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  • Re: LEAKING WINDSHIELD SEAL
    Historical mailing list - Jerry
    Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:39:02 -0600
    ...I exerted force on the seal up and away from the body exposing the windshield channel. Make sure your seal and windshield channel are...
  • Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:35:59 -0700
    ...These GMC'ers are basically cults, and THEY have a select channel they gab on. You mess with one GMC'er, you mess with...
  • Re: Camping tips and tricks
    Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
    Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:48:32 -0500
    ...Perhaps the cover that blocks the vent channel can be removed and > the air can reenter that channel and be directed to clear the...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 3 May 2013 09:12:26 -0700
    ...Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels As Jeff says, it's easy. You might want to pick up a cheap plastic upholstery panel tool...
  • Re: Anyone know of a good Westy LED ceiling light they like?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 20 Oct 2020 07:42:08 -0700
    ...If you choose led tape elsewhere I’d still recommend the Lee valley alu channel. I have aluminum channel with translucent cover running full...
  • Need info on window channel sizes for different year Vanagons.
    Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
    Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:21:43 EST
    Anyone know if the window channels are different for the front windows on Vanagons for different years and power or non-powered windows? I...
  • headliner
    Historical mailing list - David Moyal
    Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:57:17 -0700
    ...Any tricks to removing it (the panel, not the paper)? I want to remove the edge channels, lay down some upholstery matl right up...
  • Re: Is there any interest in re-starting an IRC(Internet Relay Chat) channel for the list?
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:49:59 -0400
    IIRC, the web-based chat app was just a front for an IRC channel, but I could be wrong. The web frontend that I...
  • vanagon rear bumper w/ hitch
    Historical mailing list - bertschi
    Tue, 19 May 1998 23:09:26 -0400
    ...There was an "L" plate welded to the channel for a ball. The channel was small enough to permit the original bumper cover to...
  • Re: Friday , new side tent option
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:20:55 -0500
    I'm thinking channel your inner hamster. Steven 91 Westy On Feb 3, 2017 12:52 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Channel...
  • Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:43:47 -0700
    ...Accepts the speaker microphone and channel up down control on the handset. WX 45 or some such name. New they're about 100USD. I...
  • ****AUTOMOTIVE CABLE CHANNEL INPUT NEEDED*******
    Historical mailing list - CARL SCHILLER
    Sat, 16 Apr 94 00:26:01 -0500
    The producers of Wild About Wheels are launching a 24 hour all automotive cable channel next year called ATN (automotive television network) We would...
  • Re: Gauged Animals?
    Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
    Thu, 9 Nov 1995 17:11:11 PST
    ...single CHT (Cylinder head temp) guages, single EGT (exhaust gas temperature) guages, combined single EGT and CHT, 4 channel EGT, 4 channel CHT, 6...
  • Re: SIRIUS or XM?
    Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:03:38 -0500
    ...It's only for the music channels though. No talk or sports. I have had similar bad experiences with customer service. Overall the product...
  • Rust In Vanagon Lower Sliding Door Channel
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:01:54 GMT
    Rust seems to easily build up in the channel that the bottom of the sliding door slides in. What is the easiest way to...
  • Best Solvent For Oil Removal From Body Channel?
    Historical mailing list - Owen Kibenge
    Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:32:37 -0400
    We accidentally got some OIL into a very difficult-to-get-to rocker channel that we are treating the rust inside in a VW...
  • Re: Is there any interest in re-starting an IRC(Internet Relay Chat) channel for the list?
    Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:41:56 -0700
    ...the channel already exists, and has people talking. > > > > The inhabitants of the channel currently, are 1 bus, and 2 vanagon. > > > > Sudhir > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Be a better...
  • Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:24:53 -0400
    I've used a Channellock Nutbuster since seeing the late Boston Bob use one on my trade-in block a few years ago: http...
  • Re: Short gutter channel piece near windshield
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:49:03 -0700
    ...Short gutter channel piece near windshield > > Hi list, > I'm looking for the passenger side gutter channel that is about 2 to 3 feet...
  • Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
    Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
    Mon, 5 Jun 2006 18:49:02 -0700
    My felt channels are shot also. I thought I recently saw them for ~$35, but now I can't find them for less than...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 3 May 2013 11:07:01 -0500
    ...You might want to pick up a cheap plastic upholstery panel tool to lift the channel out. Other than that, it's a no...
  • 84' Rear speaker question
    Historical mailing list - mattf
    Sat, 19 May 2001 17:52:26 -0400
    ...Is it possible to use a 4 channel stereo and tie the commons for the 2 rear channels, or will this fry the stereo...
  • (Friday NVC) a great program to watch
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 1 May 2015 13:22:44 -0700
    ...Yosemite's Rock Climbing Revolution," on the Discovery channel. There should be repeats. it's absolutely amazing what these crazy people did, and it...
  • Re: Camping tips and tricks
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:52:11 -0800
    Along this line, The air channel that is in the front door(s), I use to store an unbrella - wrapped in a plastic bag...
  • RE: live chat night
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Fri, 09 Feb 1996 09:15:00 -0800 (PST)
    > I've mentioned recently about having a live chat night on an Irc system. >Well, I was told about channel VW on 'The Efnet...
  • kitchen lamp wiring to get 12V where?
    Historical mailing list - alan sinclair
    Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:32:44 -0700
    Our '81 westie has no kitchen light nor light over the bed, though there there's some wiring in the shelf/tray/channel (what...
  • stock speakers
    Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
    Sat, 15 Aug 1998 15:20:17 -0000
    ...It claims 35w per channel into 4 channels, it cost $175 or so. I'm really happy with the sound of the stock speakers...
  • [NVC] Weather strip/channels sources?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:54:16 -0700
    ...The upper edge of the bathtub is protected by a flexible channel weatherstrip. I'm trying to find new channel. The cross-section of...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 3 May 2013 09:04:30 -0700
    ...Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels I think that most of the onliune vendors carry the replacements for these. I have done this it...
  • Re: Best Solvent For Oil Removal From Body Channel?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:21:39 -0400
    ...got some OIL into a very difficult-to-get-to rocker channel > that we are treating the rust inside in a VW 90 Syncro...
  • Re: Free Sirius satellite radio - who got one?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:50:50 -0700
    ...The music channels are o.k., roughly equivelant to f.m. but with a slightly tinny quality. Talk channels often sound as if they...
  • NONONONO was Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:15:31 -0400
    At 10:09 PM 7/29/2002, David Beierl wrote: >Any chance you can get a two-channel scope and hang one channel on...
  • Re: skylight flex arm repair
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:27:55 EDT
    ...Don't forget to put the pins through the channels *before* you put the washers on (unless they're just the right size to...
  • Re: Homemade roof rack
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:33:25 -0400
    Does anyone have any links for what you are all talking about in regards to these brackets and unistrut channels? Thanks, Robert On May...
  • Re: Rain shields
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sat, 7 Feb 2009 22:30:07 -0500
    ...What I did was install the front part between the rubber window channel and the metal frame ... rather than inside the channel like it...
  • Re: Homemade roof rack
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:59:12 -0400
    ...Homemade roof rack > Quick and Easy rack feet > http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product_list.asp?deptid=1379 > > Unistrut type punched channel tube support...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Fri, 3 May 2013 11:06:56 -0500
    Stuart - there's no pop rivets for these felt channels but the front one requires some dis-assembly if I recall correctly. The scrapers...
  • Re: Need info on window channel sizes for different year Vanagons.
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:32:47 EST
    In a message dated 3/21/99 10:28:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, ThingGuy@AOL.COM writes: << Anyone know if the window channels...
  • Re: Vanagon Rear Bumper Needed
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:26:20 -0600
    Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Only a bumper made of quarter inch > thick steel channel would have prevented the $800 worth of damage Stuart, I found...
