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  • Re: brake pedal to the floor
    Historical mailing list - phil cain
    Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:46:49 -0700
    You could have very loose rear brakes shoes or the booster is bad, I would bet on the booster. Phil __________________________________ Start your day with...
  • Re: Product Review: Octopus cup/drink/bottle holder.
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:29:15 -0600
    If it's too light to handle taller and heavier, why not just screw it down? (of course not directly to the floor or...
  • Coolant leak with a happy ending :-)
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:47:46 +1000
    >Hi Guys, > >A couple of weeks back I noticed a wet spot on my garage >floor under the van approx where the fuel pump...
  • Re: Seat/Bed Swap
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:37:20 -0700
    ...The seat > doesn't even touch the floor of the van. I didn't drill anything either. > I have just that one not-perfect...
  • Re: NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:53:56 -0400
    ...The van will probably have to be dragged on to a > flatbed. > > Are these problems, like completely rusted hinges and floor panels, > resolvable? I...
  • Weak Brakes - '88GL
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:58:51 -0500
    ...Brake fluid is up, no leaks at each brake, good parking brakes - but with engine running the pedal goes almost to the floor. It...
  • Re: Mount propex under the vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:10:25 -0800
    ...This uses space not normally accessed and allows all penetrations to go through the side not the floor. I thought about one for my...
  • Re: broken gas pedal
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 11 May 2009 22:24:53 -0400
    Joy Hecht wrote: > The bottom end of the pedal, which apparently should be attached to something in the floor, is not > attached to anything...
  • Rare single westy middle seat FS Re:Anybody in NC just buy a center single seat?
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:21:21 EST
    ...mounts on floor rails. can use your fridge without taking seat out! :<) seat is tan velour - but... this seat can be removed, and ANY...
  • Re: Re; Keys Locked in Van
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Mon, 9 Jul 2001 07:05:14 -0700
    ...You unlock the slider and set your keys on the floor. Do whatever it was you were gonna do in the van. Automatically lock...
  • Re: POR15 vs. Eastwood Corroless
    Historical mailing list - Randy Nunes
    Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:25:41 -0600
    ...I bought the kit for floorboards, it was the best stuff ever. I washed out the interior 3 days after putting it on and...
  • Re: Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Wed, 14 May 2003 20:38:57 EDT
    ...inch and a half lift that is needed >> Taking a Chinese floor jack to its limit and then some is not a good thing...
  • Re: vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
    Historical mailing list - Don Spence
    Fri, 13 May 2005 14:24:45 -0600
    ...If it wasn;t reinforced, it would snap under the pressure of being jammed into the floor. Don't diesel's have it too...
  • Re: Water on front floor mats!
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:07:21 -0700
    ...it for the weekend both drivers side and passenger side > rubber floor mats had water on them! the passenger side was much > worse, lots...
  • Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:25:33 -0700
    ...I >> thought with the commercial carpet over it - it would ok for my >> passenger >> van floor, in my case which is primarily for Home...
  • Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:10:26 -0600
    ...Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy >>> >>> >>> http://www.oeveedub.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Pro >>> duct_Code=VB-10006&Category_Code=vain-cm...
  • Intermittent Wipers?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
    Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:07:02 -0700
    ...My '87 Westy does not have the floor 'sockets' welded to floor or the plates behind the battery bulkhead, so I'm working out...
  • Tintop AC Tunnel
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:39:41 -0500
    Looking for the kit that prevents the tunnel from suddenly falling to the floor. This was a safety item at one time and as...
  • Re: NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
    Historical mailing list - Jason Orr
    Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:35:21 -0400
    ...The van will probably have to be dragged on to a >flatbed. > >Are these problems, like completely rusted hinges and floor panels, >resolvable? I...
  • Re: Rubber mats..
    Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
    Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:03:52 -0700
    ...I have front > floor mats cut from them in my van and one for outside under my slider in > rough camping spots, My wife...
  • Re: Master Cylinder needed
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:24:44 -0600
    ...straight to the floor! Looked in the brake fluid > resiviour and NO fluid and a greasy spot on the rubber floor mat... > > I have...
