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• Re: Side tent?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:38:30 -0400
  ...It doesn't "seal" 100% at the lower corners, but the drip rail seal fits fine. Adds lots of space. Here's mine, which...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:19 -0400
  > > 1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents on the > lower > > back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon...
• Re: Short Tires, Tall Vans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:05:55 +1200
  ...how much more cornering ability can a Vanagon handle? I've >always felt like the van was getting ready to roll over *before* my...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:21 -0700
  ...Tried to install another one today, and after tearing one corner > of the rubber, I gave up in frustration. > > I completely saturated the rubber...
• Re: 15 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Lake
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:26:52 -0400
  ...The standard tire for a Vanagon requires a "C" load rating or at least a load rating of 1620 pounds per corner. Getting this...
• Re: Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 May 2015 08:48:43 -0700
  ...Go Westy has hold down tabs for the broken off corners were it attaches to the dash: http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details...
• Re: Thanks to Dennis Haynes! Gearbox rebuilt!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 05:22:24 -0400
  ...John’s Car Corner in Westminister, VT. > On May 31, 2017, at 9:50 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > > Good...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:05:03 -0800
  ...bottom edge of the fresh air vent screen.� Feel those dimples near the corners?� Well that's one entry point, for sure. Geo/ATL
• Re: tips on installing the poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:50:45 -0400
  ...I believe I mitered mine, cut both at 45 degrees so they met at the corner. If not, then I ran the front one...
• Close Encounters (trip report?)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:37:21 -0400
  ...Came around a corner only to encounter this one squid passing on the double yellow- he ended up getting sandwiched between us, probably close...
• Re: Restored vanagon for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:25:41 -0400
  ...30k (subtract $10k for that rather large dent in the rear corner though). :-) -- Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Phone: 856...
• Re: Campout with Bill/Honeymoon!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 21:24:37 -0700
  ...We would never get any rest between the noise from the rocking bus (squeaking in the front passanger corner/bad shocks), tending to the...
• Re: Westy Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Doniach
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:39:04 -0800 (PST)
  ...for my 86 Westfalia: > > > >Skylight assembly (the original has has a corner cracked off and is now > >covered in duct tape, and the nylon...
• Vanagon on X-Files
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:44:04 EDT
  ...parking lights that it's a Vanagon, then it turns the corner and stops right in front of the camera. Looked to be air...
• Wrecking Yards in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:42:38 GMT
  ...Mine has a crack on the drivers side corner, and I am debating whether it would be better to repair or replace. These are...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 04:04:14 PDT
  ...It handles better around >corners and curves. I do not feel the van leaning as before. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN...
• Re: Vanagon Crash Test Ratings Not So Good --
  Historical mailing list - Isaiah
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:05:25 -0500
  ...that first corner reminded me pretty quick though.... :) Isaiah 91 Carat 93 318is I'll replace it with an M5 some day.... and almost...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:18:20 -0500
  ...To your corners! Isolators on the left. > Relayers on the right. >
• Re: guide piece for sliding window
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:18:35 EST
  ...It's about 2 inches long I'd say and it has a > groove > to meet the track at the bottom two corners of...
• Westys in Potrero Hill, San Francisco
  Historical mailing list - Tina and Yoel Crane
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:06:30 -0800
  ...Texas oh yeah, there's a Type II breadbox around the corner as well. (Missouri and 20th) Tina and Yoel -- Tina and Yoel Crane...
• Re: No, not the silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:26:08 -0700
  ...But the little capped electrical connector bolted to the right rear >> corner >> of the alternator. Pop off the cap and there are two prongs...
• Re: SO-42 Rust bucket 10000USD and counting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:02:07 -0800
  Wow, what a piece of sh*t! I'll bet you could poke your finger through that lower front corner, and the generous helpings...
• Re: New Toys in Town!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:13:41 EST
  ...pop out from behind, and a skim coat of filler, and just paint the corner, mask off at the seams. easy fix.. so what...
• Re: Westfalia Canvas Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:31:30 -0400
  ...They require that the top of the tent be squared in the corners and the bottom be rounded in the corners. So far I...
• Re: Awning advice
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 26 May 2015 11:34:48 -0400
  ...In heavy rain, shorten the outer corner tiedown lines > to pull the corners earthward so rain will sluice off and not pool on > the...
• Re: yearly reminder to caulk your fill ports and remove your hatch plugs
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 20 May 2006 08:00:16 -0700
  ...but the lower corners of the hatch were > starting to rot out and the long rocker seam on the drivers side was starting to...
• Re: out of sight
  Historical mailing list - Alexander Vitakis
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:30:11 -0700
  ...is threaded into the edges of the cloth and connected with >corner brackets. The contraption straddles the matress, making a large >hidden storage area...
• Re: Oil pressure low around corners in 89 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ron
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:06:18 +1000
  ...Oil pressure low around corners in 89 Vanagon My oil pressure light, and sometimes buzzer, are coming on when I go around a big...
