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• Re: vanagon picture screen saver ... make your own. :)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 14 May 2007 16:33:34 -0600
  ...Bob Stevens '87 Westy Syncro "Passion Fruit"> When I go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Display/Screensaver in XP Pro> there is no drop...
• WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:55:27 +0000
  ...falling out on 85 and earlier vans, as well as the screws that hold it into the headlight bucket. Does anyone have one they...
• sliding door cover plate-baywindows
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:55:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...It's held in place by two screws. My question is, after these 2 screws are off, how do you remove this plate? There...
• Whose red Vanagon on Scrubs?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 23:13:06 EDT
  I saw a nice looking red Vanagon with a South African grill on the TV sit com Scrubs the other night. Maybe it was...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Bio
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:38:00 -0400
  ...http://www.kanolabs.com/ Jon Schaer wrote: >All, > >Any advice or tricks for un-sticking rusted caliper bleed screws? I'm leary >of heating...
• Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:48:03 -0600
  Any advice on removing the Mosquito net screen from the Westy sliding door? Can't find anything in the Bentley, and its awfully brittle...
• Any Sliding Window Screens Out There?
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:17:35 EDT
  Hi all, Go Westy is out of the sliding window screens they use to sell, and I can't find them at the Bus...
• Instrument cluster screws
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:41:13 -0500
  While removing my instrument cluster I put those four screws in such a safe spot that I can't find them. Does anyone have...
• Re: here is a stumper....two VIN's on the dash??? anyone ever heard of that?
  Historical mailing list - Coulter Kirkpatrick
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:45:19 -0800
  ...there is another VIN, (different VIN#, > with no "ZZZ" in it) > directly behind it on the dash - SCREWED ON with > square drive sheetmetal screws...
• throttle position switch
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:19:48 -0400
  ...Unfortunately, the adjusting screw (which operates the eccentric cam mechanism) is barely recognizable as a screw. It looks like it was the same type...
• On the issue of Speedometer Cluster Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:23:43 EST
  ...I imbedded the required screws in the remaining screw threads after first coating the screw body with WD40, then built up the required support...
• Headlight Adjuster Fix - Upper Outboard Corner
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 May 2009 09:33:52 -0500
  ...3) Greased the existing screw with vaseline. 4) Mixed epoxy putty, and squished it around the screw and through the holes in the sheet...
• Re: Camper screens
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 12:09:49 -0700
  ...Camper screens > Well, now I've done it. I finally broke both clips off of one of the side > window screens. Does anybody have...
• Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:52:59 -0800
  ...very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads > At 09:37 AM 3/6/2002, Marshall wrote: > >Hi Volks: > > > >Can you please...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:48:25 -0400
  Does anyone have experience with installation of this great screen? On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:44 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote...
• Re: pop top velcro?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:34:24 +0000
  I have a home-made canvas for my van with a great big oversize front screen.  However, my friend's wife, who made it...
• 89 syncro westy has leaky propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bezark
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:42:28 -0600
  ...Looking at the valve as it's attached to the van, on the right side you see the four screw heads that hold the...
• Re: patching canvas and screen
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:56:00 -0400
  ...patching canvas and screen hey all, anyone have a good fix to patch the poptop canvas (small holes) and the potop screen (big holes...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:38:35 -0500
  Hi Karl, With a big screwdriver and a wrench to turn it I think you could open any vanagon gas tank. Or door lock...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:50:52 -0400
  ...They won't have a strainer screen cover gasket on hand to replace it, if needed. 4. If they remove the sump screen, they...
• Re: drilling out and replacing "snap" rivets
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:02:48 -0400
  ...standard is a 3/8 inch long screw #8. can also be found in 5/8 inch and 1" oversized is a #10 screw...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:39:10 EST
  ...I posted a few pictures of the screen inside the tank. Notice in the last picture you can see the end of the green...
• Re: Westy Window Query
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:13:15 -0800
  ...As for screens, you can make your own; I did, attached with four screws in the four corners into the rubber molding; a little...
• Re: 89 syncro westy has leaky propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:56:32 -0400
  ...He also has the removeable plate that the bleed valve screws into. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Bezark <mbezark@PROLYNX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Vanagon Bra question...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:14 +0200
  I personally would not worry so much about the bra screen. A/C vehicles have a huge metal condenser sitting up front, right in...
• Cheap, sturdy magnetic base for 12v fans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:19:10 -0500
  ...Throw away the spring and ground screw from the center. Glue some headliner material to the bottom (2 reasons: it won't scratch the...
• what tool am i looking for? Limited vanagon content ...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:11:38 -0500
  ...Can somebody tell me what tool I'm looking for? The panels come with these special screws, roofing screws that have a rubber washer...
• Window Seal / Scraper options?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:53:50 -0400
  Are there any generic "by the foot" window sealing/scraper options for the roll downs in the front and the sliding windows in the...
• > Anyone remember Scrontium-90, the Swine Flu or when ice cream
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:03:00 -0500
  > Anyone remember Scrontium-90, the Swine Flu or when ice cream > really was ice cream? Strontium 90 is alive and well in east Tennessee...
• Re: Camper swivel seat ? Battery box?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 May 2004 15:48:23 -0600
  ...It lies there and is screwed down with four screws. That's in an '81." -- Karl Mine too and it's an '87. However...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:37:02 EST
  ...kind of screws etc. ?? > > Thanks, > Doug > > are you talking about the "euro" parcel tray instead of the glovebox? it just screws in. i have...
