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• Re: Dramatically Improving AC capacity
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:46:15 -0800
  ...They can't open their windows during the summer 'cause the mosquitos will reach in and get 'em. They've been known to fly...
• Re: Okay, who parked next to the blue ox?
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:42:49 -0700
  Interesting, but I found the Yukon Mosquitos to be more accurate..... On Jul 4, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > While perusing...
• Re: Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:32:28 -0500
  When I moved to Alaska years ago, I learned that besides mosquitoes, which were bad enough, that there were two other winged critters that...
• Re: Bug screens
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:18:47 -0700
  ...I made a pair of those screens with $12 worth of mosquito netting and about 1/2 hour on a sewing machine. Get a...
• Re: RoadHaus - Insidious Insect & Bothersome Bug solutions(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:11:04 -0800
  ...Why, I have not seen a single "Mosquito, Gnat, No-See-Um, or Black Fly since last September. Winter works so well that you...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 14:18:58 -0700
  When I bought my 81 Westy the PO included a brand new never installed sliding door mosquito screen. Where might I find installation info...
• Re: Bus Depot's Door Screen
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:04:35 EDT
  ...I stayed in mosquito friendly Manila in one of these. I can tell you w/o hesitation, it is not only better than a...
• Skylight Mosquito Net
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:35:55 -0600
  Folks, I made a skylight bug screen today, using a 12"x18" piece of no-see-um, three velcro strips and some duct tape...
• fridge light question and fridge on propane
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:50:48 -0700
  ...using it if possible? I also noticed I have fewer problems with mosquitoes when I run the fridge on propane instead of electricity. Gary
• Re: Tuktoyaktuk
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:04:44 -0400
  ...In Tuktoyaktuk, on the Arctic coast, there is no black fly season, >> >> just lots of mosquitoes. Mosquito season usually ends early August." >> >> >> On 13...
• Re: Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:11:36 -0500
  ...Much much smaller than black flies, walk through regular mosquito > netting as though it isn't there. The ones we have though, the zing...
• Buhach - More
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 20:57:53 -0500
  ...Has been a mainstay mosquito repellent used in Alaska by those "in the know". Old timers especially, and especially in the bush country where...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:54:44 EDT
  ...With the summer heat and mosquitoes around the campground in the South, I would prefer to place the unit next to the screened window...
• Re: Sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:13:28 EST
  ...You just sit inside and laugh at the mosquitoes.(the black flies are another story alltogether) Call GoWesty, they may sellyou the snaps and...
• Re: for sale: westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Thu, 29 May 2003 09:58:21 -0700
  Chris, I am still in need of a passenger side mosquito screen. Can be the frame only if it has all the latches. I...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:13:39 -0400
  ...While you'd think mosquitos, etc. > would find their way in from under the bumper, they just don't seem to. A > mosquito would...
• Re: The truth about Florida
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:03:53 EDT
  ...They were bred to eat mosquito larvae (which they won't do) and released into the world, to breed and breed and breed. I...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:04:30 -0600
  ...Also I'm > trying to figure out a way to improve my fram so the mosquitos cannot get > by the space between the fram...
• a few more bus bits to go
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:18:09 -0500
  ...volt radio block off plate oval window panel van cab divider mosquito screen for 68 -> westy's e-mail me privately if interested or...
• need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 28 May 2001 18:19:53 -0300
  ...Upside is I've pretty well cleared out the mosquito's in my yard, kaf kaf. pmail best, tx, Tim
• Re: Bus Depot's Door Screen
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 05:03:28 -0700
  ...With my simple modification, you simply slide the mosquito screen open & closed, quickly, no snaps! Quick & easy access in & out. And the whole project...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:17:48 -0400
  ...Also, as an aside, does anyone manufacture replacement mosquito screens :::for the sliding middle windows? Chris (JordanVW) is remanufacturing them, I think. Joy
• Re: Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:49:58 EDT
  ...Mosquito Net/No See 'Ems When I moved to Alaska years ago, I learned that besides mosquitoes, which were bad enough, that there were...
• Re: Inuvik write-up in VW World
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:25:09 -0800
  ...Pretty good shot of me at the mosquito sign, eh? After we took that picture, we were swarmed my more mosquitos than I've...
• Re: Vegemite, Propane filling, Mosquito nets
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 05:13:08 -0400
  ...Vegemite, Propane filling, Mosquito nets Tricia, Nice to make your acquaintance on the vanagon list. We have a copy of your book "British Columbia...
• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:55:04 PDT
  > oh, who cares about a bunch of mosquitos!! besides, that oxygen sensor is > relatively cheap (compared to a muffler), etc., etc., etc., etc. (lame...
• 86 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Doniach
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:58:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...4 New Michelin MX Reinforced Radials New Muffler New Skylight New mosquito netting Repco Lifetime Warranty Front Brakes Head gaskets replaced at 85K California...
• Poptop canvas $185
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:27:40 -0500
  ...This is a single-screen canvas like the original is (zippered flap and mosquito screen on the front only). Before I send it back...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:58:32 EDT
  ...YAHOO.COM writes: > Also, as an aside, does anyone manufacture replacement mosquito screens for > the sliding middle windows? > > you missed my post a few...
• More adjusting mixture without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 23:55:59 EDT
  ...I am out under the pine tree tonight with the flood light on tinkering and swatting mosquitos. Thanks Dan Hall '86 Westy
• Westy for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 26 May 2000 10:51:22 -0500
  ...Celsius...and in two official languages, all the while fending off mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds! http://1987vanagonwestfalia.homestead.com/ForSale~ns4.html Roy...
• Re: Sort of a conversion thing
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 02:19:53 EDT
  In a message dated 8/23/01 2:00:12 AM, alizar@MOSQUITONET.COM writes: << the Golf . . . . . . has 0 miles on it, while a...