  • Re: Leefers? we don't need no stinkin' leefers! what we need iz
    Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
    Thu, 26 May 1994 18:54:49 -0500 (CDT)
    ...windshield air, and one for floor air, (and on newer ones there is also one for the rear floor and one for the rear...
  • query:rust, what's to much
    Historical mailing list - mike mulliganshaw
    23 Jun 95 08:35:48 EST
    ...step down by the driver sliding door, driver feet, batttery floor, and the main floor. adjacent to tracks slight rust under dry rotted window...
  • Re: dometic floor fridge wanted
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
    Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:26:57 -0400 (EDT)
    ...i have a > water-damaged (wood rotted) westy sink/stove/fridge unit i'd be willing > to trade for the floor model fridge that...
  • Misc
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Ankeny
    Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:55:44 -0500
    ...There is a wood insert on top of the metal floor pan inbetween the seats and the sliding door. The wood piece appears to...
  • Re: OE VW floor mats
    Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
    Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:29:27 -0500
    FYI, I bought some VW floor mats (OE carpet with VW logo in the middle). They lasted only one year before I had very...
  • floor mats
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:32:07 +0000
    ...Have seen this add in a VW magazine before, they say they carry OE german floor mats for Vanaon and Eurovan. You can check...
  • Fw: Brakes-
    Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
    Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:06:08 -0500
    ...Brakes- >the first pedal-push is smooshy and close to the floor. The second pedal >push seems to "pump it up" and feel higher.
  • for sale: Tan/grey/blue westy 2 person middle seats w/ rails
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:47:31 EDT
    for sale tan, grey, or blue velour westy 2 person middle seats w/ rails to attach to floor. fit all westys and vans. have...
  • FS: Middle seat tracks and hdwre
    Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
    Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:50:55 -0500
    ...I have the middle seat pair of floor mounted tracks to mount a middle seat in a Westy, if anyone needs them. Make offer...
  • Fwd: Seat covers, mats, NVC
    Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
    Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:33:32 EST
    In a message dated 12/17/00 10:32:20 AM, MVAone writes: << Hello all, Looking for sseat covers and floor mats for my...
  • wire thingys on '87-'91 vanagon front seatbelts??
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:39:31 EST
    ...the little wire things at the bottom of the front seatbelts, where they are bolted to the floor.. anyone know? chris
  • Rain in your Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Tue, 23 Jul 1996 12:08:52 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Hard to notice leak, you will find a small amount of water on one or both sides of the front floor. This water can...
  • Re: hole saws/floor cutting
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:13:40 -0500
    ...hole saws/floor cutting This is a highly opinionated response so take it with a grain of salt. Being a man, I'll use...
  • Re: Brake help needed
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:50:01 -0500
    ...Brake pedal goes to the floor when trying to stop > > Ever since I got the van the pedal would SLOWLY make it's way...
  • Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Wed, 26 May 2010 12:57:25 -0400
    ...Hey Presto -- instant level driveway. > > The only part about this is I'm having a hard time picturing what to put > the floor lift...
  • Re: PIC. Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM?
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:53:51 +0000
    ...It was as though the guy that wired my boat was just picking up scraps off the floor and splicing them together! A 20...
  • Re: broken gas pedal
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 11 May 2009 21:20:32 -0600
    I had that same problem once in my 63 DC, & had to drive 700 miles home w/ the heel duct taped to the floor...
  • Re: Mrs. Squirrel gets nice (NOT) floors in Mellow Yellow.
    Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
    Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:03:04 -0400
    ...It's one > > of the nicer floor "upgrades" I've seen. But I put that stuff in my > > office and kitchen and wouldn't...
  • Re: Rubber Floor Mats
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Wed, 14 Aug 2002 05:59:08 -0400
    ...Rubber Floor Mats > > > > > >> Guys, > >> Do to the difficult nature of finding decent rubber floor > mats for > >> Vanagons, I have thought about producing my own...
