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• Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 14 May 2003 17:46:37 EDT
  I just bought a 2 1/4 ton Craftsman floorjack at Sears sale priced from $39.99 to $29.99. They would have taken...
• Re: Coolant Leak INSIDE my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:58:46 -0700
  ...The big sheet of soundproof under the floorboard was ok. Then I ripped off the carpet, sanded the plywood flooring and covered it with...
• Re: Middle seat?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:49:09 -0400
  ...On many of the 84-86 Westies the tracks are already in the floor, just covered by some rather obvious metal covers. If you...
• Re: PIC. Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:33:33 -0700
  ...Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 6:17 PM > > > Image: > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NBaSOL0onl8...
• Re: brake fluid on my floor mats...what I do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:23:00 -0400
  ...a show piece but I'd kinda feel better if the floor wasn't >wet all the time. Anyone have any ideas how to...
• Re: Rainwater leak drivers side floor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 4 Jan 2020 11:30:04 -0800
  3 places to check - the door seal - the antenna seal - the windshield seal
• Re: Wet Front Floor Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:13:03 -0700
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• Re: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:47:22 -0400
  ...You want the pedal to hit the floor at the time that the lever on the trans is all the way forward, which triggers...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:38:58 -0400
  ...And difficulty for me in small garage to jack up and put on Jack Stands....narrow garage means hard to maneuver and use Floor...
• Re: Using a ramp
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:45:14 -0600
  ...He set an iron "groove in the concrete floor into which he drops a strip of 1/4 inch plate that the ramps back...
• Re: Mrs. Squirrel gets nice floors in Mellow Yellow.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:11:40 -0700
  ...westfakia/newfloor.jpg > > It took about three hours to get the floor installed in my baywindow > weekender. > > Nice work! > > > Happy trails, > > Greg Potts > Toronto...
• Brake Pedal "Thud": Video (youtube)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:31:21 -0800
  ...There is 3" between pedal arm and floor Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google...
• Re: Westy Middle Seat help/ middle seats for sale
  Historical mailing list - Luke Brennan
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 19:31:45 -0700
  >use a circular saw to cut your plywood subfloor, then lay the floortracks >down in the slots youve cut. all vans wether it be...
• Flapping accel pedal?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:00:39 -0500
  ...Are those wide flange rivets holding the pedal to the floor? Can a regular bolts replace them? 2. The VW parts guru says that...
• Re: help! It's pink!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:42:18 -0700
  ...There are drain holes at the back edge of the floor. These normally have a plastic cap in them but these are not liquid...
• Re: Is my clutch slave failing?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:42:17 -0500
  As the weather > has gotten cooler, my clutch seems to engauge closer and closer to the > floor. Currently the clutch must be FULLY DEPRESSED...
• Re: Jump seat in Westy - Pedestal configuration
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:04:21 -0700
  DaveC, The floor brackets can be customized from other material than the official VW welded brackets. I can provide you further specs on what...
• shrunken kitchen floor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Shoebridge
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:19:34 -0700
  ...I've managed to heat gun most of these back to their original length, but now there's the rubber floor in the kitchen...
• Re: 84 Westfalia Subfloor Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:07:43 -0700
  ...I have the bracket mounted up to the battery box and now need to get the floor supports in. I've seen some people...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Project Update
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 08:12:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...it looks like it > would be wise to replace the two floor halves, front crossmembers, and > rocker panels. > > Is this major work for a...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:18:40 -0800
  ...255 887 225C - above floor mounting plate, both sides, 2 required, $13.92 ea. 255 887 225 - below floor mounting plate, left side, $15...
• Re: Westy fridge fan on, but fridge is off (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:49:43 -0700
  ...However for gravity convection heat dissipation generated by the fridge is arranged such that it relies sucking cool air from the floor level and...
• Re: WTB: Frnt floor mats (waterproof)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:11:11 EST
  ...To solve my problem I finally went to Pep Boys and bought two generic heavy duty floor mats. They have a layout like kind...
• Re: Take A Look At This One
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 16 May 2012 02:26:19 -0700
  ...sent from my electronic leash On May 15, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Scott Daniel Foss wrote: > raise the whole floor area back there...
• Center Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:51:41 -0500
  ...I removed the four bolts that appeared to obviously hold the seat to the floor, but the seat won't budge. Like it's...
• How do I remove the middle seat?
  Historical mailing list - T.
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 09:39:46 -0700
  ...I lack the middle seat, but have the floor tracks. Since I have never looked at how it is fitted to the tracks, I...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:44:47 -0600
  ...air so drops to the floor of the van, >which is why the detector should be near the floor. Mine is on the front...
• Re: Rubber front floor rubber mat
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 22:55:58 -0400
  ...an 89 Westy Syncro and I'm looking for two front floor rubber > mats. Any suggestions out there? > Best regards. > Gilles Turmel > Gilles, If...
• Re: How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:51:31 +0000
  My radiantly heated garage floor makes quick work of any thawing needed.
• Re: Removing brake fluid from carpet
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:20:28 EST
  Forget the carpet clean the painted floor so it doesn't start to rust!
• Re: Go Westy Front floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:30:40 -0500
  ...Jim On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com>wrote: > For those looking for Floor Mats, I'm...
