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• Re: Hatch-mounted carrying rack?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:09:00 EDT
  In a message dated 7/26/00 12:04:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << Hatch-mounted carrying rack? >> See...
• Re: rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:58:27 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:52:49 EST "John \"Shaggy\" Donovan" <Awf986@AOL.COM> writes: > will a rear hatch from an...
• Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:39:55 -0600
  ...4:09 PM, Loren Busch at starwagen@GMAIL.COM wrote: > RE: Hatch Struts > When I needed new struts a couple of years ago I...
• Re: insulating against road noise
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:46:42 -0400
  ...rear hatch, more help in the side doors. > Also used it under the rear seat and on top of the engine hatch. I'm...
• Re: Transport Q: 4 those familiar with GoWesty Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:03:36 -0700
  ...bob On Jan 27, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Oxroad wrote: > Hey Folks-- > > I'm hatching a plan to save some money on the...
• ATTN: those who asked for center mounted logo LED brake lights. They are here.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:20:50 EDT
  ...They are designed to replicate the shape of the center emblem found on 88 and later rear hatches. These are supposedly custom made and...
• Re: Bike carrier
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:03:05 +0000
  ...I do have experience with where the thread went regarding a hatch mouning system. I have had 4 bikes on the back using this...
• Storage Ideas..Was: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:09:03 -0800
  This afternoon I was inside my rear hatch, attaching some extra tail lights. I had the panel right off and got to looking at...
• Re: Mystery Splittie Single Cab revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 10 May 1996 13:17:37 MST
  ...The rear hatch has a hole in the > bottom center, which I at first took to be where the > lock/pushbutton/whatever went to...
• Re: 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 12:41:01 -0700
  ...Thanks for the links. >> >> Now if we could get Bell Labs and/or Felder Industries to engineer a >> remotely opening >> hatch and remotely opening...
• Re: sagging tail gate, no good deed unpunished
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:59:19 -0400
  Eric, The stock hatch struts have a strong and weaker pairing. Our fine vendors usually sell a pair of strong struts for extra weight...
• Assorted Vanagon body parts FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:56:20 EDT
  ...I really would have to charge extra for packing up rear hatches, etc, I would much rather have you pick up these big items...
• Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:02:45 EDT
  ...They still hold the hatch open with four bikes on the hatch mounted bike rack. Still a PITA to close with no bikes on...
• Re: Hose cover at top of rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:29:34 -0600
  ...windshield washer hose between the body of the van and the hatch? > Do you know where to get the washer hose itself for that...
• AW: another hatch strut victim
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:30:37 +0100
  ...They > hold > the hatch in any position you leave it at. Works for me. > FYI, Koblenz is a city in Germany where the company...
• alarms in westies
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Mon, 24 May 1999 20:05:51 -0600
  ...Is the Code Alarm adequate? How did you alarm your rear hatch? How did you wire the rear hatch to the "brains" of the...
• Re: More on Curtains....
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:51:27 -0600
  I've always had the idea to create some device that would allow you | to securely crack the hatch in back to draw a...
• Re: FS: Set locks w/ keys: ignition, all handles & rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:55:22 EST
  ...May need > painting: > > Two (2) front door handles > One (1) sliding door handle > One (1) ignition lock cylinder > One (1) rear hatch lock > > He...
• Re: List Sticker Survey - Update #2
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:34:27 EST
  ...i HAVE a blue list sticker on my windshield and rear hatch window - and blue DOESNT SHOW UP from more than 10 ft away...
• Re: Hatch Latch--Loren Bush comment please
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:44:36 -0700
  ...On 6/4/07, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote: > > Loren: > > What size turnbuckle is used for your hatch latch? > > This is the link for...
• Re: Need help locating lock code on rear hatch with central locking system
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:19:53 -0600
  > Still no luck finding the > code. Maybe "code red"...? Richard
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:04:25 -0600
  ...Film of oil all over back hatch > Stan, > The bird dookie is probably better for you than the anti freeze and oil. > Just a...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:43:15 -0400
  Ron, The Rear Hatch Shelter looks like a neat product at an attractive price -- great thinking! Does it mate up to the snaps for...
• vanagon interior light tip
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:48:32 EDT
  ...if you have a wolfsburg or carat, or regular GL, when you open the rear hatch or sliding door, all the dome lights come...
• Hatch strut - D'oh! Bent it.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:41:38 -0700
  ...The rear hatch is open, and out of reach. I'm not real tall. So I grab the lowest part I can reach, which...
• Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:14:06 -0800
  ...It attaches between the rear hatch and back of the seat and is long enough to open up the hatch while attached. Pretty good...
• Re: Need Bike rack Suggestions ;-)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 15:37:17 -0300
  ...ALL the weight is held by two tiedown straps if it's high up on rear hatch, bikes too low if it sits on...
• Rear hatch strut question
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Thu, 2 Jan 97 10:43:36 -0600
  ...i have in my hands 2 new hatch struts. but they are different PNs and i don't know which is the 'correct' one...
• Re: hatch door difficult to latch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:01:23 -0400
  ...Ken, every car door- hood- hatch- latch I've ever seen has a two-step engagement. I'm quite sure it's a fallback...
• Vanagon bike carrier for up to 4 bikes, yakima, thule
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 6 May 2002 18:44:36 -0600
  ...I recently built a bike carrier for a list member which will carry up to 4 bikes on the rear hatch. It is basically...
• Re: Stolen Dipstick!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:40:33 EDT
  ...If the rear hatch is locked the license plate door can't be opened. Best Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
• Bed slat info needed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 09:36:42 -0700
  ...A second weirdness about my truck is that the particle-board engine hatch has been replaced with aluminum diamond-plate. I'm planning on...
