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• WTB: 23-Window
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:46:10 -0600 (CST)
  I am looking to purchase a 23-Window Deluxe or a standard 23-Window. I am willing to travel to find one. Please reply...
• Sliding window latch needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:05:57 -0700
  I am in need of a latch for the sliding window in my sliding door (I assume similar to the sliding window above the...
• Heat for the window
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:47:08 -0700
  Chad, I just removed the tint on one of my spare windows. The "glue is some type of resinous stuff that seem to give...
• advice on window latch removal
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:16:16 EST
  I have a van that needs a new window latch (for the slider) and I have a parts van with a good one in...
• Re: window scraper - is it easy to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:09:43 -0800
  ...karen d <yosemite333@HOTMAIL.COM> > How easy is it to replace outside window scraper on 84 westy drivers > window(piece that has chrome with...
• Window Tinting - What Really Works?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:58:52 -0700
  I am looking into tinting the windows on my '86GL. I Really want to cut the amount of heat that the car retains during...
• Installing a Rear Window on a Doka
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:22:04 -0700
  Anyone out there have any experience installing the rear window on a doka? Any tips? This sucker is a PITA to get in. Please...
• Re: CampervanCulture - Windshield Replace
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 26 May 2011 10:45:59 -0600
  ...It took us about 5 minutes to lift the window into place, seating it first with gravity, on the bottom window sill, pushing it...
• Re: Screens for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:25:17 -0500
  ...For non Westys we have temporary screens that fit in the window opening. You must remove them to close the window. http://secure.mycart...
• Re: side sliding windows- westy
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:32:14 -0700
  ...side sliding windows- westy My sliding side windows make a really loud screech when I open and close them. Anyone have any tricks to...
• Re: side window lock help
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 30 May 1998 22:55:09 -0400
  ...If these are missing, the sliding part of the window will fall down far enough that it won't catch on the notches. The...
• Re: Electric window question.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 18:05:04 -0800
  Adam, If you can push it down by hand while pressing the window switch, you probably have a bad window regulator. If you do...
• Driver's Door Strut
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Wed, 5 May 2004 17:55:02 -0700
  Hello- Someone apparently tried forcing my vent window open, as there is a chip in the glass, numerous scrape marks, and the metal beam...
• Re: Replacing left rear side window
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:16:48 -0700
  ...You don't have to take the window out to have paint under the rubber seal. You would need to lift the rubber up...
• Would my 205 tires fit on a friends bay window?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:55:29 -0500
  ...I know the rims are the same as the bay window. But would that wider tire work on the bay window? I ask because...
• window tinting - I smell a FAQ
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 22:53:27 -0500
  ...While we're at it, what state has the strictest window tinting laws? I'm sure that we all love to travel across state...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitis Cured!)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:18:18 EDT
  There are time in January (and February) that I can NOT roll the window down. Too much ice on the window and in the...
• Smoking power window-part 2
  Historical mailing list - John Koloen
  Fri, 28 May 1999 19:42:25 -0500
  I've got a smoking power window (driver's side, '87 Westy). I removed the motor, cables, and window regulator. I laid it across...
• Re: Window vents
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:37:39 EDT
  ...http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?category=76003&prodid=1105739 >> We have a prototype of a Vanagon insert for the side windows. It...
• FS Sliding REAR window?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:24:20 -0500
  A few weeks ago I picked up a sliding window for the drivers side rear (near the closet) off of ebay.de. http://cgi...
• Power windows
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:52:58 -0800
  There was a guy on the list offering rebuilt power window units, is he still around? David (1987 Vanagon)
• side windows in an 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert MacDowell
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:04:33 -0500
  Who has a good tutorial about the removal and install of the rear sliding windows.
• sliding door vent window
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 0:29:55 EST
  So NOBODY on the list knows anything about removing/installing the sliding door vent window? Wow. :) Sean
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:12:23 -0700
  I liked it so much I posted it here: http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/VanagonNotes.html#windowtint -- Rachel
• Vanagon Power Window Motors?
  Historical mailing list - C Carney Strange
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:37:17 -0400
  Anyone have some extra or parted-out power window motors that work for a 1991 Westy GL?
• WTB: Black Window Crank
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:58:07 -0700
  Greetings all, I am looking for a black window crank for my 90 Carat-a-version. Jere
• Vanagon 1/4 windows
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:44:01 -0800
  Anyone know where I can find information on replacement front vent windows for the Vanagon? Thanks Chris
• Re: Sliding window idea
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:18:40 -0700
  ...That way the open window would be > accesible from the back bench. The dog could put her paws on fold out > table, and get...
• Re: window tenting - question!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:30:31 -0800
  ...Mike On 11/20/07 7:17 AM, "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I just had the windows tinted (35%) on my Mercedes wagon...
• Re: window tinting - question!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:20:51 -0600
  > I had this done when I was in CA, and there it is illegal to > tint the drivers' and passenger's windows (makes the...
• Re: Need '99 EV prices and available options
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 22:34:15 +0100
  ...hitch up to 2 tons 885 530 detachable hitch, 2 tons 1,120 671 Comfortline seats, doors in fabric 955 572 windows with heatshield...
