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• Re: Cool roof paint on material for vanagon camper tops?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:41:49 -0700
  ...Much easier! Then I installed all new SS fasteners, skylight hinges, luggage rack tie downs, gas springs, and seals. Cost me about $300 in...
• Re: "Fold-Up" Table
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:21:17 -0800
  ...There are two hinges at the top and > the latch is at the bottom right (that's where the resistance > is). Is there a...
• Re: Dash removal for AC access
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:59 -0700
  ...falls out, then slide it left or right right off the hinges ) remvoe the 'console cover'..........forward of the shift left - that large plastic...
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 16:13:19 +0930
  ...it in my Westy? >> >>Barndoor > > A large, sometimes double apparatus on hinges which swings open to let cows >out... > >>Splitter > >A device used by...
• Re: Reassembly has begun
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:42:21 -0300
  ...turbowesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> I posted a query about bench/bed hinges earlier and mentioned that my >> camper is coming back together now. Here...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:32:59 -0600
  ...the gutter on top of the upper inside lip (under the hinges, with the lid open), the rubber gasket and the painted lid surface...
• Re: !PLEASE HELP! Adding a cabinet door to the rear westy closet
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:05:04 -0700
  ...If any one has an extra door and hinges let me know (my van is a 1984 with beige/brown cabinets) Thanks for the...
• Camper Floorplans
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:41:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...when | | | | (Storage | | folded out | | (Storage | | underneath)| | | | underneath)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |------------------------------------------------| seat back, 2 piano hinges, folds back in U shape |------------------------------------------------| Bedding in back is contained within the...
• Re: WTB: door for westy above-bed storage
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:01:30 -0500
  ...If I was going to "make do" with a fabricated solution, I would fabricate the door, hinges, latch too. Maybe some melamine material from...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:48:54 -0700
  ...I made the lid of the box so that it fits into the top of the box without any hinges and it has a...
• Re: ebay car? (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:35:57 EST
  ...munched up), except there was also damage at the rear poptop hinges from the shock, and the canvas was sheared. we did the swap...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:53:06 -0500
  ...the luggage rack and rear hinges we bolted right thru the roof as do in a real westy. he was quite pleased with the...
• Re: Rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:19:50 -0600
  ...Rear hatch >> >> It sounds like the hinges are still binding. Might try loosening hinge >> bolts slightly either at the door jamb or on the...
• Re: Is it open-cell foam if it doesn't say closed-cell? (heater flap material)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:38:27 -0500
  ...if the foam is thick the flaps have to compress it near the hinges in order to get the outer edge to make contact...
• Re: '66 bus mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:44:01 -0400
  ...for someone else as well (Michael.Heron?). > > Anyway because my door hinges were worn out I made new arms for my EE > mirrors out...
• Re: Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:30:54 -0600
  ...and leaks where the racks are bolted and eventually even the hinges. There is also the consideration of wind resistance and the increased effect...
• Re: Passenger Door Rattles
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:43:40 -0500
  ...The door hinges sag over time and the latch can be used to help support the door by nudging them up a bit). If...
• Re: Patch a small tear in the tent
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:13:55 -0700
  ...It looks as if the elastic is > designed to pull the tent inward from the hinges > during lowering of the top, but that's...
• Rules to live by.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 10:05:34 -0800
  ...Be not loose in thy jaw hinges for no man knoweth all about diesels. The truly wise absorbeth much knowledge and exceedith little, and...
• some westy mods/accesories
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:18:05 -0700
  ...and lift mechanism from a wrecker and ended up making the hinges myself from some stainless channel (heating, bashing and grinding). The vent made...
• Re: Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:01:24 -0700
  ...and low for a grey >> >> refrigerator door + the wooden frame it hinges to. Can anyone point me in >> >> the right direction or have one...
• Re: Wind Noise
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 21 May 2002 13:58:23 +1000
  ...re-positioning your striker plates on the door frames or the hinges in a little bit to pull the doors in tighter when closed...
• Angle question (designing an awning. Image included!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:40:32 -0700
  ...Not sure what ID of jack point is yet, so design hinges on that. Part of the plan includes making or finding, a piece...
• Re: Radiator install time
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:48:10 +1000
  ...The clips on the hinges can be a bugger to remove but you'll work it out. Take note where they fly to when...
• Re: Oversize Spare tire fitment in clamshell holder question
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:12:17 -0700
  ...and requires cutting the rear of the clamshell and > modifying the hinges to lower the rear so the tire fits. Once done the > tire...
• Re: Paint Project-Think Hard on This One
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:50:15 -0700
  ...I even removed the doors, hood and trunk lid so that I could paint > beneath the hinges. I learned well why a properly done...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 12:09:50 -0400
  ...I don’t know what the p/o used on the >> hinges. Can I hit the hinge with a little white lithium grease after...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_Another_thing_I_didn=E2=80=99t_know_about_my_van?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:41:49 -0700
  ...The latch striker plate is adjustable as is the bracket that the hinges fit into . You can level the box and get it closing...
• Re: Reassembly has begun
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 01:02:48 -0400
  ...turbowesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I posted a query about bench/bed hinges earlier and mentioned that my > camper is coming back together now. Here...
• Re: bug o' rama report
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 18:48:48 -0400
  ...BD firetrucks have piano hinges on the > deck lid and hatch in the back. Small engine lid, barndoor nose, ambulance hatch. - - - if you look...
