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• 2nd battery installation question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 13:21:36 -0800 (PST)
  ...That was with the circuit breaker panel in it's current position. I've read in the archives that those of you that did...
• Re: better sun visor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 12:50:17 -0800
  I asked the folks who make the ABS panels if they would cut them from plywood paneling. They declined. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Door Panel Clip Installation
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:45:38 -0400
  ...I assumed that I could go in from the back side of the panel, but its proving to be problematic for me this am...
• Re: Webasto control panel for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:46:07 -0400
  ...Hey-I am removing the digital control panel that is mounted in the dash of our 84 Westfalia. It is available to anyone that...
• Body construction
  Historical mailing list - joe winter
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 07:03:00 PST
  ...The crunch on my left rear corner panel looks easy enough to fix...but. Joe/Omaha 87 GL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at...
• Anyone have a parts van in southwestern ontario?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 18:42:19 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a Westy parts van in Southern Ontario? I need the panel that goes over the front seats, plus some other interior...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:45:09 +1300
  ...Actually the Mexican Bays use the German panels, with sliding door and big tailgate, unlike the Brasilian, which have hinged side-doors and small...
• Re: Electrical trivia number 3
  Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
  Sat, 31 May 2025 05:57:51 -0400
  Eric, there are and never were any switches of any kind on that panel except for what’s on the LED panel. Someone added...
• Re: electrical/convenience stuff (solar)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 17 May 1995 10:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We > both have a set of 4 solar panels, each 1 by 4 ft. in size. The set is > rated at 87 Watt. David...
• FW: Solar panel information
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 01:08:37 -0400
  ...Solar panel information Since the archives seem to be down (the page doesn't load and hasn't for me for the past few...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 06:14:05 -0400
  ...That panel on my Westy has a homemade tilt mechanism, and is quickly removable using SS boat hatch hinges with quick release hinge pins...
• Re: Interior door fastening clips issue
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:47:56 +0100
  ...I normally push a screw driver between tin and panel and gently lift the panel together with the clip. Hope this helps. Sincerely Rainer...
• Re: VW Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 31 May 2002 11:26:29 -0700
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Brunton makes a small solar panel that seems pretty cool. I saw at a sporting goods shop...
• Re: Push-in fasteners for rear hatch panel
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 Aug 2015 09:11:15 -0700
  ...Push-in fasteners for rear hatch panel > > > > I generally break many of these fasteners when I remove a rear panel. > The > > 8 mm (5...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:04:08 -0500
  ...All of our Vanagon panels are European made - some genuine VW, others aftermarket where genuine is no longer available. I have not had any...
• Re: Sliding door lock...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 06:29:24 -0400
  ...I looked into it once, and reached the >conclusion that you need to remove the inside door panel. This looks like a >major PITA...
• Re: Audi 4000 gauge panel fits a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JAnet Andersen
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:07:30 -0700
  Concerning the panel from an Audi fitting the vanagon I've looked at several in the junkyards over the couple of days and haven...
• air control panel bulb
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:22:17 -0700
  there is a place for a little bulb in the center of the panel with the air control levers, when my van was vandalized...
• Re: Recycling gear oil
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:41:39 -0500
  ...David, Pour the used gear oil into your door panels, and rear quarter panels. This will stop any rust or corrosion fom starting--or...
• Re: Currently in Bend
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:08:53 -0700
  ...Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
• Battery dies due to excessive draw
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:52:46 -0700
  ...Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
• Re: Fridge
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:14:15 -0700
  ...It probably gets 12V from the panel connector. > > Yrs, > d > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:41 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com...
• Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:47:09 -0600
  ...On our first class, we saw a video of this new adhesive technology that eliminated the need for the "welding on" of body panels...
• Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:29:09 -0700
  ...The more I think of it, the more I am convinced that we had him re-do the slider door panel. I think he...
• Re: Deal on solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:53:01 -0600
  ...You would pull in somewhere and set-up the solar panel, then you would have light inside - at least during the first part of...
• Re: Cool Syncro...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 6 May 2009 09:35:11 -0700
  While cool, that panel is redundant.� You can tell a syncro from the right because of the gas filler location.� What you need is...
• clutch play
  Historical mailing list - Joe Pallen
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:16:26 -0800
  ...It also says to access this by removing the instrument panel. I've tried to access by removing the instrument panel, the fuse/relay...
• Re: Gary Lee curtain rod?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:58:06 -0700
  Many years ago I made something like that for my old '55 Chevy panel truck. I used plastic-coated aluminum tubing (about 3/8...
• Re: 83.5/84 connector to 85+ panel checklist
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 18:24:19 -0700
  ...empty on the > older panel. > > To adapt the 84/83.5 WBX connector to 85+ panel: > > Pin three (panel lights, gray/blue) moves to...
• Re: That krylon espresso brown paint
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:15:38 +0000
  ...The original face plate on the sink unit in my van, and the indicator light panel, were really ratty with creeping rust. So some...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon: Can't unlock rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:17:36 -0400
  ...You need to pry close to and on both sides of each clip to minimize damage to the panel..Expect most of the clips...
