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removing interior door panels
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:44:29 -0400
...the screws that hold the interior door handles in place? I have easily removed all the grab bars, elbow rests etc already. And popped...
Re: Somewhat urgent help requested
Historical mailing list - mordo
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:42 -0400
...Philips and ideally a #3. > > The window handle -- well, never mind that one. > > The grab handle has a #2 and a #3 on each...
Re: early bus parts for sale
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 22:43:21 -0400
...outside trim sets or pieces, bumper trim sets or pieces, inside grab handles in good cond, vent wing windows w/latches,rear inside corner...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:01:20 +0200
...the parts catalogue. >> >> Photo anyone? I wonder if they are standard grab handles, and fit >> between open door and C-pillar when moving door...
New GRABBERS
Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:56:59 -0800
Had the new tires put on yesterday the grabbers and took the van for a drive to check it out It does handle better...
October 1984 sunroof Vanagon - Parts Van PDX
Historical mailing list - Danny C.
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:59:26 -0800
...I did grab the coolant H-pipe and the 4 fuel injectors. And it looks like someone pulled the regulator off the ALT. has...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:16:17 -0400
...the parts catalogue. >>> >>> Photo anyone? I wonder if they are standard grab handles, and fit >>> between open door and C-pillar when moving door...
Re: BZ shelf
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:24 -0800
...BZ-having used the shelf many times, not needed? > > > > On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:27 AM, neil N wrote: > > > And if not handles...
Re: Primary Battery Removal: How to?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:38:06 -0400
...There is no handle on the battery, and nothing to grab on top but the posts. Can anyone reccommend a neat trick to get...
Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:40:18 -0500
...I still remember the time my mom grabbed the inside door handle of her Mustang II and it broke off in her hand. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David...
Re: Guage CLuster
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:33:18 -0400
after you pop the top cover off (pull from the little grab handles on the rear edge), remove the plastic brake fluid drip tray...
Re: Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:59:32 -0400
Hi John, I believe there is a video and all parts at Go Westy. List members responded to this not to long ago. A...
Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:52:20 -0500
...H4 headlights Grab handle on drivers`side Light over sliding door A name for my Westy Javier Zavala 84 1,9L German Westy 01...
Re: Looking for Grab handle packing ??
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:05:08 -0700
On 4/11/06, hunnam <rayjen@pnc.com.au> wrote: > > Hi all > > Wanting to installing a grab handle above the middle window, drivers side...
Re: window does not roll up
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:40:53 -0800
...tried grabbing the window and pulling it up, but it would not budge. I > even got my daughter to spin the handle while I...
Re: DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Fri, 28 May 2021 10:13:11 -0700
I just use a kitchen step stool. I folds and stows behind the driver's seat. It is also handy for other purposes for...
Re: DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 28 May 2021 09:46:46 -0700
Steve, All I’ve seen is what user name gnarlodious on the samba has done. Sorry can’t locate the thread right now. But...
Re: failed inspection
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:01:11 +0100
My 1987 GL handles just like a high performance sports car... a heavy high performance sports car... with a few huge matresses on the...
Re: Nephew's Birthday...WILLIAM WITZ
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:07:15 -0500
...can you help grab one from any store around you? l'll pay you as > soon > > as i am back.kindly let me know...
Re: vanagon "LT" style truck mirrors on ebay
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:41:03 -0400
...Such as the sliding windows for Doublecabs, and the lighted grab handles used in Tristars (and Audis) On Mar 28, 2007, at 8:34...
Re: and you thought you couldnt give your middle seat away?
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Wed, 16 May 2007 21:22:57 -0400
...van middle seat w/original brick red vinyl covers and aluminum grab handles...I think I'll toss it on there....should be worth...
Re: FW: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:02:56 -0600
...flex > handle into the end but not all the way in as that would pull the socket > out so it wouldn't grab the...
Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:21:52 -0500
...now they have something to grab hold of. i also added two more of these type grab handles in the low overhead side above...
Re: Latest on speakers
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:46:20 -0600
...I found original speakers in an '89 in a local junkyard and grabbed them for my doors to replace the "upgraded' ones with the...
Re: Hammock thread
Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:06:04 +0000
There was a thread earlier about adding a grab handle on the drivers side. Somebody made the mistake of drilling the wires. Proper procedure...
Re: VWs in Hollywood [was VW sighting (Field of Dreams)]
Historical mailing list
Fri, 15 Dec 1995 13:49:35 -0500
...The end of the scene has the owner come out of the house, grab the door handle and the bus falls apart. With the...
Re: Sliding door handles mystery
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:04:16 -0700
...With the > door closed so much that the handle is exposed and grabable, there's not > enough distance to get that door up to...
On-board fire systems.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:29:17 -0700
...The simple ones have a mechanical cable/pull wire to activate..You mount a T-handle within reach and jerk on that, releasing the...
Re: Real Cheap traction
Historical mailing list
Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:06:15 -0400
...They can >be grabbed together as an emergency/parking brake. I have seen this on dune buggies/Baja bugs, but never on a bus...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:22:23 +0200
...the parts catalogue. >>>> >>>> Photo anyone? I wonder if they are standard grab handles, and fit >>>> between open door and C-pillar when moving door...
Re: Vanagon Newbie and inop electric windows
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:46:13 -0400
...Two screws (P2 and P3) at each end of grab handle. Two or so screws holding on the vestigial vent cover at bottom aft...
