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  • Re: [Busesinzamora] Re: Solar panel
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:55:40 -0700
    On 7/29/07, RAlanen@aol.com <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > > I now have my solar panel ~ battery charger mounted and working. > Vanagon Westfalia...
  • Wanted: Syncro difflock panel and air deflector
    Historical mailing list - Karl
    Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:06:15 -0400
    ...BROWN difflock panel and the air director panel below the dash. Anyone here have some they'd part with? Thanks, Karl
  • Body panel assembly/Help
    Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
    Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:19:05 -0700
    ...I have a other van that has good paneling so I will remove the old panels and replace with new and then the paint...
  • Re: Black door panel anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:41:32 -0700
    hi, yes, pure plain black vinyl black front door panels. I have not seen any GL plushy door panels in black myself. Sounds pimped...
  • Solar Power: A couple of ideas
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 8 May 2008 07:17:33 -0700
    ...We bought another larger solar panel, one with a charge controller thingy bonded right onto the back of the panel. This panel (it is...
  • Guard Panel Removal
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 22 Mar 2003 11:38:24 -0600
    Can anyone tell me how to remove the sliding door track guard panel aft of the sliding door? I removed the two screws but...
  • Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:20:50 -0300
    ...There are square cells and round cells; there are "film" panels, crystalline panels etc., - - - - Mono-crystal silicon; Non-ribbon multicrystalline silicon; Ribbon multicrystalline silicon...
  • Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:01:13 -0700
    ...Remove the kitchen drawer to get to the connector and then remove the led panel. There are 5 wires to the panel. +12 volts...
  • Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:46:35 -0700
    ...That would all depend on size of panels, draw >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> Neil with 150 mono single panel, cheap 10 Amp PWM controller, >>>> Truckfridge, 100 AH...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Solar Panels and a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Thu, 13 May 2010 17:52:59 -0700
    ...You need the solar panel(s), wiring to a solar charge controller of adequate size for the output of the panel. That attaches to...
  • Rust on hookup panel on Westy
    Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
    Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:06:07 -0400
    Well it's time to finally address the rust on the body panel with the camper hookups. Here are some questions I have: * Does...
  • Heater Panel Removal Help 84 Westy
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 1 Feb 1997 00:47:06 -0500 (EST)
    Can anyone tell me the secret to removing the large plastic heater vent panel ? It is the large (snap? on) one in the middle...
  • Front panel availablity
    Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
    Sat, 4 Dec 2010 09:37:41 -0500
    Morning All, Due to the lack of response to yesterdays probe below - do I take it that THERE ARE NO NEW BODY PANELS for...
  • Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:48:30 -0800
    ...The right "fender" and lower front panel were attached to each other by glue, and the front panel was completely attached by glue. The...
  • Re: Friday off-T solar questions:long
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:50:39 -0500
    ...Would it be more effective to > > connect the two panels in series...taking the older one's output directly > > (without it's controller in...
  • FS/LF Int. Sliding door panel
    Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
    Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:49:08 -0400
    Hello- I'm looking for an interior panel for the sliding door of my 85 Vanagon. In my searches, I've managed to come...
  • Re: interior panels
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:30:08 -0700
    dear panelist i too am contemplating full panel replacement door panels was hoping to get both fronts ... sliding door and rear hatch i would...
  • Re: Wall paneling for campers?
    Historical mailing list - The Westy man
    Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:32:43 -0700
    ...Wall paneling for campers? I wonder if it has been discovered yet, which wall paneling is found to be the best and where to...
  • Re: Rust prevention behind Westy appliances
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sun, 21 May 2000 12:01:02 -0300
    When I took EVERYTHING out of my Westy to "Rust-Check" it I SOAKED the bottom of the panels in Rust Prevention oil and...
  • Cut-down Caravelle...
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:37:41 +1300
    ...onle exterior panels remaining, in fact, are the rear panel with taillights and the front panel (pillars removed) as well as fender flares. Even...
