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• Re: serious vanagon security issues
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:18:12 -0500
  ...designing some sort of locking hasp that will mount to the b pillar (aft of the door) and the door itself. when i engage...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:08:32 -0500 (CDT)
  ...hole, then out the back of the door and into the B-pillar > and up into the roof vents. Yeah, I've seen that...
• Re: More On Me Getting My Westy Back...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:32:34 -0700
  ...chairs, 2.1 WBX rebuilt conversion, gauges, extra table bracket on B-pillar, etc., etc., I've have jumped on it! New owners shipped...
• 85 GL with basic westy interior FS $1800
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:41:38 -0400
  ...Worst is the one on the driver's B-pillar. Some seam rust too. A/C needs to be charged. Driver's inside CV...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:23:56 +0000
  ...solution.  Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. > > My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item...
• '90 Wall renovations
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:23:31 -0700
  ...May be able to do the lower portions of doors with something similar to the vinyl material on the B (?) pillars so it appears...
• FS: 85 GL with basic Westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:45:14 -0400
  ...Worst is the one on the driver's B-pillar. Some seam rust too. A/C needs to be charged. Driver's inside CV...
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:17:44 -0400
  ...suggested checking the two fuses on the B pillar, and that wasn't it. Somebody else is having the problem as well, as they...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 10:19:58 -0500
  ...pull that fuse in the little box at the drivers side b pillar. > Or a switch there > > > > Alistair > > > >> On Aug 1, 2022, at 8...
• Re: Window Tint Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:21:58 -0400
  ...For example, in California you can spray paint the windows from the B-pillar back with black spray paint if you want (or limo...
• Re: adding a/c - '85 down pass vanagon overhead unit v.s. Behr in-dash a/c
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:26:34 -0800
  ...on the left, the evap assy is bolted to your B pillar, and on the right it lays on the sliding door upper track...
• Re: Where NOT to take your Volkswagen in SE MI [NVC]
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:55:53 -0500
  ...The last Grand Am I rode in, a 2003, the rear door panels and B-pillar molding consisted of one piece of hard, flat...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:03:13 -0800
  ...bag > > added another utility port just aft of the driver side B pillar same hight as the other 3 it is for connecting the...
• Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:11:53 -0400
  ...the post '85's. > > i think the latching system on the B pillar is different as well. > > get out the sawzall and the torch...
• Re: Rear driver's wheels well rust treatment and updates
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:00:54 -0600
  ...I did inside the doors, sprayed it up the A and B pillars and the whole underside. Need to do it again as it...
• Re: 87 Wolfs. Power Door Locks.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:05:24 -0500 (EST)
  ...you do, look on the rear side of the passenger side 'B' pillar. This is the pillar that the front passenger door latches to...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 08:21:04 -0700
  ...pull that fuse in the little box at the drivers side b pillar. Or a switch there >> >> Alistair >> >>>> On Aug 1, 2022, at 8...
• electrical weirdness after 2nd battery install......
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 11 May 2008 15:11:00 -0700
  ...the aux battery directly feeds the wire to the fridge that goes through the b pillar fuse box and a new cable that i...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 8 Jul 2025 16:28:53 -0400
  ...Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. >> >> My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item that...
• Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:35:51 -0700
  ...The brackets were just pieces of pressed steel that attached to A and B pillars with sheet metal screws. This formed a pocket that...
• Re: Front Overhead AC Modified for a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:41:53 -0700
  ...w/ poptop location, conflict w/ drivers > side piping furr-out > > on B pillar & sink cabinet, etc. > > > > Has anyone installed this unit in a westy...
• Re: Element vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:08:36 -0800
  ...When you consider > the lack of the traditionally located B pillar > in the Element one would not expect it to > withstand a side impact...
• Westfalia wiring
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 01:05:23 -0500
  ...couple years ago had the late wiring. (Two fuses on the 'b' pillar.) > >So with all the Vanagon Westy owners we have here, we...
• C Pillar Wiring - is this possible?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:09:42 -0700
  ...The wires go through the ceiling above the front passenger seat, just in front of the B pillar (and in front of that first...
• Re: Specialty light sought
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 6 May 2011 19:00:03 -0500
  ...I stuck mine to the passenger side B pillar since opening the back door of the crewcab does not turn on the courtesy light...
• Re: pop out on westy
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:11:03 -0700
  ...with a crank out? I am thinking the section between the B pillar and C pillar could "pop out". Seems like if it was...
• Re: Pillar letters and air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:33:59 -0700
  ...are which. > > > > Can someone fill me in on which is the B pillar, C pillar, D pillar, > etc? > > > > My van is an early 86...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 9 Jul 2025 12:32:36 -0400
  ...Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. >> >> My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item that...
• Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:33:57 -0700
  ...the post >>'85's. >> i think the latching system on the B pillar is different as well. >> get out the sawzall and the torch...
• Re: importing a van from canada part deux
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:21:54 EST
  ...door has to be strengthened and special catches put into the B-pillar and the belt reels have to go in the middle of...
