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• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:31:35 -0400
  Busdepot carries them in chrome and black. I got some black ones years ago Karl. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:35 AM...
• Re: Opinions on WCM products?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jul 1996 07:55:47 +0930
  ...Personally I like WCM's pop-out window seals (read... molded & contoured) and inner scraper seals better than anything else I've found on...
• Driver's Door Window
  Historical mailing list - Jason Stevenson
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:13:53 -0600
  ...Over the weekend, I replaced my lower scraper seals on my front doors. Everything went pretty smoothly, and I carefully reassembled the doors. There...
• Re: front defroster blower
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:52:05 -0500
  ...It was useless and more effective when used as a window scraper. Cheers, Doug Alcock '84 Westy "BlueBelle" Toronto, Canada http://www.torontovanagon.com
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:09:39 -0700
  ...this is a prime candidate for reconditioning , much like the window scrapers in the front doors. you might also wash and wax that channel...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:38:43 -0600
  ...so you can get the key in the lock) >- a window ice scraper >- an emergency sleeping bag >- some chocolate bars or Christmas cake (for...
• a trick to share... window..
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:00:42 -0800
  ...Finish up with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and...
• Re: Replaced driver's side front window seals. Report...
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 21:13:23 -0700
  ...I just did this for a guy at Syncrofest and could not get the window to seat in the rubber either. I was able...
• Re: Door electrics problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:33:56 -0600
  ...Check the window regulator (the mechanism that actually moves the > window up and down), not the motor. It is possible that the regulator > is...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:16:35 -0400
  ...door windows, just roll them down to > remove and replace the channels and scrapers. > > You do need to remove the vent windows (two Torx...
• Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:39:26 -0500
  I just completed replacing all the seals and scrapers around the passenger and driver windows on my '88 vanogon. They were pitiful and past...
• Driver's door done
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 2 May 2010 17:33:12 -0700
  ...first time in our ownership.� Also replaced the outer scraper for a tighter window seal.� I meant to install a junkyard prize grab handle...
• Re: Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:39:33 -0500
  I don't think we are on the same track. That of which I speak are plastic strips like the rain gutter plastic strips...
• Re: Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list - Songie
  Sat, 6 Apr 1996 11:21:14 -0500 (EST)
  On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, David Eccles wrote: > Help! > We have some really old crappy stickers on our pop out window (pre us ie...
• Re: a trick to share... window..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:13:09 -0500
  ...Finish up with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and...
• Re: cold weather package?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:21:47 -0500
  ...spot), started the van, turned on the > rear defroster, grabbed the scraper (which I only own because we spent a > couple of years in...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:47:41 -0600
  ...so you can get the key in the lock) - a window ice scraper - an emergency sleeping bag - some chocolate bars or Christmas cake (for...
• Re: now, how do I get the window out?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Aug 94 10:42:41 bst
  ...Now the Window, right? No way. >To get any angle on that sucker it looks like you got to rip out the window >scraper...
• Re: Need Help w/ Power Window Motor / Regulator Separation and removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:03:37 -0500
  ...If your bolts are this hard to get out, maybe you should get replacement window scrapers from bus depot and keep water out of...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:31:02 -0400
  ...the window would come out (I also had to use a wide scraper in the middle of the window (between the window glass and...
• Re: Westy Window Query
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:13:15 -0800
  ...Here's one... > > A week or so ago, there was a post regarding how to refurbish the sliding > windows. My little fuzzy scrapers are...
• Re: cold weather package?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:28:53 -0800
  If I'm not mistaken, the heated side mirrors came with the GL option package that included the power windows and power mirrors. Pretty...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 19:22:54 -0600
  ...We're talking about hard ice, and the window might be at 0 F. Propagate some nice cracks that way. Of course, one can...
• Defroster wire repair
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 4 Feb 1995 21:26:57 CST6CDT
  ...if you can't remember just how the ice-scraper hit the rear window when you winged it back there from the front seat...
• Re: Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:13:22 -0700
  ...Window seals and other things I just completed replacing all the seals and scrapers around the passenger and driver windows on my '88 vanogon...
• EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:23:29 -0500
  ...We went skiing yesterday (-20 C a.m., -14 C p.m.) and spent the three hours of driving, scraper in hand, just like...
• Re: vanagon winter maladies - frozen door locks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:52:41 -0500
  ...Then there is peeling the gasket off the door followed by the ice on window messing up the scraper. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:20:22 -0400
  ...Yellow's driver and passenger doors apart to > replace corroded window rubbers and scrapers, and to install sound > dampening material to the metal panels...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:33:49 -0700
  ...door windows, just roll them down > to remove and replace the channels and scrapers. > > You do need to remove the vent windows (two Torx...
• Re: vent wing frame removal
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:30:24 -0700
  Pull the upper top and back channel out, pull the inner and outer scrapers off( the area where your arm rests) there are clips...