  • electrical woes
    Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
    Mon, 26 May 1997 18:14:00 +0000
    I had an intermittant failure of the three instrument panel lights that come on with the headlight switch when I bought my 84' Vanagon...
  • Re: Kombi on fire
    Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
    Fri, 6 Oct 1995 00:19:49 +0000
    ...FWOOP! Flames appear. "EEEYAAHH! We're on fire!" panel 9: FFFB's running for lives as van goes BA-DOOM in background. panel 10...
  • fuse panel screw size?
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:31:07 -0400
    Does anyone know the size of the screw at the bottom of the fuse panel that holds the panel in place? Indicated with an...
  • Re: Cool door panels.
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:33:46 -0600
    Ken, Those door panel's are from Sew Fine, Colorado. Real nice interior's. And by all means not inexpensive. RC E-mail message...
  • Re: Replacement door panels
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:01:02 -0800
    Hi, there is another option, guy on the samba selling plastic (ABS) replacement panels. Werksberg is his name there, and here is one of...
  • Re: Replacement door panels
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:34:36 -0500
    ...Replacement door panels I need to replace three door panels - one passenger and driver door, and one sliding door panel. The panels are water...
  • 7 door panel...
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:40:43 -0700
    ...7-door panel refers to the double cargo-door panel Busses. The driver and passenger front doors count as two, the cargo doors on...
  • Re: RnR Sliding Door Panel
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:17:46 -0700
    ...Problem is my new > panel doesn't exactly line up in the same place as my old panel. So I'm > concerned that if...
  • Inside panel removal & insulation?
    Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
    Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:59:56 -0500
    Hi, How do you remove the inside panel behind the sink, stove, fridge, water tank area? I need access to this area to fix...
  • instrument panel short =?UTF-8?Q?=3D=20no=20start=3F?=
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:16:01 -0500
    ...After pulling the instrument panel, I can report the following symptoms: (1) when instrument panel multi-pin connector below the tach is plugged in...
  • Re: right rear interior trim panel removal
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Sun, 8 Jul 2001 11:33:17 -0700
    If I remember correctly, you have to take out the off-white panel at the very back of the van in order to get...
  • Re: Syncro Double Slider Panel Van
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:34:25 -0700
    ...point of a panel van if you do all that. ?? That's a VeryValid question If One HasNeed of a PanelVan ~ But IfNot ~ Then...
  • SOLD.......Re: FS: 87 2wd Vanagon panel van
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Mon, 29 May 2006 03:30:50 -0700
    Hello again, Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who expressed interest in my 87 panel. The panel van has been...
  • door panel outline
    Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
    Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:17:33 -0400
    The next time someone takes there drivers side door panel off a 86+ I would appreciate a outline of the panel to locate the...
  • Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 13 Apr 2003 06:55:28 -0400
    Roger, I bought a '90 Westy with seam rust-through on the drivers side along the top of the rocker panel, I bought a...
  • Re: solar panel $100.00
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Wed, 10 May 2017 18:08:59 -0500
    ...It's a newer Renogy Eclipse design 100w panel. They were originally $220 a year ago and today they've dropped to $145 with...
  • Re: interior panels
    Historical mailing list - Joe
    Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:53:50 -0500
    ...After you get some out, you can reach > your hand/arm behind the panel with a pair of plyers and squeeze the others & > sort...
  • Re: How to access exterior slider track
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:01:11 -0400
    On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > I was trying to remove the cover panel...
  • Re: inside door panel materials?
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:10:29 -0600
    > hmmm, I don't think I'd go that way...plywood thin enough to be used for > a door panel probably would be tough...
  • Solar Panel location
    Historical mailing list - Jack R.
    Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:38:21 -0400
    ...My concern is how to add a panel that isn't too conspicuous. Depending on temperature, I may give up my shady camp site...
