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• Re: Black Gooey Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:36:32 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote: > What black gooey stuff under the floor carpet? Ain't no such thing in my > van...
• Re: any interest in diesel style vanagon walkthru floor vent? ducts heat to b...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:01:46 EST
  ...i have a complete floor vent setup from a diesel vanagon. would work on ANY manual trans vanagon. i was going to put this...
• Re: Vendor/Product Report - Sewfine Interior Products
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:27:41 -0500
  ...What I would do, is stick with the good wearing carpet that they installed, but ask for an overlay carpet (custom fitted floor mats...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:40:42 -0700
  Yeah at home bottle jack useful for more than lifting van . Floor jack better . Of course jack stands too. On the road, I’m...
• Re: Material advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:44:45 -0700
  ...http://www.coroplast.com/general.htm Two layers of this stuff is exactly the height of the floor corrugations. I cut strips at right...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 18 May 2004 19:04:58 -0400
  ...The risk isn't worth the little time/cost saved by not welding collars down to the floor. john > jeff, you dont need those...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:14:48 -0600
  Dave, Place the floor jack dead center on the rear cross member/ engine support. No problem. Forget jacking it via the trans RC E...
• Re: Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 14 May 2003 20:01:03 -0400
  Well any truck and/or SUV jack & stands will work great. Regards, Shawn.
• Re: floor mats
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:29:05 -0600
  Entity Larry Edson spoke thus: > And a surprising number with nothing at all WHAT? You mean bare metal? -- Gnarlie
• Re: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 May 2024 09:30:47 -0400
  ...wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Earlier I reported a fairly new Harper Freight floor jack failed. I was looking for a different jack. > > In the end...
• Re: My Bus, 1973
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 96 09:45:05 PST
  ...On long trips in my bus I discovered that the floor gets quite hot between >the ice box and the seat behind the drivers...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:46:06 -0700
  ...Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy A couple months ago, I spoke with a female list member about some "Rubber Diamond floor plate" she...
• Re: Doka/utility rubber cab mats
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jul 2017 23:04:21 -0400
  ...Love Cunegonde's new center engineered hardwood floor, now disgusting front carpet and rotting padding's got to go. Mold removal/antifungus completed everywhere...
• bay area body work
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:17:36 -0700
  morning all, i'm finally getting started on my summer project - gutting my camper section on the 86 westfalia and installing new electrics, flooring...
• FS: 2 person grey middle seat for westy..WITH floor tracks & seatbelts $50
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:37:01 EDT
  i have a 2 person middle seat with floor tracks and seatbelts. seatbacks fold forward as well for sleeping or carrying loads.. mount it...
• tent recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:29:44 -0500
  ...My pop's old tent had a floor and gasket so it fit nice and snug to the van. Does anything like that exist...
• sunroof as engine hatch?
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 23:20:58 EDT
  After working on a friends '74 I realized how wonderful that hatch in the cargo floor can be. My '72 of course does not...
• Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDE yourvan?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 7 May 2001 19:53:03 -0400
  ...of Pergo flooring, three adults and a child. I had to put the fridge and the jumpseat behind the back seat to make room...
• Re: carpet - Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:14:30 -0700
  ...When you take out the carpet you will see the cork floor and how the floor is shaped to hold the water for a...
• Ideas for replacement of Westy sliding door scuff guard
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:41:35 -0400
  ...Anybody have any ideas for a replacement? This is the manilla plastic scuff guard that bridges the gap between the Westy camper floor and...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:22:23 -0500
  ...Remove the floor jack. Is this correct? On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:45 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am...
• Roof Rack Mounting
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:00:13 -0800
  ...It's a great set up...but i need to put a floor in it. My question: Can I use a solid plywood (1...
• Re: Brake help needed
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:15:16 -0500
  ...Brake pedal goes to the floor when trying to stop Ever since I got the van the pedal would SLOWLY make it's way...
• Re: [SyncroDoubleCabs] Converting Doka to Auto trans... Questions regarding late model floor vent/tunnel
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:53:02 -0700
  My experience is there is no difference on the floor vent between the DoKa and the regular van. The differences are there between gasoline...
• Re: the 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:37:07 -0700
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/westy-new-old-floor/ The original 2 person bench still fits in, but due to the westy...
• Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:03:32 -0700
  ...Probably the equal to the winches you are mentioning... >> >> >  For the motor.(should make that clear) > > .the floor jack worked fine for the tranny...
• Need Interior Part (made stupid mistake)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:02:13 -0800
  ...It is the big piece that runs from the radio down toward the floor, just in front of the stickshift. It was more brittle...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct photo in Bentely
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:43:28 -0800
  ...Raised floor heater duct photo in Bentely If anyone cares, there is a picture of the floor duct in question on page 80.12...
• Re: Does back closet have a floor?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:54:20 -0700
  ...Does back closet have a floor? some (all?) have a bit of sheet metal attached to base of closet to stop stuff from migrating...
• Rubber mats..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:33:03 -0700
  ...Look at horse stable mats as a possible source for floor covering or engine deck area mats in your vanagon. I have them on...
• jumpseats for sale again
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 05:16:57 EDT
  ...No belts or floor mounts. Floor mounts are pretty cheap even at the dealer. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index...
