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• Front rain gutter trip strip question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:15:17 -0600
  I recently received a set of replacement rain gutters (the ones for the A-pillar) from bus depot. The trim on my vanagon is...
• Re: Clips everywhere
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 01:26:15 -0400
  ...a joke?? why? the only thing i see wrong with that front clip is they cut it down too low on the A pillars...
• Re: Grab handle base pads
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 17 May 2008 13:02:01 -0700
  ...got an extra grab handle to install on the drivers side A pillar > but I don't have the little wedge-shapes bases that...
• Re: Reading in a Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:36:27 EDT
  ...You can "snake" the power wire and ground wires (2) from the drivers side down the A pillar, under the dash, and up the...
• Re: Larger Size Windshield Wipers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:35:41 EST
  ...pass side slightly touches the A pillar but not much, less than 1/4 ". trim it off it it bothers you.. chris
• Re: vanagon nose damage
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:39:27 -0700
  ...The two corner pieces are structural only because they contain the A pillar, below that they are not. The standard way to replace them...
• extra gauge install options
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:39:29 -0500
  ...I see a lot of A pillar clusters advertised, none specifically for vanagon of course. That seems like it might be a good use...
• Re: Driver's side "A" pillar wiring
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 May 2011 11:51:45 -0700
  ...On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@gmail.com> wrote: > Another trick BUT for the passenger side A pillar...
• Re: Seeking '72 Westy hammock
  Historical mailing list - Jeff P. Schneiter
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:08:10 -0700
  ...in a '72 Westphalia. > > Currently there are two holes in each A pillar, and two others in each B > pillar. I'm told that...
• Re: Kumho 857 Tire Pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Mr.mds
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:21:31 -0400
  ...MS > > It's printed on the label at the base of the A pillar near the foot well, > driver side of your van. > bob...
• Anybody Want to Claim This?
  Historical mailing list - Robin
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:39:10 -0500
  ...Is this a BurningMan special? Love it btw! Driver side A-pillar has a cellphone with a spike driven through it! All the electronics...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 1 Nov 2018 13:27:52 -0400
  ...rubber a lot of wind noise seems to come at the A pillars. That area could > be made a bit smoother... I'm going...
• light above stove
  Historical mailing list - Bob MacDowell
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:00 -0400
  ...I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down the A pillar, but can't seam to find it after that. Does...
• Re: aux gauges install
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:09:19 -0400
  I put mine on the A-Pillar using Vumaxx mounting cups. No picture handy at the moment. On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, OlRivrRat wrote...
• List sticker (and so on, and so forth)...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:33:28 -0600
  ...The only way that can be achieved is to plaster a sticker across the top edge of the windshield, from A-pillar to A...
• Re: Repair AC plastic (A pillar...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:15:11 EDT
  In a message dated 6/20/06 2:48:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, obeechi@RUNBOX.COM writes: > My pillar on one side is...
• Re: Kumho 857 Tire Pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:12:17 -0600
  It's printed on the label at the base of the A pillar near the foot well, driver side of your van. bob On...
• Wanted: 1984-ish chrome gutter for RH side A-pillar
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Fri, 4 May 2001 11:19:08 -0700
  Well, it appears that the gutter on my van has seen better days. It is split into two pieces, and the lower part likes...
• Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:08:36 -0700
  ...the upgrades I would like: - driver's side handle on the A-pillar. - swivel base for the passenger's seat - fix the air conditioning...
• Re: Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:40:02 -0700
  mark, I ran TWO wires up the passenger A pillar by pulling the new wires with an old one. With a bit of patience...
• Re: Support handle for passenger compartment
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:05:40 -0500
  ...As we get older, a little support handle seemed like a good idea. > > I used the same angled pieces used by the A pillar...
• Re: Fuse Box Confustion
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:40:55 +0100
  ...There is also an inline connection, from relay to up the A-pillar. Disconnect, and on the half to the A-pillar, connect one...
• Re: Westy front curtain doesn't fit!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 14:30:30 -0400
  ...I assume the snaps should be at about the >>> a pillars but this doesn't fit. Am I just crazy? >> >> The elastic is dead...
• Re: Radio recommendations for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:46:04 -0800
  ...old speaker wire through the factory harness in the passenger side a-pillar down into the dash in the back of the glove box...
• Re: Idea for gauge placement
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:28:18 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/yraf93 It helps to have the dash out in order to run the wires up the A pillar. I've also...
• Re: Handle on Passenger side door pillar.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:51:37 -0400
  ...So, yes, the wires to the dome light and to the rear interior camper light or what have you run inside the windshield A...
• Re: Handle on Passenger side door pillar.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:10:58 -0300
  ...M On 24 Jul 2002 at 12:51, Martin Walz wrote: > I am looking for the handle that is on the 'A' pillar of...
• Re: which adhesive for gutter trim
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:08:16 -0600
  ...s not right.(it glues to the rain gutter in the >>>a-pillar) No adhesive, which is the least expensive brand. ;-) I believe there...
• Re: Kumho 857 Tire Pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:20:22 -0400
  ...It's printed on the label at the base of the A pillar near the foot >> well, >> driver side of your van. >> bob >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay...
• Re: more T5 photos
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:04:14 -0500
  ...And back then, good ol' Chrysler Corporation had auto push buttons located on the left side of the dash by the A pillar. George...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:23:05 +1100
  ...on the >a-pillar. well, it turns out you have to be real careful when you >drill holes into the drivers a-pillar: there...
• Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 03:35:27 -0700
  *Molding* Molding for T3 (T25) Bus / Transporter / Vanagon for installation on a-pillar. Colour: graphite. Article 251 853 705 1BG (left) Article 251 853...
• FS 1985 Westy restord, Ottawa Can
  Historical mailing list - Greg Rich
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:41:39 EST
  ...in every aspect, only one flaw-left a pillar rain gutter is dented (not the a pillar itself). The engine is totally overhauled by...
• Re: looking for oil pressure gauge/kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:23:06 -0800
  ...Gauges are mounted on the A pillar. Indicator light sender is in the head. Jim Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers. -- Learned...
• Re: List sticker (and so on, and so forth)...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:20:32 -0600
  ...The only way that can be achieved is to plaster a sticker across the > top edge of the windshield, from A-pillar to A...
• Re: Messed up Steering column
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 07 May 95 01:03:20 CDT
  ...side (like is already on the passenger's side, on the A-pillar/windshield frame/door-jam). it's not THAT difficult, but you...
• Re: Update On Daryl
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:11:43 EDT
  ...hang in there darryl..you are a pillar of the vanagon community and we cant afford to lose ya!! damn..hang in there! chris
• Re: List sticker (and so on, and so forth)...
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:35:07 -0800
  ...The only way that can be achieved is to plaster a sticker across the >top edge of the windshield, from A-pillar to A...
• Re: Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:23:52 EST
  ...damn thats alot of snow. (it was 65 here yesterday!) still that van is a goner..you can see the pass side A pillar...
• Re: Fuse Box Confustion
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:43:45 +0100
  ...connection, from relay to up the A-pillar. > Disconnect, and on the half to the A-pillar, connect one of the wires > (try/error...
• Re: Westy front curtain doesn't fit!
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 13:09:22 -0400
  ...I assume the snaps should be at about the a pillars but this doesn't fit. Am I just crazy? > > -craig
• Re: Our deepest fear
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:09:14 -0500
  ...Also note the A-pillar deflected in somewhat and separated from the roof. Thank goodness for that sturdy A-pillar in this crash. Then...
• aftermarket tachometers?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:48:38 -0500
  ...Does anyone have experience adding an aftermarket tach to this or any vehicle? I am somewhat tempted by the a-pillar clusters that the...
• Re: Wanted: 1984-ish chrome gutter for RH side A-pillar
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sat, 5 May 2001 00:24:50 -0400
  on 5/4/2001 2:19 PM, Christopher Berchin at ctb1@peoplepc.com wrote: > Well, it appears that the gutter on my van has...
• Re: Antenna Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:18:52 EST
  ...they run along the A pillar... they are aftermarket.. you shoulda just had the holes filled and went w/ the OEM antenna... PS i...
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:42:06 -0400
  ...Molding* > Molding for T3 (T25) Bus / Transporter / Vanagon > for installation on a-pillar. > Colour: graphite. > Article 251 853 705 1BG (left) > Article 251 853...
• Re: kids hammock in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:57:08 EDT
  ...I'm not certain about earlier Vanagons like yours, but later models like mine came with a grab handle on the passenger side A...
• Re: more T5 photos
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:05:09 -0500
  ...And back then, good ol' Chrysler > Corporation had auto push buttons located on the left side of the dash by > the A pillar. The...
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:35:18 -0700
  ...Molding* > Molding for T3 (T25) Bus / Transporter / Vanagon > for installation on a-pillar. > Colour: graphite. > Article 251 853 705 1BG (left) > Article 251 853...
• Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:42:30 -0700
  ...hole in the A pillar (Crap van, getting scrapped > soon, going to be mindful of wires in the A Pillar). > > Thanks in advance! > > -Craig...
• Re: Farhtan sighting in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:05:40 -0800
  ...Note these are also Wolfsburg editions if you are detail oriented > enough to take a look under the A pillar. > > Bryan > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon...
• Hammock thread
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 02:57:43 +0000
  ...the bracket on my 71 Westy was merely bolted onto the a-pillars. Ray === Ray FreeLoveIXOYE 84 Vanagon GL sunroofer w/ wolfy weekender interior...
• Re: Anybody Want to Claim This?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:32:25 -0700
  ...Is this a BurningMan special? Love it btw! Driver side A-pillar has a cellphone with a spike driven through it! All the electronics...
• Re: adding an assist handle to the driver's side
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:58:44 -1000
  ...The gotcha is wires running inside the A pillar. Drill carefully, using a drill stop or your trusty "hand" brake. Stephen mobile > On Sep...
• Re: New generation of vw busses (T5 photos)
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:08:01 -0500
  ...From the "A" pillar back it looks pure Eurovan. bem-stem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Steven Fish" <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Seat Belts
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:54:02 -0500
  ...the point where the belt goes through the loop on the A-pillar, to stop it from retracting. Don't put too much slack...
• Re: Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 05:56:46 -0400
  ...Then you drill small pilot holes using a bit stop to keep from drilling too deeply and hitting the wires in the A pillar...
• Re: Handle on Passenger side door pillar.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:19:29 -0700
  ...William I am looking for the handle that is on the 'A' pillar of the passenger side door frame. I want to put one...
• Deal on oil pressure/temperature gauges
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 26 Mar 2018 05:42:00 -0700
  ...I bought a set of Cabriolet gauges and installed them in pods on the 'a' pillar. The Rabbit OP gauge is 5 bar and...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:11:40 -0500
  ...major cancer at 130,000 miles (Hatch, doors, A-pillars !) I get much better service ought of my '85 Saab SPG and the now...