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  • Re: Rear window defogger, '81 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Wed, 4 Dec 1996 07:56:30 -0500 (EST)
    On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Beth Young wrote: > > > I've just started using my rear window defogger (the electric grid) > and I've noticed...
  • Re: Side sliding window dressing?
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:42:41 -0400
    Hello BILL On 22-Aug-98, BILL wrote: > Are you looking for those guides that slide in both bottom ends of the > window? Yep...
  • AC powered Air Cond.for van
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:08:18 -0500
    Ive got my rear windows and seals out to treat some rust. This summer I plan on installing a small A/C unit that...
  • Re: looking 4 bug screens front pass/driver window cheap
    Historical mailing list - Germain
    Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:48:38 -0400
    ...looking 4 bug screens front pass/driver window cheap > I am looking for some bug screens that ARE NOT $70.00 plus shipping. Would...
  • Re: Window tinting / valude debate
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:25:30 -0700
    ...Most of the msgs to the list from new owners, one of the first questions is re getting the windows tinted. Jerry ----- Original Message...
  • Tinted Windows - Backing up in the Dark?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:03:10 -0800
    ...The PO tinted all the rear windows. The more I drive my Westy at night, the more I realize it's a minor PITA...
  • Re: Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 19 May 2005 07:22:10 -0700
    ...Surely >there's someone here who's actually pulled a side window, no? Anyone? > > >The sliding side windows are the hardest ones to remove...
  • Re: Window tinting
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:50:11 -0500
    In Alabama, Limo Tint (darkest) can be put on all windows EXCEPT the Driver, Passenger, and Windshield glass. On the Driver and Passenger windows...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 3 May 2013 09:04:30 -0700
    On other cars I've had to remove the window with the mechanism to get at pop rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and...
  • Re: Window Seals
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:37:42 -0400
    ...The 80 to 86 Vanagons had chrome trim around the two front door windows and also fake chrome inserts in all of the other...
  • Re: Keys locked in van
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:21:25 -0700
    ...Usually a vent window. Y' Hear that everybody! Use the VENT WINDOW. They cost less to replace! Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Johnson...
  • Re: Rear Window Washer
    Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
    Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:23:14 +1000
    Hi Page 41 of the Instruction Manual Rear Window. Press the lever briefly away from the steering wheel - the wiper works about every 6...
  • Re: Driver and Passenger Door Windows
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:34:30 -0800
    ...Driver and Passenger Door Windows > did you try oevdub.com ? > I think that's it .......O E VDub.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Rodgers...
  • Jalousie Windows
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Fri, 25 Jul 1997 21:12:19 -0400
    The comments over the last two days about jalousie windows for Vanagons prompt me to tell my story. I put a set of jalousies...
  • Re: Want to put tint on windows and looking for thoughts and opinions
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:15:46 -0700
    Don't think California cares what you put on the back and back side windows. And you can't put anything on the front...
  • Re: Window tint on sliders.
    Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
    Tue, 27 May 2008 22:05:44 -0400
    ...The poor dude has NO idea what your van looks like or how many windows it has :-) And how could he really... ? Cheers, Doug...
  • Re: Turning off rear heater
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:41:53 -0700
    O > As for your broken electric windows, I had the same problem when I first > bought my vanagon. I paid someone 50$ for the...
  • Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:26:21 -0400
    ...https://www.vanagain.com/shop/front-door-window-seal-vanagon-no-chrome I do have a video about removing the seals here: https://youtu...
  • Re[2]: WANTED: Rear window for `59 23-window!
    Historical mailing list
    5 Jun 95 13:32
    Eric wrote >Yes, the rear decklid window is what we're looking for--and they are >quite a bit different from the glass on...
  • 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
    On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 07:26:31 -0500 Mike Randleman said: >Is there such a thing as a window screen for the driver...
  • Re: [Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?]
    Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
    Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:04:26 MST
    ...It's cheaper and certainly more enjoyable to drive with the window open and you hair flowing in that comforting breeze then it is...
  • Re: Replacement/Rebuilding the power window Ghost?
    Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
    Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:23:49 -0800
    I replaced the passenger side window regulator about a year ago and it failed last week. I think the part is poorly designed. Haven...
  • Will Audi power window motors fit our Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Tue, 1 Nov 2011 06:24:01 -0700
    ...Will the power window motor found on the Audi Quatro (1987) be the same fit for our Vanagons with power windows? What about the...
  • Re: Seeking brown window crank
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:08:36 -0800
    What year is your van? My parts van is an `86 Syncro and if I recall correctly the window cranks are still there. If...
  • Re: Power window won't stay up
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:06:27 -0500
    ...Power window won't stay up > > > All of a sudden my power window on the passenger side won't stay up. I > took off...
  • Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
    Historical mailing list - Gene P
    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:26:07 -0700
    ...Many of you talk of speakers getting hit by the window crank. Would need some sort of deco plastic sleeve to hide the full...
  • Re: WTB: Right (passenger) door window glass for 87' Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
    Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:49:06 -0700
    ...can find a passenger window that will fit an > '87 Vanagon? I need it ASAP. > > (I have electric windows in case that makes a...
  • Re: Power Window Switch All of Sudden Dead? 88 Wolfy
    Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:47:44 -0400
    ...I just did a bunch of work on my suddenly non functioning power window. Turns out the motor had become dirty and gunked up...
  • Re: an early edition of where and what
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 1 Sep 94 13:08:19 CDT
    ...6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas >> >> Is there any Delux (21/23 window) Micro-bus owners around? >> >> Lee. >> >> '78 Bus >> '64 21 Windows Delux...
  • Bumper re-enforcement & Power window kits?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Nizyborski
    Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:51:13 PDT
    ...Does this seem like a good idea to y'all? Power windows: Also, along the lines of a recent aftermarket AC question, has anyone...
  • Power windows go CLUNK!
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:47:19 -0700
    I went to roll my power window down and was met with a loud clunk. After opening the door panel, it appears that part...
  • Re: Anyone put their 1987 Westfalia slider window upside down?
    Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
    Sat, 7 Apr 2001 18:49:02 -0700
    ...Anyone put their 1987 Westfalia slider window upside down? Lloyd, Just switch sides with the windows. Move left to right and right to left...
  • Who makes Side Sliding Window Louvers?
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Sun, 8 Apr 2001 08:24:18 -0700
    I saw a website somewhere where a guy made some Side Sliding Window Louvers for his Westy. They keep out rain and sun and...
  • Re: rear sliding window...Re: fun vanagons via ebay & google
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:32:29 -0400
    ...when i looked in >etka to find a window for the pax side rear (westy so drivers side rear >not of any use.) it...
  • Brown Window Handles??
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:56:53 -0400
    Hi gang, I need new window winders for my 84 Westy. The Bus Depot only sells black and I'd like to get brown...
  • Re: FS: power windows - possible retrofit??
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:22:22 EST
    ...christianpelletier@YAHOO.COM writes: > I have for sale both front power windows and most (if > not all) of the electric wires to go to...
  • Re: Corner Window Glass
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:55:18 -0800
    ...the car > stereo face, they smash your window. > > I need to get a right front triangle window. Auto > glass place wants > over $150. Any...
  • Re: 'Nother Newbie--Lifting that poptop! '86 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:22:43 -0600
    Sounds like this would work best if the window/windows are zipped up, too. great idea, thanks! bob > Try this amazing trick. Close all...
  • Re: Problem with someone on this List !
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:49:10 +1300
    >both of these can only attack windows systems and both attack the >standard address book if the proper security updates have not been >installed...
  • Electric window problem!