• Re: Finally - Nice Rubber Floor Mats for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:57:46 -0400
  > Finally, someone makes a great set of rubber floor mats for > the Vanagon. They fit perfectly and look like they could hold > a lot...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:57:46 -0500
  ...Jim, I am pretty sure that you will find the metal floors to be virtually identical, whether 82,83,87,90...... >>> >>>> I think it...
• PIC. Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:17:16 -0700
  ...t really matter I guess but am curious given difference in floor colours and patches. Maybe Westfalia (logically) didn't care as who would...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 11:37:07 -0500
  ...You could use a pair of jack stands, raise one > side, put on the jack stand, lower floor jack and do the same on...
• Re: Vanagon Engine/Transmission Removal Websites?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:27:09 -0500
  ...You have to tilt the engine a lot, I don't think a big floor jack would work very well. No special tools needed...
• Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:14:34 -0400
  ...I didn't and now have a hole in the floor at that point. Any suggestions as to how to patch it it?? It...
• Propex installation: lazy man's armchair plan
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 03 Dec 1996 12:22:29 -0800
  ...Then I could run a 3/8 inch line from the (furnace/fridge) "T" up to the underside of the floor and back along...
• Re: Door and window seals
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:50:04 -0500
  >Also, any clever fixes for floor holes (not really huge) that >won't require replacing the floor? Try laying up some fiberglass over them...
• Re: Cargo Floor Liner
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 01:52:20 -0400 (EDT)
  ...US, >> the '80 Vanagon that I took the front rubber Cab floor mat out of was: solid in color- had masonite sidepanels- had a...
• Re: New drums, now brake pedal goes to floor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 15 May 2000 18:40:16 -0500
  ...The pedal now goes almost to the floor when I apply the >brakes. The brakes are working, as I jacked the van up and...
• FS: Westy 2 person middle seat w/ seatbelts, grey, in California
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:29:35 EDT
  ...has seatbelts, and floor tracks. installs in any westy, the holes are already there under your plywood subfloor for these tracks for this seat...
• Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 23 May 2002 17:11:12 -0400
  ...I've got one of those "base model" vanagons that has the wall-to-wall rubber floor mats rather than carpeting. There are a...
• Re: Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:25:13 -0600
  ...Floor Mats >Hey, are the archives down again?? >I just tried to pull up the site and got a "connection refused" message... >...the nerve...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:58:29 -0800
  ...Then lift and twist that floor duct assembly until it clears the parking brake lever and gear shift lever. (then put it out for...
• Re: Seat/Bed Swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:34:36 -0700
  ...Nothing is involved with the floor of the van that I can see. The seat doesn't even touch the floor of the van...
• Re: Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal; pedal height ok.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:52:48 -0400
  ...So I finished working on my rear brakes. > > snip... > > > But..... > > > > Cold in the morning engine off; brake pedal is > easy to > > push to floor...
• Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:25:58 -0400
  ...I did not use the GL floor tracks, I used westy floor > tracks. They have different lengths, and you could cut the GL ones...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Dec 2022 12:59:20 -0800
  ...There is a good possibility there is rust on the floor where the rivets were seated. Alistair > On Dec 3, 2022, at 12:42...
• update floor in camper without removing cabinets
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 9 Aug 2019 21:52:58 -0400
  ...Will I be able to pull out the carpet from under the cabinets and then slide the new floor underneath? Thanks! Wes
• Re: Brakes went out
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:20:02 -0700
  ...Brake pedal went to the >floor. NO BRAKES! Checked fluid, level fine (clutch still working properly >on manual trans). Does the pedal recover on...
• EV Cat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 14:23:26 -0700
  ...GM's Camaro/Firebird has a bump in the passenger seat floor for the cat. Every water cooled VW I've owned had a...
• Vanagon Ride height?
  Historical mailing list - James Digennaro
  Wed, 09 Apr 1997 21:38:19 -0500
  ...26 inches from the floor to the center of the front wheel arch and 27 inches from the floor to the rear wheel arch...
• Re: Floor mats
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:14:26 -0200
  ...They do, however, have one for the floor behind the front seats (which I sell, discounted), in versions to fit a multivan (rear facing...
• Re: more stupid van mods
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:27:08 -0600
  ...someone on the list who drilled a hole in their front > floor, > attached a piece of catheter tubing, so they could pee while theyre...
• Re: german rubber vanagon front floor mats
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:12:50 -0500
  ...german rubber vanagon front floor mats I'll echo the previous post, I like these front mats very much. Got mine when they were...
• Re: Bummer
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:29:02 -0400
  ...round fixture >> near >> the floor beneath the AC input fixture and just forward of the seat >> facing >> near the floor. It is an aluminum...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:01:26 -0700
  No reason you couldn't put the level on the floor and save yourself the climb. Karl Wolz
• Black Gooey Stuff
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:32:38 -0600
  Anybody know a source for the black gooey stuff that goes under the floor carpet? David Wilhite 84' Vanagon Middle TN
• Re: Ventalation Controls (sp)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 10 May 2002 06:39:02 -0700
  top = floor or defrost next one = temperature next one = fresh air to heater bottom = fresh air to ceiling vents IIRC