• re:Vanagon rear hatch bug screen
  Historical mailing list - David M Richoux
  Fri, 24 May 1996 19:28:00 +0000
  >From unfortunate previous experience with Sacramento River Killer Mosquitoes, use the rear hatch bug screen with CAUTION! At least on my '83, the bottom...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:57:30 -0600
  ...It's so smooth, slick and polished that a fast landing mosquito has a really hard time coming to a complete stop to grab...
• Re: sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:34:59 -0500
  ...In these parts, the brown scarabs called locally "June bugs" are particularly bothersome, and of course some mosquitoes certainly find their way in. It...
• Removal of snaps around rear window; drill 'em out?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:39:15 -0700
  ...This panel has snaps mounted onto it to hold the mosquito net. Do these snaps just pop off? They appear to be riveted into...
• Re: Fwd: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:12:02 -0400
  ...Kind of reminds me of the male and female mosquitoes ... LOL. Mike Helmut Blong wrote: > It would be well and good to replace worn...
• Three window canvas size?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:13:55 -0700
  I am about to put side windows on my canvas with mosquito netting. And I would like to make them the same exact size...
• Re: Carefree of Colorado, add a room
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 07:27:03 -0700
  Troy wrote: [entire body of message clipped] > Will be nice to cook without the Alaskan mosquitoes trying to carry > me off! They are fierce...
• Re: Weekender package uncomfort
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 23 May 1997 16:56:42 -0500 (CDT)
  ...My 90 Multivan has side screens, also do you have the mosquito net that buttons to the back of the van when the hatch...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:47:20 -0400
  ...While you'd think mosquitos, etc. would find their way in from under the bumper, they just don't seem to. A mosquito would...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:33:45 -0500
  ...I'm thinking >> right >> now of somehow fastening some of the fuzzy weatherstripping to it to >> make > a >> mosquito tight seal. Anyone have any...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia canvas
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:49:25 +0100
  ...Gore-Tex Ultrex Supplex Polartec Lycra Spinnaker Taffeta Ripstop Oxford Packcloth Cordura Ballistics Cloth Sunbrella Textilene Closed Cell Foam Mosquito Netting Canvas Grommets Zippers...
• Re: Preferred Pop-Tops '68-'79
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:01:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...plenty space up there to sit around and play cards (and other things) with the wind going thru your hair and the mosquitos buzzing...
• FS: Camper sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:17:53 -0500
  ...These are the special windows which will accept the mosquito screens, only installed in campers. You can install them into any vanagon, however there...
• Re: 7-passenger curtain rods?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:09:22 -0500
  ...The biggest bugaboo was trying to keep the mosquitoes out with the windows open. I forgot to get mosquito netting!!! Regards, John Rodgers 88...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:04:43 -0500
  ...for passenger vans as well as a kit to fit a mosquito screen to the rear hatch like the campers have. Don't know...
• Re: 87 westy: sliding door mossie net stock?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:19:30 EDT
  ...i assume you mean mosquito net. and no, there was NEVER any stock factory screening offered that covered the entire sliding door permiter.. just...
• Gas Prices and Bug conditions on Transcanada
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:15:49 -0400
  ...and I'm also curious as to the state of the mosquito population along the way. We're taking the Yellowhead -- Jasper route outbound...
• Eurovan seam rust.. was:Re: Hatch mosquito net
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:29:54 EST
  In a message dated 1/5/01 12:22:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, dgalcock@HEWITT.COM writes: > >also they seem to have worse...
• Re: Sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:24:03 -0800
  ...You just sit inside and laugh at the > mosquitoes.(the black flies are another story alltogether) > Call GoWesty, they may sellyou the snaps and...
• Re: For Sale -- Magnetic Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:33:32 -0700
  ...Joe's Magnetic Front Window Mosquito Screens hereby receive the coveted Rocket J Squirrel seal of approval. Call Joe The Skreen Man now! Operators...
• Re: 85 Westy skylight screen - how to best to affix.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:54:25 -0700
  ...The POV of our 85 Westy apparently replaced the skylight mosquito > netting and the brown fabric privacy cover. It looks like an integrated > one...
• Re: Summer camping - Camping in Sierra Nevada in fall
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 3 May 2008 09:29:48 -0600
  ...Crowds are mostly non-existent, campgrounds relatively available, mosquitoes not an issue (the first hard frost kills them) and it's cooler. It's...
• Re: sliding (cargo) door bug net
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:15:07 -0500
  Dear Ken, Ken Baldwin wrote: > > Does anyone have experience with the sliding (cargo) door mosquito net sold > by the Bus Depot? I have two...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:08:31 EDT
  In a message dated 4/5/05 4:55:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, paul@THEMOUNTAINSUSA.COM writes: > Any advice on removing the Mosquito...
• FS; Big Mosquito netting for entrance
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:45:51 -0800
  Hi guys, I found a huge tent like netting for the entrance of our vanagons. It looks like one of the options for the...
• Re: Looking for Special Camping Utensil
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:16:20 -0700
  ...http://www.amazon.co.uk/FlyCatcher-Electronic-Wasp-Mosquito-Killer/dp/B000ZNYG3Y m2cw� Malcolm >________________________________ >From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> > >an injection molded plastic...
• Vegemite, Propane filling, Mosquito nets
  Historical mailing list - Tricia Timmermans
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 22:59:43 -0700
  ...There was a large horizontal rip in the front pop-top mosquito net. I cut the net out, leaving an inch of old netting...
• To All Alaska Travelers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:41:00 -0600
  ...If you are up in early season, be sure you have hats and mosquito netting on them . Just the volume of insects can drive...