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• Re: Westy Front table survey
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 22:39:36 -0400
  ...the drivers window, and, if you are really crafty, replace the huge steering wheel with 1985-1992 Jetta steering wheel, (smaller diameter, more room...
• FW: '85 Defroster Switch Mojo
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:10:46 -0400
  ...vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: '85 Defroster Switch Mojo I tried using a spare rear window defroster switch as an on/off power source...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 20:43:38 -0500
  ...inverter that I could use to power stuff and maybe >> a small window a/c in the summer months so that the wife and...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:10:00 -0500
  ...I have a friend who works on this type of >>>> small window unit AC, and he said the only problem would be knowing where...
• Re: Cabriolet Freind
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:53:12 -0500
  ...My driver's side door vent window was broken, > the top part of the door had been pried away from the window. My lock...
• Versatility of the 87 Wolfsburg in a Divorce
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 02:33:55 EST
  ...I fitted a small room air conditioner to the passenger window so that when parked at local state parks I could simply plug up...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:08:24 -0700
  ...The flame will be 2 different sizes when fridge operating normally; no cooling needed, smaller flame, cooling needed, larger flame. Since your LED doesn...
• Fwd: Painting
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:49:51 -0400
  ...It was covered in runs, the surface was literally gritty, they got paint on every window and every piece of trim, the got paint...
• Re: 91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile skylight
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:43:17 -0600
  ...Slight leak through the window at one hinge bolt (I am sure that more compound will fix that). New gasket leaks more than the...
• Re: Lowering [Was: Speed limits...]
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Thu, 29 Sep 94 12:54:01 PDT
  ...Not only are scrillion watt systems cool, the coolest thing is to > > put small diameter superwide wheels on your shitbox. Well, yeah. Puperty does...
• FS: my beloved 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 08:49:53 -0800
  ...white 90 Westfalia camper with AC, power windows, power locks, cruise, alloys, 4 speed, 97,000 miles, canvas in great shape, grey interior that...
• Re: Paint Project
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:25:17 -0700
  ...Puliing all the windows out, dropping the engine, pulling out all the interior and doing a colour change (from current silver to Windsor Blue...
• '81 Vanagon Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 24 May 2001 20:34:04 -0700
  ...Original canvas has a couple of small tears and is starting to show it's age. New custom hardwood tables (it has both front...
• Re: Bentley found and list thanks,
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:16:24 -0400
  ...tips for care, and > hard to locate parts. > > From silly and small things like a vent cover for the driver’s side door > jam...
• Re: Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:14:33 -0700
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > > >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > _________________________________________________________________ > More photos, more messages, more storage�get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. > http://imagine-windowslive...
• Re: Tool Kit for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 26 Jul 95 12:05:27 CDT
  ...some small stuff is like 6mm or 8mm, and for that you'll need the Sears small socket set (1/4" drive size). also...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:02:49 -0700
  ...It is counter-intuitive (Unbelievable?) how significant even a small detail can influence the aerodynamic efficiency of a vehicle. One time in the Pony...
• Re: Syncro propshaft vibration mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Wed, 23 May 2007 21:32:28 +0000
  ...Before, there was a very small horizontal misalignment. >Now there is none. Vertical difference is 8.5 degrees--not very >much. Front diff points...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Camper: skylight / roof vent leak
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:21:35 -0400
  ...I have long > desired a roof fan to actively pull air in through the screens on the side > windows and exhaust it through the...
• Re: Vanagons are too cool?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:27:06 -0700
  ...Chores like windexing the inside of the windows..changing my indoor/outdoor rubber backed carpet inside, running some dilute clorox into my water tank...
• audio system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - The Henry's
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:10:24 +0000
  ...The van obviously did not come with a radio, there is no external evidence of an antenna, currently a small black rubber antenna is...
• Re: Heat inside the camper.. No
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:43:01 +0000
  ...I used a gas vent pipe with articulating elbows to vent the stove out the window. A smaller hole allowed flexible gas hose to...
• Re: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:15 -0800
  ...to enclose them in something small and opaque and stick them to the inside of the back window glass in either the upper or...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:34:13 -0500
  ...I replaced all but two window seals (they were fairly new), did some seam runs control, painted door jambs, did some minor but needed...
• Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
  Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:31:24 -0700
  ...I cannot say with any certainty whether I noticed that -- engine > >noise and road noise, windows down -- but at some point on the trip...
• Shore cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 16:28:05 -0600
  ...Maybe a window mount unit, or one of those RV units that sit on top. The other idea is a small generator to power...
• Re: What is the worst design part in the Vanagon WAS-Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:59:57 +1200
  ...in all the Japanese vans >lots of windows which is great for sight seeing. But rather small (high waistline)... however this is better for...
• Re: Wood Stove Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:01:01 EST
  ...Exhaust went out through the sliding > > window just behind the driver, above the sink. > > > > The guy said he had to stoke it a couple...
• FS: 1988 Vanagon GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:39:30 -0400
  ...on sliding door, and various small dents and scrapes. One rust through spot on bottom of rear van window (drivers side), currently sealed with...
• Re: Air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 4 Apr 2016 09:38:16 -0500
  ...Seems the freestanding model would fit better (tall and square) and a simple cover to fill what window isn't filled by the outlet...
