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• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:48:02 -0400
  ...I have 3 nice holes in my floor, all probably in the wrong spots. (We'll worry about that later). I also determined that...
• Re: Brake Problem may "NOT" be resolved?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:54:15 -0600
  ...The technician lets you leave with a brake peddle that "goes" to the floor? I would never have let that car leave my shop...
• Re: Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:32:43 -0800
  ...Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat True story here! My rear facing heater at the floor level worked wonderful. It worked so good that...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:10:28 -0800
  ...Raised floor heater duct in diesels I think it is an 83 only piece. Never seen one on an 82. It SURROUNDS the shift...
• Rustproofing from the inside out Por-15 vs. Krown (and other rustproofers)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:30:05 -0400
  ...Since I am going to laying soundproofing on the floor I figure that the only effective way to stop moisture from reaching the floor...
• Re: Help Please, Lost Brakes :-(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:08:32 -0400
  ...floor. > > Sometimes the pedal will drop to the floor without any resistance and > other times there will be some resistance before hitting the floor...
• Re: Snow Melt Pan under Vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 10:55:08 -0800
  ...Snow Melt Pan under Vehicle? > Mrs Elliott's car drools water onto the garage floor after she drives > out and about the town in...
• Re: FS: Front Rubber Floor Mat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:12:08 -0800
  ...Jeff Schwaia wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > I have some used front rubber floor mats for sale. These are the original > VW front mats. > > > > Picture here...
• replacing floor mats
  Historical mailing list - Brian Asbury
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 17:22:52 -0600
  Hello all, I want to replace the floormats in my 87 Wolfsburg. There are 5 mats all together (2 front, 1 between the seats...
• Opinions requested on Front Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 00:03:19 -0500
  Hello, I'm thinking about putting some front floor mats into my Westy Diesel Vanagon. Anyone have any experience w/ them they'd care...
• Re: seating
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:44:18 -0400
  ...I guess that they put the "front" rail of a middle seat which was turned around backwards into the frontmost guide on the floor...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:14:14 -0800
  ...I measure 10 3/4 inches from the floor under the carpet to the bottom of the horizontal square tube, and 2 3/16...
• Current project floor update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:04:10 -0400
  ...And, I’ve been slowly removing the plywood floor and replacing it with the floor that has the rails for the extra optional seating...
• Re: looking for wolfsburg jump seat female wire seat belts and suggestion on mountin
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:36:54 -0800
  Check the archives for various solutions to the floor mount problem. Yes, there is a 5-speed available with a dogleg first. Top gear...
• Re: Fire Ruins My Day
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:24:24 -0400
  ...We ground down the metal floor, cut and installed new plywood floor, primed with smoke retarding primer, and repainted floor and interior cabinets and...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:25:01 -0800
  ...The floor brackets fit together on opposite sides of the van floor. I got all this info from carefully reproducing the exploded parts diagram...
• Re: Redding?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:52:27 -0600
  So far as the accelerator pedal detaching from the floor, that is (or was when it happened on mine) simply a matter of the...
• Re: Westy Front table survey
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:12:46 -0700
  ...And the large bracket on the floor (angled up) on the same side. The small arm stays in the bracket which also holds (secured...
• Re: pop out on westy
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:27:29 EDT
  ...It would definately give you some more floor space in your camper; you could make the bottom bed wider too. My camper doesn't...
• Accessing Rear Brake Lines above Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:38:22 +0200
  ...Unbolt engine mount crossbar, lower very slightly with floor jack. Support transmission with 2nd floor jack, remove two large mounting bolts, lower as much...
• Re: Weekender refigerator question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:51:12 EST
  ...Anyone out > there ever do similar? yes..i installed a home depot exterior sealed outlet under the floor of my 84 sunroof van which...
• Re: Seat mount questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:35:40 -0800
  No, the floor mount plates are only welded in place on vans that actually came with the jump seats. That said, it is not...
• Re: RUBBERS!! who has rubber front vanagon floormats? vendors?
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:29:51 -0600
  The Parts Place in Michigan still shows them in their catalog - I think they're around $40 for a set. [text/html]
• another update to site
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:28:10 -0700
  I've posted pics and an awkwardly written description of the floor mod I made to my Westy. http://homepage.mac.com/alistairbell/home...
• Can I bolt it in?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:18:21 -0800
  Hi guys, I was wondering if I can just bolt my removable swivel chair to the floor if I don't have the tracks...
• Re: Brake pedal goes to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:17 -0500
  ...The pedal would "Sometimes" go all the way to the floor but could > pump up to build pressure. Other times it would work fine...
• Re: Jump seat in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:21:50 -0400
  Dave The floor brackets are still available from VW (at least they were a year ago). I bolted mine in place. Welding is clearly...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:25:31 EST
  ...These four floor brackets are arc-welded to the floor. A friend welded mine for me. The floor sheet metal is relatively thin compared...
• Re: 84 Westfalia Subfloor Removal
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:51:04 -0400
  ...To get the bottom plates and receivers, would have needed to cut them out of the floor, which was not an option so now...
• Quickie Review on Tire Rack Aluminum Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:19:04 -0500
  Benn Ogling at that $169 aluminum floor jack in the Tire Rack website? I bought one last June while I was there and I...
