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• Re: Rear Speaker upgrade
  Historical mailing list - klfvw
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:14:03 -0700
  ...Anyway, I've found *excellent* results with good quality 4" speakers in the doors and on the back panel. You've got to use...
• Re: Body & Fender Resource Needed
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:35:57 -0500
  ...i guarantee the seams around a > replaced panel will rust out quicker than if you had left the original panel > in place, and just...
• Re: westy tent info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:29:31 -0600
  ...Snaps on top to fit w/ roof panel. Tie down loops > on bottom. Roof - 54 x 99 x. White fringe around edge. Snaps to...
• Part request interior panel
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 26 Dec 2022 18:33:32 +0000
  Yep Eric, I hear you.  On my 85 Tintop, right there on that Passenger Side rear panel, gouges into vinyl.  Happened before me!  Maybe...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:02:37 -0600
  ...The lower L panel was replaced. The customer bought the panel from BD, so he supplied it, not the paint shop (Everest Collision, State...
• stats: see if you like this any better. :P
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 16:46:13 CST
  ...16, Panel 6, Pickup 7, Kombi 9 Bus 102 - Camper 58, Panel 0, Pickup 2, Kombi 3 Vanagon 110 - Camper 51, Panel 2, Pickup...
• Re: rust repair
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 10:09:33 -0500
  ...There have been a couple of posts where owners have replaced the entire side panel. Yes it looks like a big job but it...
• Re: Luggage PV Panel?
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:55:21 -0700
  ...I sometimes store items atop but realize they are degrading in the > sunshine and the panel would mitigate. > > Any ideas or experience have you...
• Sliding Door button cheap and plenty
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:17:01 -0500
  ...As I recall, there is some >> "bootsrap" issue in removing the panel where the door must open to >> get the panel off in the...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:06:34 -0700
  Frank, Based on my own experiences with solar, I have a couple of concerns with the assumptions 1) "find the size solar panel that...
• LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:12:19 +1300
  ...To make things more esthetic a black acrylic panel could be made-up to cover the entire rear panel, flush with the tailgate, with...
• Re: 1 Solar Panel: Alternate Charging Between 2 Aux. Batteries?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:19:23 -0400
  ...There's a tradeoff -- increased panel efficiency vs decreased usable capacity in the battery because of load current being a higher fraction of nominal...
• Re: CORRECTION: Please read this!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 95 10:14:06 EDT
  > > I will NEVER, EVER buy body panels from Wolfsburg West, again! EVER! > Well, I don't know if they make panels for splits but...
• Re: 90 Carat doorspeakers, 6" upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:57:11 -0700
  ...Then you can glue the fabric to the > back side of the panel . Then the edge between the speaker grill and the > door panel...
• Re: Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:41:40 -0800
  ...http://tinyurl.com/yqrpjl ---thoughts? Jeff On Mar 7, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Mike Elliott wrote: > YES -- solar panels can be wired in...
• Re: Late night - blinking light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:36:54 -0400
  ...s on the new improved fuse panel with the rest. > IIRC you have to drop the fuse panel >down to get to it. It...
• Re: How to fix rust below windshield (was: Back and ready...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 95 11:13:06 bst
  >It would be great if some aftermarket company, or courageous entrepreneur, >would start manufacturing a metal panel that replaces the 6" of metal below...
• Re: Neat Toy for EV (or Vanagons...)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:47:33 -0500
  ...This panel pops off, so it makes an easy place to string > the wire for the outside sensor. I strung the wire across the...
• Electrical trivia number 3
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 30 May 2025 10:03:32 -0400
  ...The switch is located on the front panel of the kitchen. Same panel with the led lights and stove knobs, but way to the...
• Westy Water/Battery Level Display Panels Available Again
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:52:25 -0500
  These are the painted metal trim panels around the display on your cabinet that shows tank water level, battery level, and whether your stove...
• Re: Rear hatch panel fastener options
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:15:35 -0400
  ...If black works for you, I used these when I redid my panels with Baltic Birch: http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Push_Type_Retainer_GM...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Lit? 1991 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:45:07 -0400
  ...There's a single black wire behind the panel that connects it -- it's not integrated into the main panel plug. Yours, David
• Other famous van drivers...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Oct 1995 06:43:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...He was being interviewed in his panel van, complete with a bed and paneling while driving cross country. The clip lasted about 5 minutes...
• Part# Air-intake behind panel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 17:56:00 +0200
  ...part number of that air-intake manifold which sits behind the panel in the top left rear corner of the van: 251 129 533...
• Re: Sliding Door Latch
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:46:33 -0700
  When the sliding door handle reaches the 100K point and implodes, :) is it a 'rip open the door panel and replace everything' move, or...
• Rust alert
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:32:30 -0700
  ...I have only started the kitchen and found rust tracking going down the inside panel below the external connections. Recommend checking of the seals...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Apr 2005 (#2005-314)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:45:25 -0400
  ...A 36 watt (maybe only 18 watt) solar panel was a couple hundred bucks. It also was about 3 feet long by 16 inches...
• Re: removal of rear door panel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:48:33 -0800
  ...removal of rear door panel > The best is if you get the right tool for this job. It goes around the > button and pops...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Part?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:48:15 -0700
  ...Later westies have the blind clips >> under the vinyl covering over the panel, which are much easier to >> remove & thus not applicable to the...
