what tools would be the minimum to bring along as well? Duct tape, WD-40, big hammer...
Air conditioning makes it rain inside the bus.
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:20:14 -0500
...It also drips out of the air duct joints. Is this common? Should I just try to seal the joints? Is something, some other...
Re: Propex installation questions
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:39:45 -0800 (PST)
...I put the left over silver ducting on the intake and shoved it in the opposite direction of the exhaust ducting. The mushroom thingie...
Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
Historical mailing list - ed
Tue, 16 May 2000 21:50:14 -0400
...And the place where this thing enters is exactly where the ductwork from the engine arrives on the air-cooled Vanagon. So am I...
Coolant level ligh relay
Historical mailing list - Lund
Sat, 18 May 1996 22:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
...i spent about 30 minutes paging through the Bentley manual and came upon a picture an air duct hose which had a relay near...
heater cable snap
Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:17:33 -0500
...If you have heater ducts under there, check the cables that go to them. My ducts had these sweet little cable connectors that allowed...
Re: heater controls
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:00:50 -0700
...Jerry I cut foam rubber plugs to fit in the 4-defroster outlets and inside the two heater duct openings. You can tape them...
Re: COLD fresh air leaking
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:43:24 -0500
...This > should have stopped all fresh air from entering the heater box enclosure. > > Is there a second air intake duct, possibly coming from the...
Re: d pillar air intake hose
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:34:50 -0800
...I have on order some > ducting for heater/air conditioning use in that size. > > http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air-conditioning/2-5-inch-flexible...
Re: a/c roof ducts recall
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:53:41 -0800
...Hector Zapata wrote: > > I remember that a few months ago there was mention of a problem with the a/c > ducts falling from tha...
Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - David M
Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:18:17 -0700
...3) Forgetting which way the keyhole has to be to open the rear latch -David ('87 Wolfsburg with a/c ducts on the floor)
Re: Screen window for '88 Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Gary Edwards
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:56:31 EDT
Well, if you're gonna be so rustic as to tape screen fabric on with duct tape, you might consider springing for what is...
Vanagon Tool Box
Historical mailing list - Frank
Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:07:13 -0500
...Apart from screwdrivers, pliers and duct tape, what are some handy tools/items I should have on hand in case of emergency? Frank
CANVAS
Historical mailing list - patrick
Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:05:36 -0600
...I used the trusty standby duct tape to prevent it from spreading but it looks like hell. I would also take suggestions on cleaning...
Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:01:12 -0400
...what the world needs now, is clear duct tape! At 02:32 PM 8/27/2004 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote: >And with the recent...
Re: Free GL near Santa Cruz
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:26:04 -0400
I like that he say's "the ac needs work" then you see in the picture the duct work sitting in the back seat...
Re: '91 Camper Comments
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:51:26 PDT
...Walker says: > > If I had kept mine, I had planned to port the right-most duct into the > > side vent nearby, seal off the...
Re: one more '66 question (dog-house fan shroud)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 May 1996 23:18:03 -0500
...This is in addition to the two fresh-air-heating air >ducts on the *back* (back means back of the car) of the shroud...
Re: [Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard]
Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 23:51:41 MDT
...The radio was relocated for the sake of two air vents in the center of the dash, the two outer vents were re-ducted...
Re: Hole in luggage rack/ best repair material?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 6 Nov 2010 16:14:59 -0400
...Westy. >Recommendations on the best material to patch this? (white rack on white van) Depending on your inclinations, Fiberglas or Duct tape. Yours, David
Re: Alarm - Remote lock - Etc.
Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:05:58 EST
...d be surpassed to know what a difference a 2-liter soda bottle, some toilet paper, and a roll of duct tape make. --Paul--
Gear Loft
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:23:35 -0700
Now that I've pulled down the cracked and sagging center AC duct from my ceiling, I'm looking for a suitable elastic net...
Re: TBD sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:38:35 -0500
My 84 Westy has the fresh air duct above the door. Mine is a Canadian model, though. Marshall Ruskin >Hello, Ron. I have 2...
Duct-less Westy A/C Query
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:40:21 -0400
There are threads probably on here and at Samba where people are taking the Westy overhead-of-the-rear-seat air duct (usually beige...
Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:39:02 -0600
Read closer ".to allow the hot air duct to pass from rear to front on air cooled Vanagons." In other words this was how...
Re: A/C Duct Sagging-NLA?
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:58:33 +0200
...I may just remove the duct. I have a leak somewhere and will >> put in >> some R134A with stop leak and check the hoses...
Re: Blog post about 85 doka
Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:47:37 -0400
...I would install fans inside this duct to move that air into the very cold rear compartment. I have never seen one of these...
Re: heater blowers
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:04:10 -0400
...Is this "just the way it is," or is there perhaps something blocking the >ducts? I am comparing the feeble VW flow with the...
Re: best lube for sliding door
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:08:37 -0700
...and always stayed put. > bob So you are saying it is nothing but aviation/military grade duct tape?;-) BenT
Free Parts
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:49:40 -0800
...1.6TD Short Block (good used) - A bunch of air conditioning ducting (old & new style) - middle seat (late model, brown) - middle seat (early style...
value of AC equipment?
Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
Sat, 26 May 2001 13:32:30 EDT
...When the overhead ducts abruptly crashed to the floor last summer, I decided to remove the whole AC unit from the rear to make...
Re: mice
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:17:54 -0600
...When you get a mouse on the duct tape, please torture it until you get a confession of where/ how--and then post it...
Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
Historical mailing list
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:37:18 EST
In a message dated 11/9/05 7:53:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, bueses@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > How about a poly tarp & duct...
Re: How to keep cool in your van
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:31:23 -0400
...Controls a flap that opens and closes to direct air through the front door ducts. The one in the driver's side door basically...
Re: AC duct sagging
Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:33:52 -0600
...AC duct sagging There was a VW recall on that, but the time lime on the free fix has run out. You may - or...