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:20:40 -0700
  ...suggested checking the two fuses on the B pillar, and that > wasn't it. > > Somebody else is having the problem as well, as they...
• Re: Indian Mini?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:45:17 -0800
  ...Its got the right arrangement of door handles and the side marker light on the B pillar. Lots of pix here: http://www.google...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 8 Jul 2025 20:30:59 +0000
  ...Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. >> >> My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item that...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:28:03 +0000
  ...solution.  Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. > > My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:12:28 -0500
  ...pull that fuse in the little box at the drivers side b pillar. > Or a switch there > >> > >> Alistair > >> > >>>> On Aug 1, 2022, at 8...
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:03:44 -0800
  ...rear hatch drain holes at bottom- > -vent holes in A and B pillars > - front shock access holes under the front seats (if the rubber...
• Re: air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - steve vitale
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:40:56 -0400
  ...Stock Passenger (86 and later) AC > should do the same. > > 85 era (front overhead) AC systems should drip from the B pillars > (just behind...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:06:19 -0800
  ...bag > > added another utility port just aft of the driver side B pillar same hight as the other 3 it is for connecting the...
• Re: Mice prevention, was : Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:16:47 -0700
  ...mesh inside all tubes leading to heater box Wire mesh behind B �pillar vents in door jambs Install mouse neutron bomb trap Last, but...
• Re: Electrical ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 03:59:18 -0400
  ...locks, and they split at T3c near the top of the B-pillar. One branch goes to the slider contacts and the other branch...
• '82 Westy For Sale in Denver (DU Area)
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:38:23 +0000
  ...It's got one little 2-inch ding on the driver's side B-Pillar. The interior is near perfect. All original, all camping...
• Re: Driver's side grab handle
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:06:51 -0500
  ...i got one of the handle to match the one on the b-pillar (in front of the sliding door) ... and put it on...
• Re: serious vanagon security issues
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Sym
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:21:09 -0400
  ...designing some sort of locking hasp that will > mount to the b pillar (aft of the door) and the door itself. when i > engage...
• Re: Electrical Gremlin of Jan 18 has been detected
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:31:07 -0500
  ...A live when alternator working; both located bottom of driver's B pillar inside a little black box). The relay under the seat doesn...
• Re: Vanagon Secirity
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:54:05 -0500
  ...I was originally going to mount my fuel pump cutoff switch INSIDE the B pillar, accessible through the vent hole when the door's...
• '73 Westy Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:05:49 -0400
  ...on the windshield pillars and the pillars behind the front seats ("B" pillars?), but the only way to get it in would involve folding...
• Re: What's the correct bulb needed in this '82 Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:08:25 -0700
  ...Check the fuse near the DS B pillar (by your butt) before investing funds. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jul 28...
• Re: [NVC] Beefier Scrunchies?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:16:42 -0700
  ...be lightly knotted to >> the grab sling just behind the passenger B pillar. �Ready at a moments >> notice should the occasion arise. >> �Available in...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:02:15 -0500
  ...only location I have ever seen "date of manufacture" is on a plate > > attached to the "B" pillar on the driver's side. > > > > Michael > > > >
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:38:57 -0700
  ...suggested checking the two fuses on the B pillar, and that > wasn't it. > > Somebody else is having the problem as well, as they...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:10:25 +0000
  ...solution.  Also acts as an awning anti vibration quieting device. >> >> My B pillar slider side handle is turning out to be a favorite item...
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:18:47 -0500
  ...rear hatch drain holes at bottom- > > -vent holes in A and B pillars > > - front shock access holes under the front seats (if the rubber...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 09:32:44 -0700
  ...pull that fuse in the little box at the drivers side b pillar. Or a switch there >> >> >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >>>> On Aug 1, 2022, at 8...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Samuel
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:40:08 -0500
  ...bag > > > > added another utility port just aft of the driver side B pillar same > hight as the other 3 it is for connecting the...
• Re: electrical weirdness after 2nd battery install......
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 11 May 2008 16:19:42 -0700
  ...directly feeds the wire to the fridge that goes through the > b pillar fuse box and a new cable that i ran to the...
• VW & Airbags
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 10:56:11 -0800
  ...Golf III are not as secure as those mounted to the B pillar and even those are probably not as safe as a five...
• Re: making a vanagon pickup truck!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:21:31 -0500
  ...and left the > roof over > the cab (didnt cut A or B pillars) all we have left to do is > some finish > welding, and...
• Re: running rca cables to a rear-mounted subwoofer
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:46:06 -0800
  ...The cables route up the B-pillar above the side windows and into the rear cabinet. I installed another busbar and picked up a...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 12:20:07 -0400
  ...pull that fuse in the little box at the drivers side b pillar. >> Or a switch there >>>> >>>> Alistair >>>> >>>>>> On Aug 1, 2022, at 8...
• Re: Piranha LED taillights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:14:53 +1200
  ...up as indicator relays would be neat, one set on the B-pillars and one set inside the rear vents. The more there are...