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• Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van somuch...)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:27:00 +1200
  ...The entire floor apparently hinges back for access, I'm told... I've only managed top open the passenger side (lid's in 2...
• Re: VAN,B.C.: Body shop recommendations?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:33:02 -0500
  The lower track where the sliding door rides is now so rusted that the door rollers drop into the holes allowing the door to...
• [NVC] Weather strip/channels sources?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:54:16 -0700
  ...I need to replace the seal between the upper and lower clamshells of my little utility trailer. The upper clamshell, hinged at the front...
• Re: Closet Mods
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:27:11 -0800
  ...seen or done the Westy rear > closet converted from the two hinged doors (front and > side) to a large slider on the side? This...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:37:44 -0800
  ...Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content) >>::: >>:::Just a quick thought. >>::: >>:::How about a low tech approach. >>:::An 8 ft. rod or pole (approximately) hinged in...
• Re: Removing top
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Tue, 5 Jul 2016 12:37:25 -0700
  ...Just remove fasteners ..hinges, tent bottom etc. 3 people could lift it off.. 4 would be better. and still not easy ....like are they...
• Re: Front Heater Box Overhaul / Damper Gasketing
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:13:09 EST
  ...the light weight damper will become hinge bound and held ajar when it should be closed. Low density, open cell foam with a firmness...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:22:39 -0500
  ...I plan to cut the bottom off of the door below the lower hinge and rig up some method of making the bottom part...
• Re: Westy large battery capacity options
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:59:06 -0400
  ...want to be able to >lower them without fear. A tray for each set of 3 or 4, hinged at the >front end of...
• Re: List energy needed
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:40:27 -0700
  ...He sent me the lower and the upper. I’m told my current upper one is now cracked and thanks to Jim I’ve...
• Re: ventilators in front doors
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:23:04 -0400
  ...The air ends up leaving through the gap near the hinge, a low pressure area. If you open the door, you can see where...
• Re: Cargo area cover
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 18 May 2010 16:46:47 -0700
  ...It would remain flat/low-profile with the rack empty or with small items, but have enough stretch to accommodate larger irregular objects. The...
• Re: Skylights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 09:47 -0600 (MDT)
  ...This is the squareish grey plastic roof on hinges that screws up to let air in. Mine is disintegrating and the dealer wants $240...
• Re: Simple way to mount a 15" spare in the stock front carrier...
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:21:04 -0700
  ...Trim the rear edge of the carrier dish and use some hinge supports welded to the front frame rail extension to lower the rear...
• Re: Sliding door adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:32:59 -0800
  ...What was not exactly clear is how loosening the hinge would allow for height adjustment. Well, it doesn't. Loosening the hinge is for...
• Re: Sliding door adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:19:20 -0400
  ...The rear of my sliding door is low and also does not sit >flush with the main body of the van. I was reading...
• Re: Problem with Seller on thesamba - skylight parts now needed.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:12:32 -0400
  ...name? > thing with rotary nob for raising and lowering skylight) so I need the > hinges, nuts, bolts, washers, etc. I plan to buy a...
• Re: Part out or Sell now No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - forum email
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:27:41 -0400
  I have to agree with the ANTI lowly Vanagon all three of mine are 7 Passenger. I dont need an indoor kitchen (and if...
• RE: reassemble on the tranny from long block?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 22 Dec 95 11:04:53 EST
  ...Vgon engine is low enough so that a car on ramps is high enough to slide the engine under on a transmission jack. And...
• Re: gluing bodypanels on - BAD IDEA
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:18:08 -0500
  ...i have a parts van here that was rearended lightly, lower valence > was cut off and new panels "glued" on by a bodyshop using...
• Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:07:25 -0800
  ...Off to Home Depot to buy hinges and a draw catch. After cutting down the thickness of the hinges for a proper tight top...
• Re: Kids sleeping in top bunk.
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:31:17 +0000
  ...At either end is a jointed L shape, which is also hinged. The lower horizontal L portion slides in between your matresses and the...
• Fwd: Slider Quietening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 00:21:13 -0600
  ...cover panel that covers the hinge, and adding the plastic tape to the slider path, upper and lower, has made for a very quiet...
• Pop top bed weight
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:14:02 -0800
  ...the metal hinges and metal reinforcing bar on one edge of the wood weigh 36 lbs, a little below your lowest number. The total...
• Re: front seats from westy to weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:11:46 EDT
  ...the added seat height makes the already low shift lever more of reach. d. the armrests hit the door panels so I have to...
• Re: Shrinking parts
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:58:31 -0700
  ...I removed the hinges that are on top of some trim, cut the trim to end at both sides of the hinge, thus gaining...
• Re: Anyone ever use standard awning rails on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:13:48 -0700
  ...not perfectly parallel to the gutter, but lower in the back. Maybe because of the poptop hinge(?) I'd look, and take a photo...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:57:48 -0500
  ...are mounted at the lower end. Are they attached to a metal plate that is part of the poptop hinge? If anyone else has...
• Another Westy Bed Issue That Viagra Won't Solve
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:31:18 -0400
  Since it seems that I am not the only person here who's got a steel support rod popping out of the the lower...
• and to add..Re: here is a stumper..two VIN's on the dash?? anyone ever heard?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:12:11 EST
  ...to the front pass side A pillar down by the lower RF door hinge like all Euro market vehicles had. the vehicle appears to...
• Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 09:31:11 -0800
  ...I really want to ditch the plastic console and make a lower and sturdier version. I have a Chinese’s diesel heater waiting in...
• Re: List energy needed
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:16:12 -0400
  ...He sent me the lower and the upper. I’m told my current upper one is now cracked and thanks to Jim I’ve...
• Re: Do I need to remove AC condensor to replace my radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:56 -0500
  ...Remove the lower grille and unplug the fan switch and remove this a well. Now you want to trace the AC hoses back about...
• Re: Lower door vents taped up?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:40:57 +0200
  ...Also, there was a black plastic piece down in the deep recess of the > door(forward part by bottom hinge). It has rounded ends...
• white pop top screw clean up
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 14:38:35 EDT
  ...These are the 4 screws that secure the luggage rack and the eight that secure the hinges on the rear of the pop top...
• Repairing your Westy seat raising mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:52:24 -0600
  Something that has been on my list for a long time is a repair to the mechanism in the seat bed hinge that makes...
• Re: List energy needed
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:22:45 -0700
  ...He sent me the > lower and the upper. I’m told my current upper one is now cracked and > thanks to Jim I’ve...
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:05:27 CDT
  ...So, a couple of U-shims under the lower hinge were installed. >The door now closes the first time everytime without its former tinny...
• Re: stainless truss head screws for poptop
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 May 2005 23:19:40 -0700
  ...If you want to see a carriage head bolt, remove one of the bolts holding a skylight hinge to the top -- those are carriage...
• Re: Frtidge Door Mod (Need feedback)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:53:25 -0600
  ...Then, affix this portion back to the lower with 2 small > hinges on the outside, so that it swings out and down. Last, put...
• Re: " Westfalia Acres "(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 May 2004 15:30:10 -0500
  ...the low, low price of $495.00, we remove your dead engine and transmission, replacing them with a watertight box and lid hinged to...
• Re: No best answer to Pop Top raise
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:03:46 -0800
  ...You see, when you add a few hundred pounds up >top, when you lower the poptop, it can drop DOWN on your head with...
• Re: AWNING
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 May 2002 21:26:03 -0400
  ...Vanagon/ -- shock cord to rear hinge, shock cord across luggage rack, nylon strap to metal bar inside left lower grille. Adjustable poles w/ wooden...
• Re: Assorted Westy (1991) questions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Tue, 26 May 1998 20:10:29 -0500
  ...Anyone ever hinge this table or figure a system > that works? > > We kept swinging the table in and out every time we wanted to...
• Re: Dipstick readability tip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:17:04 -0700
  That's probably a primary effect while the opposite coast effect is merely secondary, and it all hinges, of course, on the magnetic declination...
• Re: Part out or Sell now No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:48:02 -0700
  ...So you have to come up with another solution - the mosaik kit (westy built kit) solves this with a hinged, two part folding out...
• Re: Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:33:19 +0000
  ...and have been searching high and low for a grey > refrigerator door + the wooden frame it hinges to. Can anyone point me in > the...
• Re: Kids sleeping in top bunk.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:39:49 -0400
  ...At either end is a jointed L shape, which is also hinged. The lower horizontal L portion slides in between your matresses and the...
• Re: More new parts for your winter projects!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 2024 17:49:22 +0000
  ...Van-Again YouTube Channel   | | | | | | I see the Light!  Replace that old map light today! Vanagon Map Light   | | | | | | Doka and Sinka drop side hinge pin...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28:07 -0500
  ...are > mounted at the lower end. Are they attached to a metal plate that is part > of the poptop hinge? > > If anyone else has...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 09:42:05 -0800
  ...if one keeps the spare tire carrier hinge as-is and uses a spacer to lower the front end of the carrier, be sure...
• Re: pic of flip down stove cover
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:11:58 -0400
  ...Is this what we're talking about? On the non-Canadian versions that lining is hinged at the rear so that you can lower...
• Should I buy '65 crew cab?
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  11 Mar 1996 14:44:52 -0800
  ...It's got *some* rust on the front driver's side door at the lower hinge (about the size of a fist) and some...
• Re: CV Joint boots & Power Door locks
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 03:04:41 -0500
  When my driver's door didn't work, I found broken wires in the rubber connector at the door hinge. Fixing them made it...
• Re: [NVC] Weather strip/channels sources?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:56:29 -0700
  ...The upper clamshell, hinged at the front, flips > open. When closed, it fits over the lower "bathtub" portion of the > trailer, with enough overhang...
• VAN,B.C.: Body shop recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:26:14 -0800 (PST)
  ...The lower track where the sliding door rides is now so rusted that the door rollers drop into the holes allowing the door to...
• Re: Larger wheels and spare holder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:51:50 -0400
  The hinge support becomes a limiting factor for what size spare can get under there regardless of what modifications you make to the tray...
• '56 progress - 'fridge
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 21:18:01 -0800 (PST)
  ...I'll also have to drill out the 4 rivets that hinge the bed, swap the lower half of the mechanical pieces from side...
• Re: List energy needed
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:45:22 -0700
  ...He sent me the lower and the upper. I’m told my current upper one is now cracked and thanks to Jim I’ve...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:41:42 -0400
  ...The snap in and hang inside the heater box at the location directly beneath where the figure points to "Flap housing, lower part" and...