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• Re: NVC: Eurovan sliding window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 27 May 2005 11:20:09 +0200
  ok no good tips from me but i had to replace my sliding window on my 92 eurovan in germany...... paid 600 euro!!! (800usd...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab)
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:07:22 -0800
  ...I have just received a picture from Europe and that later model > > Vanagon (Transporter) has sliding windows only in the rear windows. > > i was...
• NVC: Eurovan sliding window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 26 May 2005 22:08:41 -0400
  Maybe some of you have experience with a Eurovan sliding window. My friend has a 93 weekender he just got. One of the sliding...
• Re: Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:00:03 -0400
  ...the glass is different size. '80-'84 vanagon windows are the same R and L, 85-91 windows are smaller on the sliding door.
• availablility of the sliding rear windows?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:41:31 -0500
  Anyone know about the availablility of the sliding far rear windows on that South African Bus site???? They are sweet. Anyone done this conversion...
• Re: Window Louvers(Side sliding windows)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:16:29 EDT
  I have louvered inserts for the Vanagon cab windows: $66.00/set http://eurocampers.com/page14d.html I have the sliding window louvered inserts...
• Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:38:35 +0200
  ...Complete windows: 253 847 761 D - Sliding window, complete left rear 253 847 761 E - Sliding window, green, complete left rear 253 847 762...
• Wanted: sliding window latch
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:52:43 +0100
  Vanamaniacs, Anyone have a sliding window latch for a 87 Vanagon? Used or new, let me know> Peace! R. R. Davies UW-Madison Biochemistry...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:13:17 -0400
  Pascal Giasson has performed this sliding window refurb but he's traveling right now. He's supposed to stop by my house this evening...
• a couple of minor mods
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:19:39 -0700
  I replaced the sliding window felt seal, the horizontal one. Can't do the vertical one with window in van (or has someone managed...
• Re: side sliding window latches...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:37:46 -0400
  ...If these are missing, the sliding part of the window will fall down far enough that the latch won't catch on the notches...
• Re: Sliding Window Removal
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:28:54 EDT
  ...sliding side windows from and 85GL. Couldn't find it in the archives. >> Chad, A well placed kick around the frame of the window...
• Rear Sliding Window
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:48:38 +0300
  ...That was because of the rear sliding window. But hey, the middle and rear windows of the SA Vanagons are a bit larger than...
• Sliding Side Window Lock Repair
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:06:15 -0600
  Well, the fun is over for now, but I had a good time replacing my side window on the sliding door (sarcastic). The problem...
• Re: Two questions, sliding window screen, sliding door weather-stripping
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:15:38 -0700
  ...Two questions, sliding window screen, sliding door weatherstripping Hi all, Is there a source for the screens for the passenger side sliding door window...
• sliding window latch loose
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Chasteen
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:13:28 -0800
  my sliding window latch is evtremely loose and wont allow the window to latch in place. this looseness also allows water in. i cant...
• 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
  ...the sliding door screen is custom made for vw's. it has Front Windows (fibreglas) a magnetic tape on the borders and VS109 Vanagon...
• Do Vanagon sliding windows fit in a breadloaf?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Jones
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:06:05 -0400
  I have a pair of sliding windows from an 89 Westfalia for sale on the samba. Someone just emailed me to ask if they...
• Re: Correct names for some items
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:12:22 -0600
  ...the Windows Lock becomes disengaged ~ GoWesty & I suspect others as well, Has Them ~ https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece...
• removing sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 21:49:44 EST
  Hi all- The project for this week is window tinting. All the flat windows are easy enough to tint while in the van, but...
• side sliding windows- westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:57:27 -0600
  My sliding side windows make a really loud screech when I open and close them. Anyone have any tricks to make that go away...
• ISO Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
  Fri, 4 May 2001 15:22:46 -0400
  ...I am looking for a latch for an 85 Westfalia sliding glass window. Took mine apart and over time lost some of the parts...
• Sliding window clips
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 11:20:56 -0700
  Howdy, Does anyone know where I can get the sliding window clips VW part # 281 847 723. My local dealer says that these clips...
• Re: "good price" for black sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:24:00 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: "good price" for black sliding windows? Hi All, A list member has offered to sell me a pair of...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:48:45 -0400
  ...Sliding window refurbish > Pascal Giasson has performed this sliding window refurb but he's > traveling right now. He's supposed to stop by my...
• quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:29:33 -0800
  ...Well, it will stop vertical rain anyway :) http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ alistair
• Sliding window locks (2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:27:16 -0400
  I have an '84 with apparently the original sliding windows. I have never been able to get sliding windows to lock. This past weekend...
• WTB: sliding windows from Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:22:07 -0800
  Looking for cheap windows because I'm going to use them for parts. Need those from a Westy which has the smaller sliding glass...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:23:07 -0700
  Ralph, Seems like No One answered your question, other than to offer lubrication tips ? I recently completely disassembled my sliding windows and rebuilt them...
• Re: A real pane! or A tale of two windows
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Wed, 5 May 1999 21:35:23 -0600
  ...A real pane! or A tale of two windows > > > I have a customer's van here with a broken window in the sliding > door...
• Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:39:31 -0400
  Ahh! The sliding rear window quest! I have the link here for a UK fabricator: http://www.griffco.ca/interest/vw/slider.htm I...
• Re: Windows are not the same long
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:45:48 -0400
  ...Just found out that the sliding door window is > not the same long as the driver side sliding middle window. There is at > least...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:10:20 +0000
  ...Westy sliding windows. > > I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on westys? > Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm...
• Re: Sliding rear windows
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:29:56 +0200
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > Funny, my 84 Caravelle has sliding windows. This was standard on > Australian-market buses. All the way rear, or in the...
• Re: Need Help Replacing a Sliding Window Pane
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:58:37 -0400
  ...It is the sliding window that is broken, not the fixed > > one. I have an entire window assembly, but I assume it is easier...
• Re: Sliding window locks (2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:14:09 -0400
  ...Sliding window locks (2nd request) > John, > > There are supposed to be nylon guide pieces under each end of the > sliding window that serves to...
• Screens for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - Ellen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:05:23 -0700
  ...When I look at the outside of the sliding windows, it seems like it used to have screens. I would love to have screens...
• Re: Side Window Needed
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:59:28 -0400
  ...http://www.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives look in the FILES at HOW-TO---Remove-Sliding-Windows or if you want to go...
• Re: side sliding windows- westy
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:20:23 -0400
  ...side sliding windows- westy My sliding side windows make a really loud screech when I open and close them. Anyone have any tricks to...
• Re: sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Thu, 23 May 2002 00:31:36 -0500
  ...sliding window lock My passenger side sliding window lock is jammed open. Is it possible to remove it without taking the entire window out...
• Rear Hatch Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:08:38 -0500
  ...Also, with all the silver plastic around ALL of the windows being removed, I am left with really tacky looking aluminum sliding glass window...
• vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:03:32 EST
  ...make sliders for the rearmost windows on > vanagons?? > > joel, yes, the rear side windows were available as sliding windows, this was an option in...
• Re: sliding window removal question
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 23 May 1999 23:17:25 -0600
  I can remove the sliding glass window out of a non-westy or certain year wolfsburg models easy by removing the plastic sliders on...
• Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:39:02 EST
  ...but are the sliding door windows the same size as those > across from them?? It would be too good to be true if they...
• Re: sliding window 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:12:21 -0500
  ...I would just buy a whole good used sliding window and you should be good. As Chris mentioned, early Vanagon sliding door windows are...
• $ left sliding window '85 - needed
  Historical mailing list - FCF
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:09:26 -0500
  Anyone has the left sliding window. How much do you want for it? I'm debating wether to fix or part my van and...
• source for sliding window screens/frames?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:49:51 -0800
  I am looking for OEM style replacement sliding window screens for my 87 Westy but have come up empty at all the usual sources...
• SA Sliding side windows/was: Screensaver
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 02:07:11 EST
  ...Do older SA Vanagons ( say like the early 80s) have the same size windows as US buses, yet still have sliding rear windows? Like...
• Re: Windows
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 9 May 2006 18:24:04 -0700
  > Why the smaler window in the westy? With the larger non-westy window the latch is at the far right of the sliding pane...
• Re: Break-in .....need a new sliding window for '89 Westy (Left side slider)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:15:06 EDT
  ...Warren Chapman Mill Valley, CA >> i have drivers and pass westy sliding windows...i assume u dont need the screen? chris
• Re: Sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 17 Mar 97 08:42:18 CST
  ...the sliding door screen is custom made for vw's. it has Front Windows (fibreglas) a magnetic tape on the borders and VS109 Vanagon...
• Re: sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Wed, 22 May 2002 22:49:23 -0700
  ...sliding window lock My passenger side sliding window lock is jammed open. Is it possible to remove it without taking the entire window out...
• Re: A real pane! or A tale of two windows
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
  Wed, 5 May 1999 23:33:45 -0600
  ...A real pane! or A tale of two windows I have a customer's van here with a broken window in the sliding door...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:42:38 -0400
  ...wrote: > > I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on westys? > Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm tired of...
• sliding rear windows fof sale
  Historical mailing list - BM2AM
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:46:42 EDT
  I have two sliding windows both tinted out of an 85 Vanagon in great shape. Anyone need them?$50.00 for the pair sound...
• Removing sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:29:58 -0700
  Can anyone help me figure out how to remove (gingerly, as it's getting a bit brittle) the screens to the sliding windows? All...
• Side sliding window dressing?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:13:48 -0400
  The sliding window in the side door of my 80 VanagonL is missing the piece of fluff that sits in the lower track...it...
• Air scopes for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:02:34 -0800
  ...has someone tried this things in the side sliding window (obviously, shifting them from horizontal to vertical position). I suppose this will allow to...
• Re: Sliding window opener
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:34:39 -0400
  At 16:26 8/12/2000, Puzerewski wrote: >How do you take off the sliding window opener? The black plastic thing you >slide down...
• Sliding window "fuzz strip"
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:06:13 -0400
  Hi all, The sliding window on the sliding door on my '82 Westy rattles. The little fuzz strip is completely de-fuzzed and I...