• Re: camping accessories
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:35:57 -0700
  ...the table that is mounted > on the corner behind the driver's seat, over to the corner at the battery > box. We have made...
• Re: Ch**slers "inventions"
  Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 01:20:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...Cab forward is the engine mushed as far forward as possible with the wheels moved to the corners. Older buses had the engine obviously...
• Re: Richard Koerner van And some Dennis thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:51:58 -0500
  ...I have noticed quite different radii on the corners of certain parts over the years. Also saw a restored vanagon that used a rear...
• Re: Vanagon Stolen in Seattle RECOVERED!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:53:03 -0700
  That's good news despite the bad story! This van lives right around the corner from me. Glad to see it will be back...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:21:05 -0800
  ...I am speaking of > the vent panels in the rear lower corners of the front doors in my normal > (non-AC non-Westie) 84...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:24:26 -0800
  ...I am > speaking of > the vent panels in the rear lower corners of the front doors in my > normal > (non-AC non-Westie) 84...
• Re: Spring replacement photos
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:58:17 -0700
  ...a proper driving practice.) I have not yet cornered to the limit, but in hard cornering, the van seems very predicable. About the only...
• Aftermarket suspension parts..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 May 2007 20:08:35 -0700
  ...Four corners.. Don Hanson
• Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:27:16 -0800
  ...tried to use broad strokes around each corner across the front section. I bet a regular sized OD roller would have been fine. Neil...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:36:14 -0800
  ...wheel bearing has developed play and is starting to squeal on corners. Advice sought on this; > - tighten the bearing? (& can the pean nut be...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 15:50:29 -0700
  ...That said the diesel vans put the battery back there in the far right corner of the engine compartment so that compensates for the...
• Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:28:05 +0000
  ...IT was very informational and showed where to cut the corners to get it to fit on right the first time. > > If any of...
• Re: Door air vent was taped over?
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:18:41 +0200
  ...Rgds, Jaap > Folks, > > While repairing the power window regulator in the passenger side door, I > found that the lower corner vent had been taped...
• Re: Oops re: Preventive maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:42:31 -0500
  ...to have to suck it up and live with it. �<dons > dunce cap and sits in corner muttering "but it still moves..."> > > Yours, > David >
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:54:40 -0600
  ...The VIN serial number is on the VW sticker, plus the corner of the dash and also on a cross member under the sliding...
• 87 Synchro CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Capt Meschwitz
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:09:16 -0500
  I just bought and '87 Synchro, and an outboard front CV boot let go the first day (did I turn a corner too tight...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:15:56 +1200
  ...I had thought it had stripped the bolthead corners, as these bolts are notoriously soft, but no, it was the socket which failed. About...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:56:35 EDT
  ...possible? >> Scrape the bore of the connector with a machinists 3-corner scraper. Don't have one? Grind a used-up file into one...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:17:12 -0400
  ...the exhaust air go from the vents on the lower >back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon? At 04:33...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:36:38 -0700
  ...the "city light" glows on the front corner, and a tail light on the > rear corner.. and hopefully nobody slams you because they didn...
• Re: Weight Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:40:06 -0500
  ...The lowered center of gravity created by a load of cement aboard on actually made the bus sway less while cornering. Not that I...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:15:17 -0700
  ...That way the "city light" glows on the front corner, and a tail light on the rear corner.. and hopefully nobody slams you because...
• Re: shady boy (SB) owners
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:55:06 -0400
  ...2) Old style had the corner ribs attached by a plastic clip and the ribs tended to bow out and away from the tarp...
• road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 04:19:45 EST
  ...parking lot is filled with big piles of plowed up snow, so visibility around corners etc, is limited. Got to an intersection in the...
• Re: Replacing stock radio on '91 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:27:38 -0400
  Hey John, If memory serves me correctly, there are four small holes, one in each corner, stick coat hanger or nail in each hole...
• Re: anybody there?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Mar 2020 11:26:42 -0400
  ...But, many ideas and projects just around the corner! Eric Caron > On Mar 8, 2020, at 11:22 AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM...
• Road Trip
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 19:43:48 +0000
  ...We are going to the four corners area.I have always wanted to see Canyon De Chelly and the Utah parks on the way...
• Re: Body work question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:37:47 -0800
  ...I just put a question and photo on TheSamba about a dent in my left rear corner, feel free to take look. http://www...
• Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 09:32:34 CST6CDT
  ...kinda like ric's idea of the four generations at the corners of a square > or rectangle. but that gets kinda complicated to print...
• Rusty's Camper in HotVWs, October!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:36:24 -0700
  ...Ghia convert that's in the way), page 69 lower right corner, behind the double cab that's in the way, ( you can almost...
• Re: Screens for a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 09 Aug 1996 06:08:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...Bought a roll of screen material, two long pieces of frame stock and a couple of packages of corner pieces. About two hours later...
• Re: harlequin Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Ruppe
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 08:29:22 -0400
  ...web site :-) its stohlman volkswagen's on rt 7 in tysons corner. its more "rasta" than harlequin to me though :-) david ruppe '88 westy