• Re: Friday Question
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:06:04 -0700
  ...Friday Question > So my question for you - Does anyone have experience with a good method? > > of keeping the oil/fluids off of the floor...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:24:15 -0800
  ...The description of this '82 above the floor plenum sounds *awful* (I've yet to see one)! You mean that it actually raises the...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 21 May 2023 17:58:50 -0400
  ...Will I find the floor rusted out? Could I bolt it through the floor as a temporary fix? > > Thanks > Jeff > > Sent from my iPhone
• windshield seal question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 95 18:02:58 CDT
  ...i always get a puddle up there after a rain storm, this then drains out the hole in my floor pan ! my question is...
• Re: Brakes problems
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sun, 29 May 2011 16:39:32 -0400
  ...floor in your manual bleeding > process. > > In case you did ......... > One should never stoke the brake pedal all the way to the floor in...
• Re: Parts Place
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 22:09:05 -0400
  ...You store these underneath your regular fabric floor mats and then when the weather is bad or your shoes are muddy you reverse the...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:23:50 -0700
  I always just use bolts through the floor with locknuts below. Oversize washers are a good idea too. A big advantage of locknuts for...
• Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 21:55:06 -0500
  ...Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba I was thinking about doing this too, but with the sort of inexpensive wood laminate from Home Depot...
• Re: Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson, Ph.D.
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:11:08 +0000
  ...If you use a floor jack, how do you position the jack on > the bottom of the jack receivers built into the Vanagon? If...
• Re: FS: Front Rubber Floor Mat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:56:35 -0800
  ...They are designed to be used directly on the steel floor, but I kept the rubber composition pads in place and the mat fit...
• Re: don'know much about aerodynamics
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Sat, 6 Aug 1994 10:11:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The grooves in the floor are not equal lengths apart, so you cant just bolt the seat channels in a different location. I had...
• Re: Upholstery & floor covering
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 07:33:51 -0500
  ...Upholstery & floor covering My newly acquired 1990 Westie has greasy/dirty upholstery and floor covering. Any suggestions for cleaning or replacing? Thanks, Gordon Bonham
• Plastic Strap Behind '87 Westy Passenger Seat
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:04:36 -0400
  Anyone know what the little plastic strip that is close to the floor behind the passenger seat is called or where to get a...
• Re: looking for wolfsburg jump seat female wire seat belts and suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:23:40 EST
  ...Use large head allen bolts coutersunk into the flooring material. >>>>Also, any creative suggestions on making my own floor mounts for these jump seats...
• Re: the bus starts!! Now to sell it..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:41:05 EDT
  ...Rubber floor mats. A.C. and 4-on-the-floor. A couple here in town in very >> $4k for a '90 Multivan???? geez, i...
• accelerator linkage 85 Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:25:51 -0400
  ...Stepped on the accelerator to pass a slow moving vehicle and something popped....the accelerator went dead to the floor seemingly unattached from whatever...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:04:45 -0800
  ...what you have in mind, but a couple of companies sell floor tiles (12" and 18" squares) in rubber in that diamond plate pattern...
• Westy Stove parts Needed;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:53:40 +0000
  ...Camper Fuse Box (behind Drivers Seat) Fridge Gas Supply Lines Sink Drain Hose Floor Attachment. (that screws to the floor) If you all can...
• another little typo
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:54:50 -0400
  the box was flat on the flood and not running.... Read ... flat on the floor and running regards
• Re: Carat interior install question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:43:20 +0000
  Where did you get the brackets that go on the floor in picture twelve? Great Photos.
• Re: Help Please, Lost Brakes :-(
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:58:41 -0500
  ...floor. > > Sometimes the pedal will drop to the floor without any resistance and other > times there will be some resistance before hitting the floor...
• Re: Why does my floor gets wet whenever it rains?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:40:42 -0400
  ...Eric Thomas Brobst wrote: >In my 84GL the floor in the front of the van gets soaked whenever it rains. >It doesn't matter...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:05:52 -0500
  My 83 Diesel has both the diesel heater and the plastic floor ducting. Just FYI. I am going to sell the diesel heater if...
• Re: van flooring
  Historical mailing list - Anna Quinn-Smith
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 05:49:17 +0000
  ...A friend in flooring biz gave me a couple rolls of vinyl remnants to use but they're butt ugly! So, after being inspired...
• 73 Bus Floorplan?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
  Fri, 7 Oct 1994 10:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Does anyone know where we could get an acurate floor plan for this bus? We could measure and draw one out but if someone...
• Re: Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:00:31 -0400
  Kristin Dewey wrote: > ...NO FLOOR MATS!!! > I've got the rug in the back, thank God, but none in front. > What kind of mats...
• Re: Tranny Jack opinions
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:03 -0800
  ...How do you first keep it on the floor jack before trying to raise it to join the engine? It will be difficult to...
• Re: 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:45:08 -0800
  ...slides in and out easy on factory floor tracks, but if your van didnt have the floor tracks i have them. (your floor is...
• Sound Deadening - how much to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 02:02:19 -0500
  ...How many square feet should I order to do the floor? I am thinking of not doing the floor because the front already has...