• Subaru engines, Renault as the car of the year and Labrador
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:13:32 -0500
  ...the Vanagon, and I also think that install windows in a transporter is not a small job... For the car of the year tread...
• eberspacher furnace for Westy Q?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:53:10 EST
  ...This furnace looks like a keen addition to a camper and seems to use a limited amount of interior space limited to a small...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 19:25:46 -0700
  ...The whole in the bottom of the latch is very small though. Are you saying it is a simple screw in there I need...
• Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Mon, 2 May 2011 18:48:24 -0700
  ...Lost a small pair of overpowered binoculars and some change. Last few years the vans have lived in the driveway, and the wagons left...
• Re: Suburban heaters
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:36:36 -0700
  ...I tend to prefer something like > the Propex even if it is only around 6,000 btu due to the small size and > low...
• Re: NJ Transporter Syncro siting (ron maxon's syncro panel)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:11:11 EDT
  ...it even has the �ber cool cab divider with small porthole window. he's got some 15" audi alloys on it with big tires...
• Showing my '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 1994 17:17:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...This was a totally informal event put on by a small local VW club, and it was kinda cool. No big attitudes, T/A...
• known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:52:23 -0400
  ...front windshield, side seals, side windows 2 - Head Gaskets: need I say more 3 - Water pump: every 50,000 miles 4 - Rear hatch struts...
• Re: Painting
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:54:19 -0400
  ...The paint job was two tone and there was a >> visible small ridge 1/16th inch between the two paint areas where the >> color...
• Re: Crutchfield- lots o Vanagon speakers, any fit?
  Historical mailing list - Pancho de la Luna
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:15:34 -0700
  ...I'd recommend that you get the rubber speaker covers to prevent any water from dripping in from the window and allow for longer...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:03:53 -0800
  ...paint job after taking out out all the small dings that accumulate > > removing the windows putting in all new rubber seals etc putting in...
• Re: Camping dog
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:52:18 -0500
  ...middle seat hanging his head out the open side window. I now have a small platform with a cushion there for him to ride...
• Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:30:36 -0700
  Smaller rigs can go where the ash tray is. I have an Alinco DR-110 2m VHF mounted in that location - PERFECT fit. My...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:07:22 -0400
  ...You _could_ use an AC motor plugged into the hookups but then you might as well stick a window unit in the luggage rack...
• Re: insane AC idea
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:46:22 -0700
  ...insane AC idea > > > > > > my factory setting are roll down the windows, if road rage persists > > > roll up windows and crack the wings.. ;) > > > > > > I wonder...
• Re: power window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:13:02 -0500
  ...Using a big screwdriver or some sort of wedge to hold the windows in place is also essential. A small 1/4" ratchet and...
• Re: As nice as, but better?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:09:58 -0800
  ...more reliable and windows, maybe all >>>>>> this >>>>>> in small trailer format. >>>>>> >>>>>> While this thread isn't one that I'd like to see take...
• Re: 81 steering wheel height
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:01:36 -0500
  ...One is relocating the handle strap from it's position on the lower part of the door up to just below the window. This...
• FS: '85 vw Quantum GL turbo diesel- $850 (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:22:46 EDT
  ...A few small surface spots have been sanded and painted immediately after they appeared. Needs: New parking brake cable on left rear. New tires...
• Re: Thoughts--Iwesty
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:28:39 -0700
  ...You can get an old Windows laptop and a Margi PCMCIA DVD decoder card and have a much higher quality experience for less time...
• Re: Where to get a decent paint job? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:42:23 -0700
  ...They fixed a few small dents and did a good job masking the door handles, windows, etc. The result was very presentable. After my...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:58:10 +0000
  ...Dennis, From my Windows phone. ________________________________ From: David Beierl<mailto:dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> Sent: �6/�12/�2017 2:53 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:29:12 -0500
  I've had the same problem on an old bay window bus. I ended up snapping a hacksaw blade in half. I arranged the...
• Re: '64 Deluxe Engine #?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 03:09:33 -0400
  ...had smaller rear axle. Aug 63 1144282 0578878 1500 Standardized Note: This VIN intro'd the larger rear hatch and rear window, but still...
• RE: Painting Questions Cont.
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 08:38:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...fixed several small dings in the process. One spot of paint of the chrome at the bottom of a vent window. But the job...
• Re: road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:29:51 -1000
  ...a small opening, let alone hit me that hard and that fast. I couldn't move fast enough to close the window on his...
• Re: SUV Bashing) was Think Positive to start your new year
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:06:13 EDT
  ...Side windows open farther than the westy model windows. Yep, go check it. My big cooler probably works better than the westy fridge -- $3...
• Re: Lots of parts available very cheap/Free. (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:35:00 +0100
  ...driver's corner needs > glass work. > > $25 Pair of rear side windows, one for each side. > > $15.00 White plastic engine hatch lid with...
• Re: I am scared of my Dometic 182B on LP mode
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:23:00 -0500
  ...light came slowly ON but I could see nothing in the small windows down bellow, so I look carefully and I put a blanket...
• Re: Moon discs?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:03:16 -0700
  ...small >> details like that were good for almost 15mph at full throttle...We did one >> run where I neglected to raise the windows.....30mph...