Re: Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 05:56:46 -0400
I have pix but basically you make a paper template from the right side holes and flip it to mark the left side. Then...
Re: Bad plastic(s)
Historical mailing list - Joe T.
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:49:43 -0700
...So far I've done grab handles, shift cover, rearview mirror, and a few other odds and ends. The black actually looks better with...
Mo Parts---
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Sat, 2 Mar 2002 19:56:43 -0600
...black fresh air vent's (3) black interior grab handles (2) black interior assist looped handles (1) folding table (1) L/H grey interior...
Re: Fire Prevention Week (Was: Always Look Under A Bus!)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:44:03 -0700
...handle with "Off" somewhere near the driver might come in handy in case of a fuel leak or an accident...pull the switch, grab...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 1 Aug 2020 19:12:08 -0700
...Crazyvwman, Mark, has a mod where he attached a grab handle, ie same as the one on pass side a pillar, to the slider...
Re: Starting Batteries
Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:02:15 -0600
...I tried it in > the store, and like it much batter than the batteries with > the buile-in strap, or any aftermarket battery grabber...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:20:18 -0700
...Made grabbing it a tad easier. And yes, it > was the spring loaded handle same as at the front off the door. > > My 86...
Finally, my '52 barndoor parts want list
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:24:55 -0500
...section behind front bumper, and jack points) -middle and rear seats -grab handle for middle seat -cargo floor rubber mat -nisc. interior (front kick...
Re: Turbo Vanagon - Audi 5000 CS Turbo Engine, OFF LIST INFO PLEASE!!!
Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:42:35 -0600
...speaker block out for headphones, centeral locking system, doors, trunk, lighted grab handles, etc. Anyway please contact me off list for information, pictures, pricing...
Real Cheap traction
Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:31:24 -0800
...They can be grabbed > together as an emergency/parking brake. Sam, I vaguely remember seeing one of these dual handle hand brakes on a...
Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:12:06 -0400
...lift in the wrong places, I had to once physically grab the lift handle out of a kids hand to keep him from putting...
Info re headliners and anyone with ETKA
Historical mailing list - hunnam
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:59:38 +1100
...Second I am looking for the part nos of the packing pieces for the grab handle above the passengers middle seat. I recently obtained...
SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:38:40 -0800
...THREE eurovan interior lights (one with slow dim and map light), Carat fluorescent light Lots of new grab handles installed, cupholders, storage bins 3...
Re: Decent grab loop?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:50:26 -0700
...I use these on my 84 Westy and they handle my rather bulky (220+lb) weight when being used - replaced them about 12 years...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:23:28 -0500
...the parts catalogue. > >>>> > >>>> Photo anyone? I wonder if they are standard grab handles, and fit > >>>> between open door and C-pillar when moving door...
Re: Tire vendors
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:28:43 -0500
...Beierl wrote: > Not to mention that Sylvan quit reaching for the grab handle every time > we went around a corner...I'd previously replaced...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:21:01 -0700
...Made grabbing it a tad easier. And yes, > it > > was the spring loaded handle same as at the front off the door. > > > > My 86...
Re: Primary Battery Removal: How to?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Oct 1996 19:14:12 +0000
...The battery just barely sits inside the comparment. > There is no handle on the battery, and nothing to grab on top but the posts...
Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:31:44 -0600
...way or > another. (1) Hella Vision Plus H4 halogen headlights (2) grab handle on driver's side (3) Cibie Oscar Plus fog lights (on...
Re Vanagoners parts cache (also looking for...)
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Fri, 11 May 2001 18:25:52 -0700
...Cruz CA (not far from me)--who's sending a couple grab handles & coat hooks. Little things mean a lot. BTW, I could use...
Re: Window Crank loose and hanging?
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:59:35 -0700
...This one is an earlier type of crank handle but the principle is the same. http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0308vwt_03s+1971_Volkswagen...
Re: Oil Pressure Switch Removal
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:26:48 -0500
...How about roughing the socket up on a grinder and then grabbing it with large vise grips? Or grind two flat sides on it...
Re: BZ shelf
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:21:17 -0800
...BZ-having used the shelf many times, not needed? >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:27 AM, neil N wrote: >> >>> And if not handles...
Re: 1984 Sliding Door Handle is very stiff - suggestions???
Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:00:23 -0700
...In fact the outer door handle recently broke off in my hand; fractured right through the hub of the handle, following the line of...
Two-pass seats available, p-mail only please
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:21:39 -0500
...One of the rears has a grab handle on the back, the other has holes where one was. P-mail me with your interest...
Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:39:41 -0700
...rear brake drums for vanagons. > > on the parking brake 'distance the handle will pull up' thing ... > there is some 'free play' built in before...
16" Syncro wheels and such!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 May 1999 15:00:26 EDT
...a large purchase of these wheels? Also a possible interest in Grab Handles with an integrated reading lights (aprox $70 each maybe less if...
Vanagon Interior parts Brown vinyl FS
Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:52:52 -0400
...handles Brown seatbelt covers (covers the take-up reel) Brown Vinyl middle 2 place seat Both front seats (no armrests) Brown grab handles Brown...
Re: Decent grab loop?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:25:12 -0700
...rodent ate through the innards of your strap-on the van handle. Same as a bug's. Where's you get your last one...