  • Re: Engine removal, long winded...... Seeking advice
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:35:50 -0700
    ...How high can you go? (ceiling height) Then, >> > dimension of engine WITH floor jack so you can leave it sitting on >> > floor jack as...
  • a word on soundproofing
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Fri, 21 May 2004 01:42:14 -0400
    ...so i bought about $120 worth and was able to do the driver and passenger floor board, center floor board, center kitchen floor area...
  • re. cutting hole in van floor
    Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
    Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:32:41 -0700
    ...I need to cut a 50mm (slightly less than 2") hole in the floor of my '90 Westy to install a gas furnace. I...
  • Re: FS: grey 2 person middle seats with floor rails and seatbelts..fit westy, etc
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:54:29 -0800
    ...grey 2 person middle seats with floor rails and seatbelts..fit westy, etc all this talk about middle seats.. i have like five or...
  • Re: Fuel Pump? O2 Sensor?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:41:10 -0500
    Black smoke and running OK floored tells all. You have an O2 sensor or wiring problem. Flooring it tells it to ignore the O2...
  • Re: Tranmission R & R
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:17:01 -1000
    ...Ya gotta have longer 8 X 1.25mm nuts and bolts around for things like that. ) need a good floor jack, and at least...
  • Re: access to back of seam above propane tank?
    Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
    Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:56:50 -0400
    ...Humidity is > condensing > between the walls and there is no where for it to go but down on the > floor > sill. Since there was...
  • Re: Brakes need help!!!! just replaced r-shoes&hyd cylinders
    Historical mailing list - Deaner K. Lawless Jr.
    Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:23:49 -0400
    ...took it > out in a test area and at first it felt great, then the pedal went to the > floor. yikes!! i checked for...
  • Re: [Syncro] WTB: mounting hardware for jumpseat
    Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
    Fri, 11 May 2001 09:20:42 -0700
    Ben, You can still buy the floor mounts from the Dealer, fairly cheap at about $10.00 each listee price. List price is only...
  • Brake light sensor switch adj.
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:24:39 -0800
    ...I just installed a third brake light, and in the process of doing the wiring had to press the brake pedal to the floor...
  • Camper floor mat option, flexitiles
    Historical mailing list - Ryan
    Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:13:02 -0400
    I was in need of a floor covering for my 86 and didn't wan't carpet due to the dirt issues. I found...
  • Soundproofing '85 Camper
    Historical mailing list - wsilva
    Sun, 16 Feb 1997 11:19:55 -0800
    ...it help to put something under the rear seat on the floor and up the firewall? Maybe it was there originally? Wendy "85 Westy...
  • Re: Was Re: Front swivel seats.
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:27:01 EDT
    ...COM writes: << so, if you weld the swivel mechanism to the floor, do you lose the ability to slide the seat fore and aft...
  • Re: Need meaurement of position of Westy seat tracks
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:24:27 EDT
    ...Eastern Daylight Time, brbikes@RICA.NET writes: << Will they just screw out once I get the floor out? >> yes..theyre plastic filler bolts. chris
  • Re: digitool: normal readings?
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:04:03 -0400
    ...ON again while gas peddle is pressed to the floor. -Larry
  • How to remove the heat duct?
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:14:59 -0600
    I am talking about the PVC floor piece that goes to the back. There are 2 fastener heads behind the shifter, how do I...
  • for sale: 2 person westy middle seat
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:38:33 EDT
    ...comes w/ floor tracks if your van doesnt have them. excellent shape, have pics. must pick up in SE PA or go freight chris
  • Re: speedometer noise and other ramblings
    Historical mailing list
    08 Jan 97 07:03:09 PST
    ...I get plenty of air from the > defroster vents but I can't seem to get it to the point where the rear > floor...
  • re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:20:19 -0500
    ...Look under your floor matt by where the lever goes to the floor should be a couple 13mm bolts. Unbo them and the assenbly...
  • Re: Winters in the van...
    Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
    Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:29:11 -0800
    ...I've seen under floor installations, too. Radiant heating doesn't have to be in concrete. On 11/19/02 11:17 AM, "Gary...