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• Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 3 May 2013 11:35:10 -0400
  ...I replaced the entire window rubber on my '85 with the ones from my '90 Thanks, Jeff '85 GL (Gertie) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty...
• Re: Seals
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:19:24 -0500
  ...scrapers were sold as well. Jay >Hello all vendors, > >Do any of you have access to the seals that the front door windows slide...
• Re: Window rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:28:46 -0700
  ...Non Chrome Style http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-door-window-scraper-slot-seal/seal-dr-wdw-slot-lft-outer-right-inner...
• Re: subject Re: Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:43:42 -0700
  ...know the part number for the window scrapers [? Rubber strips > at > >>> the bottom of the front door windows that seal the water out, kind...
• Parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:08:15 -0600
  ...Good front door window trim. I'm looking for a left and a right, bottom exterior window scrapers that accepts the chrome strip. Doesn...
• Re: Removing old window tint film
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:00:26 -0800
  ...Removing old window tint film > > Entity Vanagon Man spoke thus: > >> I want to remove the window tint film > Razor blade scraper. Use a vacuum...
• Window Seals, scrapers, etc, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:18:15 -0600
  ...Now I have got problems with the fron door windows. They are rattling like crazy. Close inspection shows scrapes worn \, out, seals and felts...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:12:18 +0200
  ...I still have the lower inner scraper installed, to prevent scratching my window tint on the metal window frame. Now if I could remove...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:46:28 -0700
  I think you may need to take the other scraper off. My initial memory of the process is slightly in error. The 90 degree...
• Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:56:25 EST
  ...for a week (don't forget your ice scraper for the inside of the windows). After that your water-cooled will feal absolutely tropical.
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 23:17:44 +1200
  Only *13,90 �* (VAT included) plus shipping. > Trust the Europeans to not know decimal notation. > I call > > those rain gutter deco strips. Not really...
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 07:28:23 -0400
  At 06:35 AM 7/1/2010, BenT Syncro wrote... > *Molding* >Molding for T3 (T25) Bus / Transporter / Vanagon >for installation on a-pillar. >Colour...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 16:37:14 -0800
  ...A scraper with a metal edge will help a lot with the tough stuff. They > also make window washer with a de-icer that...
• Side Window removal tip
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:38:12 -0800
  ...putty type scraper but not a sharp edge!) and use 3 of these to work your way around and ease the window out. They...
• Re: Rubber Parts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:11:23 -0500
  > My problem is that our Arizona summers do very bad things > to the rubber parts, Shifter boots, window scrapers, mouldings etc. > The VW Dealer...
• Rubber Parts
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 05:14:45 -0700
  ...summers do very bad things to the rubber parts, Shifter boots, window scrapers, mouldings etc. The VW Dealer prices are killing me and take...
• Front windows chrome strip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:04:25 -0700
  ...from Mellow Yellow's windshield, side windows, and rear hatch window.) I have discovered that the outer scraper and upper rubber strips that I...
• Re: Loose weatherstripping RF door window
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:36:22 -0700
  ...Solution was not to lower the window. Now the weatherstripping that goes along the bottom edge of the window on the outside wants to...
• Re: How Difficult Is It To Remove Window Tinting?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:12:45 -0800
  on all the windows EXCEPT the rear, a razorblade scraper will take it right off. On the rear window, I highly recomend getting a...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:15:17 -0700
  ...Driver/Passenger window seals I'm about to attempt to replace the felt seals and scrapers on these windows. Is there anything special to...
• Re: Side window screens
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:37:05 -0400
  ...they are aluminum framed 'standard household channel" to cover � of the window with a scraper to keep bugs out along the glass and screw...
• Re: Front door window rubbers
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:32:17 -0400
  ...Frank, When you say just remove the bottom two seal, do you mean the two inner and outer scrapers? If yes how do you...
• Re: Window weatherstip question - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 18:34:09 -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: Loose weatherstripping RF door window
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:58:49 -0400
  ...Solution was not to lower the window. Now the weatherstripping that goes along the bottom edge of the window on the outside wants to...
• Re: Hard water spots on Westy windows
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:37:36 +1200
  ...Same goes for a razor scraper blade - always use >new on glass. It is a fact that softer materials will abrade harder. It's...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:29:53 -0500
  ...A scraper with a metal edge will help a lot with the tough stuff. They also make window washer with a de-icer that...
• Re: Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:24:46 -0700
  IIRC GoWesty sells them. Not sure who else has them. Your van may not have had them originally. They were on the late 87...
• Re: Sea to Shining Sea In a Graham Paige Mdl. 57 Blue Streak or a 365 GTB/4
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:14:11 -0700
  ...Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: > > >> I did a lot of inside window scraping during many of those winter > season > trips. << > > > That's when you...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:02:50 -0700
  ...window tint. What am I > overlooking? Thanks in advance! With the top/rear weather stripping felt channel and the inner and outer scrapers removed...
• Re: Front door window rubbers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:52:59 -0700
  ...He has original VW window seals fresh from Germany. Inner and outer scrapers, and the seal that the window seats into. Cheers, Jeff www...