• Re: Mice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:24:05 -0600
  There are fresh air vents that are open to invasion near the top and sides of the plastic-screened vent at the top of...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:27:15 -0800
  ...In the junkyards I have yet to find a map pocket that isn't damaged at the screws. Maybe it's because we get...
• door handle fixed
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:27:27 EDT
  ...I found a loose screw on the latch/lock assembly that had managed to back itself out quite a bit. I assumed that this...
• Can't open brake bleeder screw!
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:18:20 -0700
  Just when my brake fluid change was going well the bleeder screw LR wheel will not budge! I can't shift it at all...
• Re: door panel pain
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:08:47 -0500
  ...screws with > the little formed chrome washers. >> > > On page 1234 of a book entitled "Everything Has a Name", I found > this: > Chrome screws with...
• grinding noise under steering wheel while turning.. read!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:57:52 EST
  ...one of the screws had worked its way loose and was grinding against the brass horn contact ring on the back of the steering...
• Re: How many trips to the Scrap yard for an 86 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:14:42 -0500
  I'm guessing 8 trips to the scrap yard? YMMV, Mr. BZ On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Max Wellhouse wrote: > Sorry...
• Re: Anyone use Bentley on Virtual PC?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Mon, 10 May 2004 15:17:16 -0700
  ...Now, some screens or cards wont provide incremental choices like that but it's worth a try. I found this out because the screen...
• Re: scraping glue in the sun
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:47:00 -0700
  ...scraping glue in the sun > > I've been out in the sun (here near Victoria BC) scraping and > sanding off the old glue from...
• Re: <No subject given>
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:59:29 EDT
  ...Ah yes, the propane bleed screw problem. I must relate my experience filling my propane tank. The attendant couldn't get the bleed screw...
• Re: FS: 1983 Westy Project for $350
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:06:06 -0500
  ...Who cares if he would get more for scraping it - aren't most of us in this to save these things? Or at least...
• Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:49:57 -0500
  Hi all This winter that is one of the Mods for the people with Zipper issues as well as screen for us to look...
• Re: which pliers for GoWesty Fuel line clamps?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:31 -0700
  ...GOOD stainless screw clamps, and not el-cheapo american # 4 screw clamps.............those are cheap junk too, but good german screw hose clamps of...
• Re: Overheating while bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:20:21 -0600
  ...With the system open there isnt enough pressure to push the coolant out the bleed screw at idle speeds (I know its amazing that...
• Re: Why We Keep Odds & Ends (bolts etc.)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 06:41:17 -0700
  ...The upper screw is a > little fussy to get at. My spare TPS uses shorter screws with goofy > sort of Torx heads. Didn't...
• [NVC] Beefier Scrunchies?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:47:52 -0700
  ...To bundle together the optional support poles for my Shady Boy awning* I've been using scrunchies, but they are kind of wimpy for...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:02:51 -0700
  ...Alternative to locking gas cap? > As long as you have a screwdriver you have a key. You do carry a > screwdriver, don't you...
• Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:26:28 -0800
  ...One guy wanted $75! I called 3 different scrap car haulers. Neil N. On Feb 12, 2008 8:03 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:02:47 -0700
  ​Thanks, Julianna! I kind of KNEW that the GoWesty screws were not the real deal. So with that in mind, I ought to be...
• Re: New scrapers on old vans
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:19:42 -0500
  Hi folks, What is a scraper? Eric Caron 85 gL Auto > On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:03 AM, William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM...
• Door screen removal and repair question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 26 May 2014 14:17:57 -0400
  Hi listers, I just realized the screen on the door of my 85 Westfalia has a nasty crack across the edge of the frame...
• Re: more oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 08:13:32 -0700
  ...un-screw the sender from th engine 3. screw the new sender in 4. plug in the oil pressure and oil temp wires 5...
• Re: VW Themes
  Historical mailing list - Donna Cassano
  Mon, 22 May 2000 12:43:28 -0400
  Is there a Vanagon screeen saver out there? Where? How? Calle Fallberg wrote: > Hi guys FYI the ss is just a drawing of a...
• Sticking Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:56:49 -0700
  ...Well, today I pulled a caliper, rebuild kit in hand, and upon taking the thing apart, noticed scratches on the caliper piston. Not really...
• Re: speaking of skylights
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:05:47 -0500
  > I have one of Trevors skylights (excellent quality, > BTW), but have managed to scratch it a little bit... > Any tips on how to buff...
• Window crank screw?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:56:59 -0500
  I’m looking for a screw that will work with my window crank extender (BusDepot version). I believe stock is M5x10. Would M5x20 work...
• Re: Website for Hard to Find Vanagon Parts on Fryday
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:45:20 -0700
  ...Just ordered the left handed metric screwdriver, they really come in handy for some hard to reach screws.
• Re: need creates inventiveness (tires)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:52:02 -0400
  ...Bj�rn >I screwed a short woodscrew into the hole in the tire. I pumped the tire up and it worked. "Self tapping Tire...
• Reboot Script
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:05:06 -0400
  I have forwarded a copy of a reboot routine and scheduler script to David Marshall for use on the list server. I have it...