• Re: Syncro Double Slider Panel Van
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:21:06 -0800
  ...Syncro Double Slider Panel Van Very nice, what's the little emblem below the driver's door? Going to have awnings on both sides...
• Re: Wall mount table
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:40:28 -0700
  ...Instead, I made a cutout in my original pressboard/vinyl paneling into which the table is more or less recessed when folded down. Paneling...
• Re: Fridge
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:41:01 -0700
  ...mcneely On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:43 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > That connector only affects the LED panel and...
• Re: vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:42:31 -0600
  Maybe I missed something in trimmed text, but I didn't see what panels you were wanting to find. I haven't done this...
• Re: auxiliary battery power to cab?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 May 2011 06:49:07 -0700
  I haven't opened up the panel to check the trace size for E3 either. Maybe it is ok. I agree that use of...
• Re: Rust on hookup panel on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:57:39 EDT
  ...Well it's time to finally address the rust on the body panel with the camper hookups. Here are some questions I have: =20...
• Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:51:30 +0000
  So as I'm installing my secondary battery kit last night, I had to pull out the fuse panel on my '88 Westy camper...
• Re: Panel Voltmeter for Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:19:34 -0600
  ...Clavin <jc@AUSTIN.RR.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Panel Voltmeter for Digitool >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:33:37 -0600...
• FS 85 Vanagon Owners and Other Manuals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:48:13 -0500
  ...Beige door panel for 1986 Westy Friends, My door panel finally gave up the ghost, and now it looks like the inside of my...
• Help Locating T4 Connection: Power Door Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:01:38 -0800
  ...The Bentley says they are "behind the instrument panel" on drivers and passenger side, respectively. I pulled what I think of as the instrument...
• Re: [WetWesties] Solar Package Link Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 20 May 2015 14:46:08 -0700
  ...renogy 100w solar panel > <http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=renogy+100w+solar+panel&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=34715182488&hvpos...
• Re: '56 Kombi Update - Interior
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 17:56:32 -0700 (PDT)
  And Mark Janello thus wrote: > > Hi Thom--I was intrigued by your homemade-sounding interior > panels, would you mind giving me some more details...
• Re: solar charge controller
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:03:44 -0700
  ...One thing that MPPT does allow is more flexibility in panel > selection, as you're not limited to a ~17 Vmp panel. > > Ryan > > -- Neil...
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  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:58:24 -0700
  ...I’ve had solar panels and a big assed (200Ahr) agm battery for 5-6 years now. Two 75w Siemens mono on the roof...
• Re: front door lock stuck
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:58:49 -0700
  Dake, I would recommend you to take out the panel or at least the left part of it and check all the screws, lube...
• Tough spec to meet
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:45:48 -0700
  ...Condelli mentioned >>calculate the drain on the battery and find the size solar panel that will keep the charge up for the 6 hours...
• tell me about water at fuse panel 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Wed, 8 Aug 2018 13:41:00 -0500
  Just washed my 85 Westy and see water dripping from around the fuse panel. I've washed this bus for 20 years and have...
• Re: Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sat, 3 Jun 1995 07:53:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Now if I can just talk the guy out of it... :) Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60 Double-Door Panel General Registry Of Ozarks...
• Instrument Panel Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 20 May 2001 21:20:15 -0500
  I recently replaced the panel light over the speedometer in my 85 Westy, but the dash lights are still too dim to allow one...
• Wall mount table
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Seleen
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:02:43 -0400
  ...I chose not to get the driver's side rear panel with the hinged table at this time--Has anyone set up a wall...
• How Can I Get Rear Hatch Off (Including Inside Panel Fasteners) '87 Wolfsburg GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 18 May 2002 18:36:51 +0200
  ...it is the wires, window washer tube, and interior panel (especially this damn panel) that are freaking me out! First... It seems as though...
• body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:38:24 -0400
  ...It seemed like the vertical panels have a 90 degree bent section on each that are parallel to each other and extend deeper into...
• clock light
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:40:02 -0400
  To replace the light bulb for illuminating the digital clock, you need to first remove the instrument panel cover (pull toward the driver seat...
• drilling out and replacing "snap" rivets
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:41:41 -0500
  I would like to remove the rear-most panel sections on my Westy. These happen to be the ones that have the rear hatch...
• Re: panel clips
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:20:59 EDT
  ...seriously the only clips i ever break are the rear hatch panel clips on a carat or wolfsburg.. ive rarely ever broken a front...
• Re: Re; Audi Gauges and David Marshall
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:40:51 -0800
  ...Is >it easier to remove the heater panel and cut the opening, or do it with >the panel in place. I noticed in the...
• Re: Paint code for gray fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:40:44 -0800
  Hi Dave, Yeah, I had a hard time with the paint code my fiberglass panels. So I took an old piece of the painted...
• Re: Power Window Switches
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:47:40 EST
  Kirk, you can remove the switch without taking off the door panel. Just tilt the switch frame away from the door panel a little...
• Re: Odd electrical observance
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:48:07 -0400
  ...The LED lights up whenever the thermocouple lead goes a few millivolts negative to the LED panel ground lead. The way the grounds are...
• FS: 1971 Type 2 Panel Van $1500 from Vanagon trade-in
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:03:08 EDT
  ...The guy was short on cash so I agreed to take his 1971 Panel in trade to get things done. So here it is...
• Re: Electric Lock Disconnect?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:32:53 -0800
  On my '87 Westy I didn't need to take the whole panel off. The connector is probably reachable if you start popping it...