• Re: solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:50:47 -0700
  The solar panels will work under cloudy skies, but not as good. Reason is simple, clouds block some of the sunlight. Expect about 1...
• Re: VW Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 07:50:09 -0400
  This is strictly a "trickle charger" look at the size of the panel............My brother is a EE and we talked a few years...
• Re: Repair/refurbishment 1982 westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:47:36 EDT
  ...R emove all the panel covering using a heat gun. Leave the glue on the surface of the panels for texture. Take a piece...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:53:36 -0800
  ...Looks like a different wiring loom, with added circuits going to the relay panel, and likely there is another relay added in the panel...
• Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:43:54 -0700
  ...The wiring diagram was >completely wrong, and finally I found the spade connector had fallen >off the fuse panel, which is what I should...
• Re: Vanagon entertainment...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:21:35 -0700
  ...I already replaced mine, but I wasn't aware of a way to get those original speakers out without taking the panel off. Stuart...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:20:39 -0600
  ...Simpler Alternative to welding body panels > Hi Volks: > > There are important developments in autobody technology that make it much > simpler to do body repairs...
• Stuff I Need and Stuff I Need To Sell
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:11:22 -0500
  ...I have the Door panels [with Power mirror], Large panel behind the driver side, the two rear trapazoid [One is brand new], the two...
• Re: getting the fan blower switch out
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:24:37 -0700
  ...The plastic panel for the ventilation controls would flex a bit but not come loose, not even with the recommended careful prying. Removal of...
• Re: Fridge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:37:53 -0400
  LED panel is not necessary to operate fridge. It runs off the kitchen fuse (8 amp at base of driver's B pillar. Fridge...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:48:03 -0600
  ...Put it on the front door panels, behind the kitchen cabinets, the side slider, the RR panel over the RR wheel and inside the...
• Front Body repair Panels ---FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE HELP ME
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:06 -0500
  ...So his Tahoe dipped as my poor baby dipped and now i have a smashed in front panel on the driver side just below...
• Re: Soundproofing pix
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:09:53 -0700
  ...The really noticeable difference is > thumping panels that have been soundproofed compared > to those that have not. The huge difference in the > resonant sound...
• Re: Los Angeles Folks Meetup & Solar!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 21 Jun 2015 10:52:27 -0300
  ...On 21-Jun-2015, at 10:00, Don Hanson wrote: > Solar panels are the most appropriate power source for a camping vehicle, > for certain...
• Re: Body construction
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:51:27 -0500
  ...The crunch on my left rear corner panel looks easy enough to fix...but. Joe/Omaha 87 GL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at...
• Sink LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:35:20 -0400
  ...Mine has 4 water lights, and 3 battery lights and a toggle switch to turn the panel (and water pump) on and off. I...
• Re: Vanagon Seams
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:14:16 -0800
  Don, I prefer to use seam sealer to seal the seams instead of panel adhesive. Wurth AdhesiveFlex seam sealer has always worked great for...
• removing Westy stove face plate
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:27:50 -0600
  How do I remove the face plate of the Westy stove-- the front part with the LED panel and the gas knobs? I had...
• Re: rear windows
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:59:23 EST
  ...Schiebefenster VW-T3 Transporter SELTENES TEIL!!! > > thats a cab divider window for a T3 panel van..pretty rare since most panel vans didnt have...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:06:43 -0400
  ...The clock has its own pin on the panel connector, as it's the only thing on the panel that's always powered. Time...
• Carat Side Skirts for Rocker Panels
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:01:48 -0700
  ...But, I didn't get the rocker panel side skirts. Now I am looking for them individually, or in a set, etc. Can anyone...
• Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:25:08 -0800
  ...They are thinner than the cast dandelion tool and will stress the Masonite panels less. On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM...
• Re: Solar controller question..semi off topic.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:47:50 -0700
  ...Solar Panels and Controllers Don, the subject has been coverd by the reponders up till now. But let me add this. You mentioned connecting...
• PUMP WORKING!! Now someone tell me why...
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 19:31:35 EST
  ...OK, I noticed that when I would turn on the pump, I would hear a click emanating from the region of the LED panel...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:07:22 -0800
  ...Large side panel with the indent for the table Smaller side panel for the other side Bench seat and frame, the table version has...
• Re: Off Topic, but need advice on a Deawoo
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:09:53 -0500
  ...Of course, if the panels are fogged by UV damage, then it isn't restricted to the surface, and it can't be polished...
• Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:07:55 -0700
  ...but a solar > panel will recharge the battery so you can start the engine :) Bill, I wasn't aware the garden variety, affordable panels...
• Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:56:58 -0400
  ...Instrument panel cover (brown) > > Front doors interior hardware > > Pair of rear license plate lights > > Brown panel with lights for dometic frig. > > Fuse Panel and...
• Rust in lower side panel Vanagon '80
  Historical mailing list - Jan Willem Brier
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:09:47 +0100
  Today I helped a fellow Vanagon owner asses the extent of the rust on his drivers side panels. It was bad..... There is very...