• Re: Window Tint Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 02:39:03 -0600
  ...Get a coupe of scrapers that use straight edge razor blades. There are some scrapers with wide blades. You might try a glass place...
• Re: Parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:59:46 -0700
  ...Good front door window trim. I'm looking for a left and a right, > bottom exterior window scrapers that accepts the chrome strip. > Doesn...
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 06:52:04 -0700
  On Jul 1, 2010, at 4:28 AM, mikes@flatsurface.com (Mike S) wrote: > At 06:35 AM 7/1/2010, BenT Syncro wrote...
• Braising in our Aircooled, was: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:20:07 -0500
  ...for a week (don't forget your ice scraper for the inside of the windows). After that your water-cooled will feal (sic) absolutely...
• Ah, heated mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:25:14 -0500
  ...condensation on the windows. One of those things that's right in between being thick enough to need a scraper, or thin enough to...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 23:02:37 -0400
  ...m about to attempt to replace the felt seals and scrapers on these > windows. Is there anything special to watch out for. I've...
• Re: Window weatherstip question - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 23:00:44 -0400
  ...is called the window scraper. It leeps some of the water from > going into the door and cleans the window, (rain, fog, or lite...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:46:41 -0500
  ...Two of the retaining clips pulled out of the door when the inside scraper was removed. Only way to get those back in the...
• Re: inside list stickers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:25:52 -0700
  ...What they won't take is a window scraper in the northern climes. The interior mounting g is nearly as visible, either. Especially if...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:16:43 -0700
  ...I still have the > lower inner scraper installed, to prevent scratching my window tint > on the metal window frame. Now if I could remove...
• Westy Window Query
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:54:10 -0400
  ...A week or so ago, there was a post regarding how to refurbish the sliding windows. My little fuzzy scrapers are shot too, and...
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:26:21 -0400
  Mark, you want to inspect the lower scraper seal. If it is cracking up and at least replace that as well. Easy to do...
• Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Apr 92 14:51:43
  Help! We have some really old crappy stickers on our pop out window (pre us ie over 20 years old). We want to remove...
• Re: Power window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 05:02:44 -0400
  ...If your bottom window scrapers are > old and brittle, water gets to the top of the motor and rusts the shaft in > the bearing...
• Door electrics problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:46:00 -0600
  ...But since the mechanism and motor are fairly new (2 years at most) and so it the window scraper rubber, it didn't seem...
• Re: Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Sat, 06 Apr 1996 09:56:34 -0600
  David Eccles wrote: > > Help! > We have some really old crappy stickers on our pop out window (pre us ie over > 20 years old). We...
• cold weather package?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:20:08 -0800
  ...spot), started the van, turned on the rear defroster, grabbed the scraper (which I only own because we spent a couple of years in...
• Re: Front door window rubbers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:06:31 -0500
  ...bottom two seal, do you mean the two inner > and outer scrapers? If yes how do you do that? I have been puttign > that...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:01:21 -0700
  You don’t need to remove the front door windows, just roll them down to remove and replace the channels and scrapers. You do...
• Re: Hard water spots on Westy windows
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:48:08 -0700
  ...Hard water spots on Westy windows > > Doesn't steel wool scratch the window? > > Mike > > On 8/29/04 10:40 PM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1...
• Re: Window tinting / valude debate
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:00:38 -0600
  ...Window tint will not devalue your Westy since anybody can remove it with a good razor scraper or heat applied to shrink the plastic...
• now, how do I get the window out?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Sat, 6 Aug 94 20:53:46 EDT
  ...Now the Window, right? No way. To get any angle on that sucker it looks like you got to rip out the window scraper...
• Re: cleaning glass
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:59:17 -0700
  Any alkali deposits or any such thing (on glass), use a razor scraper. DO NOT use a 3M green scratch pad. Glass is harder...
• Re: Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 06 Apr 1996 12:00:34 -0800
  At 08:53 AM 4/6/96 -0600, David Eccles wrote: >We have some really old crappy stickers on our pop out window (pre...
• Re: OT: Window Glass
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:46:06 -0700
  ...Never use a rusty razor scraper to clean paint off of glass! Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "developtrust" <developtrust@HOME.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:36:06 -0500
  ...so you can get the key in the lock) - a window ice scraper - an emergency sleeping bag - some chocolate bars or Christmas cake (for...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:56:31 -0800
  Actually, that is the method I use to clear the windows at 32F to as low as -17F on our frequent Reno and Tahoe...
• Re: Power Window motor rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 14:01:16 -0400
  ...My felt side and top seals seem fine, but the bottom scraper seals on both of my doors are toast. New one's are...
• Re: Westy Window Query
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:25:48 -0700
  ...Here's one... > > A week or so ago, there was a post regarding how to refurbish the sliding > windows. My little fuzzy scrapers are...
• Re: Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:23:07 -0700
  OK. Since we were NOT discussing the below-mentioned rubber strip, can we talk about it now? Can the rubber noise reduction strip be...