  • Re: SIRIUS or XM?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:29:03 -0800
    ...SIRIUS or XM? > Listening to Sirius right now :) > > Things I like... > - mobility (car dock and home dock > - channels > - not owned by or invested in...
  • Re: Is there any interest in re-starting an IRC(Internet Relay Chat) channel for the list?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:14:04 -0400
    ...the channel already exists, and has people talking. >>>> >>>> The inhabitants of the channel currently, are 1 bus, and 2 vanagon. >>>> >>>> Sudhir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> Be a better...
  • Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
    Historical mailing list - John Welsh
    Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:20:38 +0000
    Listees, > I looked up there above the slider and into the vents and see foam > blocking the ventilation channel in front of, behind, and...
  • Re: LEAKING WINDSHIELD SEAL
    Historical mailing list - Jerry
    Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:16:44 -0600
    ...I pried the seal away from the body channel with a butter knife and squirted a good bead of sealant between the seal and...
  • Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:15:38 -0700
    ...I also concur that Channel 2 is the one used for caravans when CB's are in use... later... Steven --- phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO...
  • Re: Reminder - The Bus Movie
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:11:21 -0500
    ...Reminder - The Bus Movie A reminder that "The Bus Movie" will be on the Documentary Channel this evening. Here is the schedule for the...
  • Need help to find leak...
    Historical mailing list - John Baker
    Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:47:52 -0500
    ...With the front door open, I looked into the channel that carries fresh air through the front door and to the back passenger area...
  • Re: Middle Seat Removal from Passenger Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Bill H.
    Thu, 5 Feb 2004 05:24:57 -0800
    ...I've removed all the bolts holding the seats to the channel, and all > the bolts I could find that hold the channel but...
  • Re: hex bolts
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:39:45 -0400
    ...Channellock's "Nut Buster": <http://www.channellock.com/acb/stores/2/product1.cfm?&SID=2&Product_ID=40> The bottom jaw is curved up...
  • Re: Comment on Michlein Agilis
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:12:39 -0700
    ...I noticed that the 185 doesn't have a channel to the outside of > it's tred and being a 185, the channels around...
  • Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:50:37 -0700
    ...It turned out that the felt channel (where the top and back > edge of the glass rest when the window is up) was missing...
  • Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:09:19 -0400
    ...For example Atlanta GA's one and only public radio station has 2 additional side channels, broadcasting classical on HD1 channel and HD2, HD3...
  • rattling front door windows
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sun, 3 Sep 2000 11:06:36 -0700
    ...So I was wondering if replacing L shaped upper/rear guide channel and/or the inner/outer window slot weather strip (Bentley 57.2...
  • Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:28:42 -0700
    ...so therer is a rubber and a channel part to it? the rubber just slides out and the channel is a pita to get...
  • Re: noise reduction
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:51:08 +0200
    ...a channel the full length of the door jamb to insert the rubber >>into. >>I suppose you could fab up a channel and pop...
  • De-chromify windows?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:29 -0700
    I accidentally purchased top/rear felt channel strip 281-837-709 when it looks like I should have purchased 255-837-709 instead, as...
  • Re: Need info on window channel sizes for different year Vanagons.
    Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
    Sun, 21 Mar 1999 19:49:30 -0800
    ...Todd '88 Westy Steve Lashley wrote: > Anyone know if the window channels are different for the front windows on > Vanagons for different years and...
  • Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for FREE DTV NVC
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:47:40 -0500
    ...We could not believe the picture quality, while old fashioned (analog) TV channels were wishy washy, but the Digital channels were showing up in...
  • Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
    Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
    Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:32:45 -0500
    ...Might be a bit tight, and I have used 1 1/8 socket (as well as that Channel Lock mentioned earlier). Mind you, if...
  • Luggage Rack Rattle
    Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
    Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:42:22 -0700
    ...If I'm correct, the seal you installed had a 'U' shaped channel which firmly slid over the edge of the luggage rack. Glued...
  • Re: hoses in general
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:44:53 -0400
    ...I think your arc-joint-plier experiment is only going to ruin a presumably nice pair of Channel-Lok pliers without giving you a...