• Re: Carpet or Something else? (correction)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Aug 1996 23:02:01 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I just fastened mine down with fat sheet metal screws through wooden floor and into metal floor. Great for big loads. I carpeted the...
• Re: Any Storage Ideas for Space below slider?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:01:11 -0800
  ...Bill > Looking through the archives I ran across different ideas for the space under > the floor of the side sling door but they involved...
• Re: Coolant Drip!!!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:48:51 -0700
  ...This morning >> there is a slime trail about a foot long in the same area on the floor >> which is telling me something is...
• Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:38:05 -0600
  ...But I won't set my battery on a concrete floor!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002...
• Westfalia alternative (was Re: A Ford Westy)
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:58:27 EST
  ...One of their standard floorplans, the "RB-50", is basically a copy of the Westfalia/Eurovan floorplan. They have a web site at www...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:08:13 -0600
  ...So >> basically get it up off the floor onto something electrically insulated. >> >> John >> >
• Re: 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:27:42 -0500
  ...Mounts to tracks on the floor...head restraints & seat belts are integral. If you have a Westy, you cut through the plywood flooring to...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:32:15 EST
  ...it popped out of the "steel cups" in the floor with him in it. . this is why they REDESIGNED the jumpseat floormount brackets for...
• Copy of: 85 westy weekender - longish ramble/sorry
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  10 Nov 96 13:07:45 EST
  ...non-GL Westy) and there should have been a fridge that bolts to the floor behind the passenger seat. Go back and look at...
• Re: For those working on the WBX out of the car
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 21:19:55 -0400
  ...Is it the case (pun) that it will mount the 2.1 WBX to a floor stand? Thanks, John Meeks '91 Multivan Stock 2...
• NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:40:45 -0500
  ...It's rusty as in some doors won't open, there are holes in the roof and the front floors are gone. The running...
• Possible New Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:59:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Front floors have some rust, can't see cargo floor (see under heading "good") Good: Its a double door, only 1 piece of glass...
• Re: Stereo sounds: a little more bass?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:32:35 -0700
  ...It is in a smallish box on its own, which I sit behind the passenger seat on the floor. I got the Box at...
• Re: Winter Camping (with dog)
  Historical mailing list - Sheri
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 23:01:59 -0800
  ...with an ice chest on the floor of the passenger's seat, and then a couple floor pillows and her blanket over the whole...
• Bus Depot postscript
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:29:38 -0600
  ...When I ordered my floor mats, I wrote "Beige" in the "Comments" section on the final ordering page. A couple of days later someone...
• Samba ad of the week
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:30:05 -0800
  ...Looks like it just came off the showroom floor: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1870801 Stuart
• 84 Vanagon for sale
  Historical mailing list - Beglins
  Sat, 12 Sep 1998 08:39:26 -0700
  ...I drove it off the showroom floor. Hate to part with it but ....
• RE>84 Westy -- Adding Seating
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:59:35 -0700
  ...The middle seat mounts on rails that bolt to the floorpan. In the Westy, as I visualize it, the area where the rails bolt...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 19:51:05 -0600
  ...also use the HF Steel Floor Jack Cross Beam that DH suggests > https://www.harborfreight.com/steel-floor-jack-cross-beam-64051.html to...
• RE: Re(2): Rubber Floor Mats for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:53:14 -0800
  ...Rubber Floor Mats for Vanagon > > Charles, >The number for Parts Place is (810) 373-2300 and fax (810)373-5950. I >lost my catalog...
• Re: water system question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 05:42:11 -0700
  ...I just finished pulling all of the cabinets and I found lots of mold and mildew on the floor boards (between the metal floor...
• Info on the Cap Screws in floor for jumpseat
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:53:31 -0400
  ...Drill through wooden floor with drill the OD of the fastener head. Drill through metal floor with drill the OD of the fastener body...
• RE> Addn'l seat for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:10:02 -0700
  ...The middle seat mounts on rails that bolt to the floorpan. In the Westy, as I visualize it, the area where the rails bolt...
• Re: Standard Pop Up Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:51:29 -0600
  ...The roof could fold > all the way over and become the floor for the sleeping quarters. > In this setup, when the roof/floor is...
• Heater Core hoses NLA?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:30:12 -0800
  ...Anyone have a substitute hose (or an import?) I only need the question mark shape, not the under floor part. If not, I'll...
• Re: Rubber floor mats?
  Historical mailing list - tornado red
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:32:34 -0700
  I bought a set of cheap generic all-weather type rubber floor mats at Wal Mart for $10. Fairly deep zig-zag grooves, dark...
• Rubber Floor Mat Sets
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:59:57 +1000
  Greetings All My question concerns the Genuine OEM rubber heavy duty floor mats currently offered by Ron @ Bus Depot. Jump in here Ron anytime...
• Sew Fine carpet fitment
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 14:58:23 -0500
  I see the pictures of Sew Fine's front floor carpet and they don't look like they fit with any overlap. This has...
• Re: Looking for a Middle Seat for 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:13:34 -0400
  You don't have to cut up (much) of the floor. You could just mount the rails over top of the floor. I chose...
• Re: Help! ... middle seat removal...'85 Vanagon & then some
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 25 May 2000 12:40:55 EDT
  ...Also, I MAY have chamfered the bottom corner on the OD to make them fit closer to the floor ribbing. 5) I made one...