• Re: Power window disaster, help needed! (update)
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:43:47 -0700
  ...If the window bolts have fallen out or if the window glass has otherwise come loose, you should be able to fish around the...
• Re: chrome window moulding
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 12:38:26 -0500
  ...And if you don't want to go back in with more chrome moulding but want the security of locking the window into place...
• Re: Power window not working...
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:48:47 -0400
  Todd, Try pulling the fuse to the power window. If your battery doesn't die over the weekend, you just found your short! Good...
• Screens for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - Ellen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:05:23 -0700
  ...The inside of the van got a little stuffy, and since I was worried about kitty getting overheated, opened all the windows, but only...
• WTB: Right (passenger) door window glass for 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:41:12 -0700
  ...Any thoughts on where I can find a passenger window that will fit an '87 Vanagon? I need it ASAP. (I have electric windows...
• Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:49:20 -0600
  Looking closely at my windows, I see three different types of trim. The trim on the two doors look a lot like it is...
• Re: ETKA and Windows XP
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:30:39 -0800
  ...Tim --- Noel Cookson <ncookson@NETWORKUSA.NET> wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone out there get the etka cd to install properly on either window xp or > windows...
• window scraper - is it easy to replace?
  Historical mailing list - karen d
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:36:39 -0700
  How easy is it to replace outside window scraper on 84 westy drivers window(piece that has chrome with rubber on top). Is this...
• Power window won't stay up
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:50:01 -0400
  All of a sudden my power window on the passenger side won't stay up. I took off the door panel and saw that...
• Re: Vanagon in Rough neighborhood Update (or "down"-date?)
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Sat, 8 May 1999 23:23:53 -0700
  ...Make sure thoses windows are well locked as > well as the doors...(actually I am sorta glad they didn't break the > windows.) > > Toodles...
• Re: Need vent window
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:33:51 -0400
  ...Need vent window >PAT wrote: >> >> Need pass side vent window for ~84 van. New or used. > > >Pat, > >Go to your local wrecking yard that...
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:39:02 -0400
  >Actually, the '68-79 Bus owners manuals (not sure of the Vanagon ones) >specifically said to leave a window cracked open when closing all...
• Re: window cable noise
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:46:59 +1200
  ...Magic-Life 2 one-touch window module $95 4990-10-227 window switches (3), bezels, wiring 65 (for both windows) 4-door remote central...
• Re: Window weatherstip question - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:49:55 -0400
  > That pice is called the window scraper. It leeps some of the > water from going into the door and cleans the window, (rain, > fog...
• Re: removing side window & saving seals
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:43:34 -0500
  ...Then use multiple flat blade scew drivers and slowly, carefully work and pry the whole window out with the seal. >>> Christian Pelletier <christianpelletier@YAHOO...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:01:39 -0700
  ...Westy sliding windows. > > I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on westys? > Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm...
• Re: Brazilian buses
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 5 Sep 1994 10:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'm confused how can it have both a split-screen body and a bay-window? Do you mean it has small square windows...
• Fw: Re: Side sliding window dressing?
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:37:03 -0500
  Try a house door and window supplier. I found some weatherstripping for my sliders at just such a place. Roy O. '87 Westfalia (till...
• Re: Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:58:57 -0500
  > I want to put screens on the sliding windows of my '85 GL (non-Westfalia). > Anyone care to recommend a good source? I've...
• Re: Bus Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 29 May 2001 18:57:10 +1200
  ...21-window if it has the big tailgate; 23-window if it has the small tailgate with wraparound plexiglass rear-corner windows. Can a...
• Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:29:40 -0700
  ...I have foil/bubble/bubble/foil insulation in the hatch window, the rear window on the passenger side and both rear windows on the...
• Re: glass removal
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:03:11 -0700
  First, I have only replaced windows in bugs, but lets just assume they are the same. Ok? To put the window in, lay the...
• Re: lubricating window regulators?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:00:18 -0600
  ...lubricating window regulators? >> >> >>> anybody successful with lubricating the cable and >>> housing on power windows? one window is fast and the >>> toher is slow, even...
• Re: Reinstalling rear glass in hatch
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:02:38 -0300
  ...My helper then pushed on the window while I pulled the cord to bring the seal over the lip in the window opening in...
• Re: wind noise in vans
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 17 May 94 09:50:09 -0600
  When I moved up from my '67 bus to a '76 and got a crank-down window, I thought it was great. But I...
• Window regulator questions
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:33:16 -0800
  Hi volks; The driver's side window to my '84 is jammed up- time to have some fun with the window regulator. I've...
• Re: 3 Window Westfalia canvas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:05:11 -0500
  > I've seen the gowesty.com 3 window tops. This seems like the thing I > need. Anyone replaced perfectly good canvas just to add...
• for sale: side ADVENTUREWAGEN/westy sliding window w/ screen
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:58:11 EST
  i have a passengers side 80-84 westy sliding window w/ screen. fits all '80-'84 westys and passenger vans. what people dont usually...
• window material?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Thu, 12 May 2005 15:27:48 EDT
  ...The two side rear windows and the rear itself on my '87 syncro westy are tinted. Not sure if this is factory or aftermarket...