• Re: Any tricks for warped door cards?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:42:26 +0000
  ...but have a dramatic purpose.  Water is INTENDED to bypass rubber window scrapers but then effortlessly drain out of holes in bottom of door...
• Re: Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tommaselli
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:05:05 -0400
  ...Removing very old stickers from glass.How? > Help! > We have some really old crappy stickers on our pop out window (pre us ie over...
• Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:10:21 -0700
  I'll be taking Mellow Yellow's driver and passenger doors apart to replace corroded window rubbers and scrapers, and to install sound dampening...
• Re: Any tricks for warped door cards?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:16:35 -0400
  ...Water is INTENDED to bypass rubber window scrapers but then effortlessly drain out of holes in bottom of door. With compromised vinyl Vapor Barriers...
• Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:35:49 -0700
  ...for a week (don't forget your ice scraper for the inside >of the windows). After that your water-cooled will feal absolutely tropical...
• Re: Little help with wind wing rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:19:26 -0700
  ...I've removed > those two bolts, as required, and the door window and quarter-window > glass. > > But my quarter-window assembly appears to be...
• Re: Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:44:13 -0500
  ...Window seals and other things > > I just completed replacing all the seals and scrapers around the passenger > and driver windows on my '88 vanogon...
• Re: Power window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:03:36 -0400
  ...If your bottom window scrapers are >> old and brittle, water gets to the top of the motor and rusts the shaft in >> the bearing...
• Re: vent wing frame removal
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:20:55 -0700
  Thanks Stace, Your notes on the steps are very accurate, as I just finished removing one side's door seals, window, wing vent glass...
• Re: Windshield de-icer in a can?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:28:46 -0500
  In my experience, the spray on deicers deice the window, then quickly promote frost formation as they evaporate. Same if I try to deice...
• Re: a trick to share... window..
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:45 -0800
  ...Finish up with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and...
• Re. Vanagon Problems? Vanagon Growth Experience?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:25:34 EDT
  ...21 window for 13 years, getting a bad back from hunching down to see out the tiny windows, using an ice scraper on the...
• Re: Body Rubber
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 20:31:50 -0400
  ...pop out window scrapers are another sore point. I'm finding NOS stuff to put on my resto project. I have repro seals on...
• Re: EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:14:58 +0000
  ...We went skiing > yesterday (-20 C a.m., -14 C p.m.) and spent > the three hours of driving, scraper in hand, > just like...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 May 2011 11:41:12 -0700
  ...down, haven't had a problem, as the water bypassing the window scrapers now goes to the bottom of the door where the weepholes...
• Re: front window sprayers
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 21 May 2007 10:35:23 -0700
  ...If you have a thin plastic scraper you can try and depress the barbs once pulled away a bit, but they will come out...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:32:11 -0700
  ...the window > would come out (I also had to use a wide scraper in > the middle of the window > (between the window glass and...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:07:50 -0700
  ...this is a prime candidate for reconditioning , much like the window scrapers in the front doors. you might also wash and wax that channel...
• Re: Front door window rubbers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:36:20 +1000
  David, The window seals are extremely easy to remove and fit new ones, although obviously some care is required when fitting the new one...
• Re: Door screen removal and repair question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 26 May 2014 13:47:00 -0500
  ...window frame. Do both, then pull out and lift up and the screen will be free. Scrape the old screen out with the scraper...
• removing westfalia letters or in praise of WD40
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 96 21:55:30 EDT
  ...This didn't work, so I used the heat gun to loosen up the glue and pushed the letters off with a paint scraper...
• Re: vent wing frame removal
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:45:38 -0700
  ...Mine leak and my windows don't go up and down easily; they >>>> start up at an angle, I pull them straight by hand...
• cold weather ???what to do !
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 16:03:53 -0400
  ...florida and see your inlaws...Next, wipers, blowers, rear window heater and wipers ,tires,scrapers...etc etc as somebody already said HAPPY Winter with...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 5 May 2011 13:46:12 -0400
  ...down, haven't had a problem, as the water > bypassing the window scrapers now goes to the bottom of the door where the > weepholes...
• Re: tint?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:08:07 -0500
  ...It is usually better to start with the tint on the windows but should work where you are now. Just get some ammonia, spray...
• Re: Door wiring repairs was Re: Fwd: Power Lock Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:47:42 -0500
  ...Finally, if you are having problems with your power locks, or window motors, check out your window seals. If your lower scraper seals are...
• Re: front window sprayers
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 21 May 2007 14:00:06 -0400
  ...If you have a thin plastic scraper you can try and depress the barbs once pulled away a bit, but they will come out...
• Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:21:32 -0700
  ...Yellow's driver and passenger doors apart to > replace corroded window rubbers and scrapers, and to install sound > dampening material to the metal panels...
• Re: Supplier of sliding window guide
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:44:22 -0300
  ...the window would come out (I also had to use a wide scraper in the middle of the window (between the window glass and...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:31:57 -0700
  ...the window > > > > would come out (I also had to use a wide > scraper > > > in > > > > the middle of the window > > > > (between the window glass and...