• Re: pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:44:11 -0800
  ...the pressure inside the >van will force the canvas to "bellows" out, and thereby have a greater >tendency to get stuck in the hinges...
• Re: trailer conversion/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:46:43 -0400
  ...cut off more of the Vanagon and modify the door as in half a sliding dor and > hinges. > 2. ad another set of wheels...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 15:18:05 -0600
  ...Rubber > feet keep it from slipping. > > Of course you should carefully lubricate the hinges both at the rear > (they're plastic bushings) and at...
• Re: Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 3 May 2017 16:39:29 -0400
  ...The one you show has two right > angle hinges, for lack of a better description. I could sent you a picture > of mine for...
• Re: Main Battery Installation: Grease or Coat Terminals?
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:36:27 -0400
  ...You can spend $$$ for snake oil, or just do this when you do your twice a year oil can lube of your door hinges...
• Re: wanted: pass side doka treasure chest door
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:28:35 -0700
  ...Most EU used parts sellers cut the doors off the donors damaging the hinges in the process. Otherwise, buying used on German eBay is...
• Re: Carrying a canoe, Was: Re: Rain Gutter Adapter Locations
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:28:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...With the hatch open loop a line around each of the hinges. > Tie down the canoe rear between the hinges. (In the front use...
• Re: Sliding Door, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Leavitt
  Thu, 20 Mar 1997 05:39:41 -0500
  ...than to re-adjust it with the screws on the 3 hinges and 2 latches. It can either be a long involved process of...
• Re: Reassembly has begun
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:39:24 -0400
  ...at 3:33 PM > I posted a query about bench/bed hinges earlier and mentioned that my > camper is coming back together now. Here...
• Re: Another Back on the List / Mysterious Leak
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:24:03 -0500
  ...Each door has a rubber tube near the hinges where the wires pass from the body to the door. Not long ago I replaced...
• Re: Pop-top canvas replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:20:23 -0400
  ...They should last forever if you keep your seals in good order and avoid cutting the thing in the hinges, etc. I have installed...
• Re: BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:28:20 -0800
  ...Then, a trip to the hardware store lands you a pair of hinges, which....you install BEHIND the body panel, right at the top...
• Re: Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:20:06 -0400
  ...and low for a grey >>> refrigerator door + the wooden frame it hinges to. Can anyone point me in >>> the right direction or have one...
• FOR SALE: Whole bunch of Vangon and other parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:38:37 -0800
  ...engine conversion – everything works – weight 5.5kg Vanagon seat hinges that fold into a bed – weight 7.5kg 1977 Audi Fox...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:43:25 EST
  ...the luggage rack and rear hinges we bolted right thru the roof as do in a real westy. he was quite pleased with the...
• Re: doing the upper bunk fold down two step
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Mar 2026 18:32:14 +0000
  ...Are the hinges adjustable or do they wear out? Years ago the left side hinge used to get hung up on that screw head...
• Re: A/C noisy racket
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:41:12 -0800
  ...You can juggle it around and "hinge" the whole housing down (passenger side hinges down) and get the fan out without disconnecting the evaporator...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:42:47 -0700
  ...in Bentley, funnily enough), but I need to work on the hinges to get hatch perfect, but that needs a helper.... > > alistair > > > > > > On 2012...
• Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:45:45 -0700
  ...Do you mean install one as per the driver side lid? (4 screws no hinges) Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
• Motor is out, but....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Sun, 2 Apr 95 21:44:54 PDT
  ...No sooner have I lifted the bus of the jackstand on one side, the jack kind of hinges and collapses and the whole nine...
• Re: Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Fri, 13 May 2005 08:33:33 -0700
  ...filler cap, when turned on the side and inserted between the hinges, works as a perfect wedge to hold the license plate door open...
• skylight kits
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:40:58 -0400
  ...The hinges and hardware are gone. I have checked out Bus Depot, GoWesty, and The Skylight Guy web sites. While I don't need...
• Re: Lubricant ?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:50:24 -0800
  ...Lubricant ? > > > > > > > > Think that I saw this subject previously..Wanted to know good > all-purpose > > > > lubricant for seat sliders, hatch and door hinges, etc. > > > > Thanks...
• Replacing foam gaskets on the heater box doors
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 3 May 2006 08:33:55 -0700
  This heater box is from an early vanagon?? Unlike late vanagons, the door flap hinges(whew) dont have little plastic pins that allow removal...
• Re: Sound system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 28 May 2012 07:35:48 -0600
  ...one time so I made mine full width using trim and hinges off of the removed closet and mounted 2 spkrs forward ans 2...
• Moldy Pop Top Cure
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:17:21 -0700
  ...Then unbolted the pop top from the top of the van, leaving the rear hinges attached to the pop top. With the help of...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:34:36 -0700
  ...No hinges at all actually. Just places things pivot on pins. maybe we're talking about different things. I just looked at my 85...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:30:08 +0000
  ...This will be a little higher than when the hinges are attached. I am using two 2inch wide straps around the top and 4...
• The poptop project, part 3
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:50:26 -0400
  ...The hinges were put on by lifting the rear of the top with some crosswise 2x4s and fiddling with the hole alignment. Finally, the...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:53:32 -0400
  ...to remove the cabinet opening trim you have to unscrew > the hinges and latches, which makes the job a PITA. > > > > A couple of these...