    Historical mailing list - Gordon Mah
    Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:03:22 -0700
    ...1989 Vanagon with passenger side electric window stuck fully open. I hear the motor running (not the fuse) but it won't go up...
  • Re: 50 50 slider in a Westy?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:25:47 -0400
    ...Has anyone replaced the rear passenger window with a slider window ? Don wont fit without extensive modification
  • Westy Needs Slider Window
    Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
    Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:34:01 -0800
    Daughter's 87 Westy, slider window broken in attempted break-in. Needing sliding glass and screen. Also a question: Haven't looked at it...
  • Carfax anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
    Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:04:23 +0000
    If anyone has a subscription could they run the following and hit me off list? WVWAK73C86P030151 thanks Ryan _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live� Groups: Create an online...
  • Vent Wing Windows Opening More
    Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
    Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:20 -0800
    Anybody know the trick to getting late model vanagons (89) to allow the vent wing window to open beyond 90 degrees like the earlier...
  • Vanagon louvered side jalousie windows for sale....
    Historical mailing list - JordanVw
    Tue, 19 May 1998 04:05:22 EDT
    well, they're late bus westy louvered side jalousie windows, but included with them, are the instructions on how you can make them fit...
  • 91 Carat Wolfsburg
    Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
    Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:53:25 -0500
    ...Cruise control (sometimes works), electric windows, electric locks(sometimes don't unlock) Table ( doesn't unlock). Fancy German emblem up front, alloy wheels, plastic...
  • Re: Window Cranks, getting them off
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Sat, 13 May 2000 10:36:06 -0600
    Marc Perdue wrote: > How do you get the window cranks off? Marc, Gently pry the plastic cover off the big round end of the...
  • Bay window & Vanagon jack points?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:19:17 -0700
    Will a jack that fits a bay window's jack points pretty much fit those of a Vanagon, and vicey-versy? -- Mike "Rocket J...
  • Re: rear windows
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:16:25 -0600
    anybody happen to notice the rearmost windows on his hungarian bus?? those are the sliders we can't get in north america. :( > VW Transporter...
  • 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: Sliding window refurbish
    Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
    Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:17:59 -0400
    I found some of that at Home hardware when I rebuilt my windows. I just saw same thing at Home Depot today. Look in...
  • Need Power Window Regulator
    Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:56:30 -0400
    Anyone have a spare power window regulator (passenger side) that they would like to sell or give away? Thought I'd check with the...
  • Re: Electric windows
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:42:24 -0700
    ...And while I was at it I installed the GW window switches kit. > Oh, where did the window regulator fail? Just as I pulled...
  • Re: Extra popouts
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Mon, 24 Oct 1994 09:40:05 -0700 (PDT)
    ...I will have 2 frames (minus windows/or w/windows & cracked glass) once I get around to restoring my windows. These two are kinda...
  • Re: To tint or not to tint that is.....
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:32 -0400
    ...Have you noticed some tinted windows with bubbles & streaks? Those are the ones that were done at home. I'd have the front/side...
  • Re: Power Window Failure Diagnosis
    Historical mailing list - john Runberg
    Sun, 18 May 2003 19:17:19 -0400
    ...My solution was to yank the power windows and replace with manual ones (which I like better). The power window regulators will go on...
  • Re: Window Tint Asthetics
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:25:53 -0800
    Lets face it, tinted windows are a mixed bag. Great for privacy, especially during the day. Great for keeping the sun at bay in...
  • Re: windshield washing mess ?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:46:38 PDT
    Stop using water to clean your windows. You can't eliminate gravity so eliminate water - I used to use this product that you would...
  • Re: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
    Historical mailing list - BA
    Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:38:40 -0700
    ...by banging on rear window. It was >earthquake time so the wheels were chocked. Peering out the window I >saw 7-8 Machetes glinting...
  • Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:32:26 -0700
    ...Had a friend a few years back who was stopped passing through Utah in a Bay Window westie for 'reflective tinted windows' and then...