• Re: noisy hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:52:00 -0800
  ...Remove it and see if opening and when closing the hatch does the noise change? Agree with others - not too expensive and they are...
• Re: FS: Magnetic window screens
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:43:01 -0500
  Joe, Do you have a rear hatch opening screen for the Vanagons? Something with an elastic band (or other) that would allow the screen...
• Camper/Yacht Hatches
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Thu, 29 Sep 94 16:32:32 PDT
  ...There are other more costly manufacturers and certainly much larger deck hatch sizes. The largest you can drive a motorcycle through and you don...
• Re: [Syncro] Obsure (One year only) Part(s) Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:28:46 -0400
  ...I'm looking for part > of the rear hatch setup on a 1991 Vanagon. 1991 only as far as I know. > That appears to...
• Rear Hatch Screen
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:47:34 -0700
  Hi Volks, I said I was having a hatch screen made for my camper. Pix here: http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare/hatchscreen.msnw $53...
• Re: Beside myself!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:24:59 -0800
  ...My husband discovered them after I crawled > in via the hatch so he could put the club on the steering wheel. After he > locked...
• rear hatch power lock needs help
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Sep 2019 16:47:36 -0700
  hi all, I removed the rear hatch power lock assembly to repair the lock tumbler, lube, bench test... all fine... after re-install the...
• Re: Rear cargo door seal for '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:22:54 -0600 (MDT)
  ##Steve Maher smaher@ball.com '71 Transporter ##The seal around the rear cargo door (not the engine hatch) of my '71 bus ##is pretty...
• Vanagon Hatch Trivia
  Historical mailing list - J. R. BROOKOVER / MFG IS
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:31:14 EST
  I just purchased new hatch lifts for my 89 Westy and was surprised that the left and right sides are different part numbers (with...
• Re: Best Hatch Struts???
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 15:30:00 -0700
  ...EROLS.COM writes: > > >BTW, has anyone ever decided that the rear hatch should have a light switch > >like the other doors? I wonder how...
• Re: Rear hatch tents now available
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:01:19 -0600
  ...it on a Eurovan > only. > > How does it seal around the hatch? Is this a fair weather tent or does it > actually have wet...
• Re: For real? (CL listing)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:04:59 -0800
  ...On 1/17/08, ROBERT O UELTZEN <ueltzen@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > As to the hatch cover, it looks like the same color as the...
• Re: heckklappen aufsteller (hatch prop) made
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 21:16:32 -0400
  Can a cat squeeze through that opening? He can get past mine. <G> Geo/ATL in Almonte, ON
• Location of the extra van seat.
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 22:53:57 -0700
  ><< extra van seat >> > Where's this seat located ? Probably between the front seats and the back hatch. ;o)
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:39:18 -0400
  ...Don't forget, if you "weigh" your hatch, that it's not a 1:1 ratio because of the strut angle (and whatever other...
• Re: Rear Hatch Screens Now Available (Was Re: New Item Available Posted 6-12)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 21 Aug 96 00:02:53 CDT
  ...great! they also make mag screen VW203 Vanagon & Bus for rear hatch. also non-vw screens. Sliding window ... $26.50/pr <cwebb@teleplex.net...
• Re: Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:52:45 EST
  ...The hatches used on the 1980 through 1983 Air-cooled models were stamped metal with a rubberized surface on the top and insulation on...
• Re: Sliding door mosquito screen help/back hatch screen-bus
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:28:27 -0700
  Apropos of this I have what I've been told is the bug screen for the back hatch of a bus. Anyone want this...
• Re: Rear Hatch Lock Extension
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:05:14 -0600
  on 8/12/03 5:22 PM, Koren at kpaalman@LAUSD.K12.CA.US wrote: > Does anyone know where to get a rear hatch...
• Coolant bottle sensor leak?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:47:13 -0400
  ...popped open the hatch to find a bit of coolant pooled in the top of the coolant bottle (under hatch, not behind license plate...
• Re: rear wiper inop
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 11:00:13 -0600
  Yup get the hatch panel off. With the switch on check for power in the motor leads. Yes, problem is the motor. No- problem...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:06:47 -0800
  ...SOLD OUT > > > 5 rear hatch locks w/ matching ignition lock w/ 2 keys each ($60 each > > set) > > > 1 rear hatch lock cylinder w/ matching...
• Re: Problems with THE BUS DEPOT - Rear Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:32:31 -0400
  ...I bought a set of the "Heavy Duty" Rear > Hatch Struts from The Bus Depot back in July. Had > them on my 91 GL...
• Re: rear hatch lock failed locked...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:53:42 -0400
  I have had two vans recently with the same problem with the hatch power lock. The motor back there made noise and tried but...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:49:44 -0400
  ...But I can guess what the actual weight is, less the hatch itself. The tire is a 16" Nokia Rotiva on a van Cafe...
• Re: Bike Rack for a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  12 Jul 1994 09:15:34 U
  ...said that rear hatch racks were not too secure (could be unbolted and run away with). said you wanted to carry only two bikes...
• Re: [NVC] Turtles on the Beach - Gulf of Mexico - Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:00:50 -0400
  ...It was found June 19, 2009 by Tom Dodd, a volunteer from > "Share the Beach." The eggs hatched on August 12, 2009. The first...
• Coolant light blinking
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:43:58 -0500
  ...A few weeks earlier I noticed orange liquid on the rear hatch (see post below). What should I do now? Chris On 12/16...