  • Wiring for 85 fridge / water LED panel needed
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon
    Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:38:42 -0700
    Hi volks, I have an 85 fridge panel and want to use it to let me know when the fridge is lit. I tested...
  • Re: Solar Panel Fitment
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:09:09 -0700
    Hey -- I never thought of clamping the two panels together! They are a total pain to jockey around separately, but with the addition of...
  • RnR Sliding Door Panel
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
    Fri, 6 Oct 2017 21:21:58 +0000
    Hey everybody hoping you can help me out on re-doing my sliding door panel that broke. I have some eighth inch birch plywood...
  • Re: Justifying a solar panel : dual use?
    Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
    Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:44:54 -0400
    ...Justifying a solar panel : dual use? > It would be cool if there was a cost-efficient way to use your > vanagon's solar panel...
  • wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:05:42 -0700
    ...If you look closely at the rear of the side panel you can see a number of extra screws holding the panel to the...
  • Rust prevention behind Westy appliances
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 21 May 2000 10:43:50 EDT
    Hello Volks I just had the passenger side rocker panel and lower side panel replaced on my '90 Westy due to rust through. The...
  • interior panels
    Historical mailing list - Donald Thomas
    Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:05:53 -0400
    ...What is the most economical / available / better than cardboard or wood paneling material to use for interior panels and headliners? Don Thomas 82 Westy...
  • Re: removal of rear door panel
    Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
    Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:52:25 -0800
    Having shreaded a panel that had been on for many many years, and ripped a fastener out of the thin pressed wood of a...
  • Re: Need center panel sheet metal from SF Bay Area junkyard
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:56:25 +0000
    Here how I did the panel; http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=wua8um1.r3pj5ft&x=0&h=1&y=rs9si0&localeid=en_US...
  • Re: instument panel lamps
    Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
    Tue, 28 Jul 1998 03:47:12 -0500
    I took the heater panel out before. Price: one broker levels. Worse: VW dealer doesn't have the same type of level available. You...
  • Solar panel deal, slolar panel mount
    Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
    Sat, 1 May 2010 14:00:20 -0700
    I noticed the Harbor Freight flyer had notice that their 3 panel solar outfit (45 watts total�with controller, aluminum stand�and a couple...
  • Re: '66-'67 SO-42 Wood Quest'n (gurus pls. help!)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 11 Aug 1996 02:45:37 -0400
    ...1) use an immaculate original panel 2) use an acceptable original panel 3) make a new panel with the grain running the wrong way...
  • Door Panel
    Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
    Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:39:41 -0700
    Is there anyone out there that will sell me a sliding door panel in the Tan vinyl and Gold corderoy cloth used in the...
  • WTB: Beige door panel for 1986 Westy
    Historical mailing list - John N. Motlagh
    Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:48:17 -0500
    Friends, My door panel finally gave up the ghost, and now it looks like the inside of my van is under construction. Does any...
  • removing rear hatch panel
    Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
    Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:19:56 -0500
    ...Is there a trick to getting the little tabs off that hold the trim panel off? Everytime I try, it seems like I'm...
  • Re: Foldable Solar Panels
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:05:00 -0700
    What I've found really handy is to have a universal plug on the output line of my 150w solar panel. Those two prong...
  • Re: wood trim FS
    Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
    Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:24:54 -0700
    Jim, I am looking for one of these panels. I have the plans drawn up for my 1991 Vanagon. I know the panels are...
  • Re: Solar panel mount
    Historical mailing list - B
    Sat, 1 May 2010 21:43:31 -0700
    ...Some have the panels not mounted and stored. That is an > option. Some may have them roof mounted, some may with tracking. Very > interesting...
  • Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:05:35 -0700
    Anyone got a picture of a slider with the panel removed? I have delayed taking off my panel even though the outside handle is...
  • Re: repair panel
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:39:02 -0500
    Jim, in the next few days, including today, i'm changing 3 panels, the rear passenger (wheel arch-from sliding door rail to wheel...