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  • Re: O ring making kit
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:26:22 -0600
    ...bag and using the assortment box for wavy washers, relays, > >switches, > > > sun visor hold up clips and assorted plastic plugs that often > get lost...
  • vacumn guage installation
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:14:03 -0500 (CDT)
    ...I had to remove the sun visors to mount it. I am thinking about a mounting location just below the radio. I question the...
  • Re: recall notice 86-91 air conditioning ducts
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:41:43 -0400
    ...so you have to be very careful > lowering that sun visor and just kinda let it hang there. it helps if you > can support...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:08:18 -0800
    ...Visor clips are in the sun all the time. > When the driver was surprised by sudden change of terrain and > subsequent exposure to the...
  • Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:06:43 -0400
    ...pick n pull In a message dated 4/2/08 2:59:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, paullist08@GUZYK.COM writes: > sun visor clips...
  • Re: Carat w AC Sunroof
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:17:27 -0400
    ...Of course they are not sunroofs and are rather expensive but they woudn't look like ugly plastic R/V vents. I have to...
  • Re: Friday Trivia Question, Westy Owners Only
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:23:37 +0200
    ...On the other hand, I didn't even know there was a mirror on the inside of the sun visor on the passenger side...
  • Re: I think my curtains are smarter than me...
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Thu, 4 Sep 2003 07:00:12 -0700
    ...To > prevent it from dropping down in the centre I had to tuck it under the sun > visors and rear-view mirror. It seemed...
  • Re: Windshield Sunshade Smackdown!
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:12:49 -0400
    ...I 'fit' it a >> little (with scissors) so that it tucks behind the inside mirror and the >> sun visors...it actually works pretty good...
  • Re: 1990 Westfalia For Sale
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:34:47 +0000
    ...down to look up when stopped at traffic lights, and the sun visor no longer blocked my view even when up. My current Westy...
  • Re: Ultimate Engine Upgrade(I win!)<F>
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:08:32 -0600
    ...I was so pissed off when I finally met the guy that I was competing with for parts like front seats, sun visors, door...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:07:49 -0500
    ...all seem to be scraped and scratched) > Inside door latch inserts > Visor clips > > And so on. In the junkyards I have yet to find...
  • Re: Sun visor clips?
    Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
    Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:26:41 -0400
    Bob, Are you saying you have me in mind? Hehehe. Tony Sent from my iPhone On Jul 28, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Robert...
  • Re: vanagon in Angels & Demons spoiler within.
    Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
    Tue, 26 May 2009 10:18:05 -0400
    ...Tony On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > "he was de-canonized a while back. so...
  • Re: Vanagon spotting: was What can go wrong....
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Tue, 1 Aug 2017 22:17:47 -0700
    ...I think the one downside he mentioned was it was large enough to interfere with the sun visors. Eric Caron 85 GL Auto > On...
  • Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:30:51 -0700
    ...pick n pull In a message dated 4/2/08 2:59:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, paullist08@GUZYK.COM writes: > sun visor clips...
  • Re: Driver's side "A" pillar wiring
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 26 May 2011 11:51:45 -0700
    ...If you have a lighted vanity mirror on the passenger side sun visor you can > use the existing wires to pull your fish wire...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +0000
    ...Visor clips are in the sun all the time. When the driver was surprised by sudden change of terrain and subsequent exposure to the...
  • Re: CCC Mammoth Campout
    Historical mailing list - Monte Davrill
    Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:20:38 -0800 (PST)
    ...From a tricked-out Syncro with powered sun visors, to a bus sporting a fresh spray-can paint job (Who needs masking tape?). I...
  • Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:08:16 -0800
    ...And the Packasport in the largest size (1300 dollars including the racks) could maybe act as a sunshade... I know how well the vanagon...
  • Re: RV, SU recalls
    Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:28:47 -0500
    ...duct work for ANY cracks, especially in the corners where the Sun Visors attach. Document what you find, write it down, take a picture...
  • Re: Where should the radio fit in an older A/T with A/C.
    Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
    Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:55:41 -0500
    ...I can only see one other place to put the stereo and thats to mount it to the roof between the sun visors. Or...
  • Re: Privacy glass for VW's?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:19:10 CDT
    ...this extra tint helps like sun visors or sunglasses when driving into the sun (or morons with their brights on at night). but it...
  • bus-buying questions-please answer
    Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
    Fri, 2 Feb 96 19:01:44 EST
    ...Right sun visor. It needs one. Are the A/C right sun visors the same size as the regular ones? If so, I guess...
  • Re: A/C Grey Filter Spewing
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:47:10 -0400
    ...The hardest part is getting the front distributor off because it involves taking the sunvisors off and the passenger side visor has courtesy light...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:42:39 -0800
    ...Visor clips are in the sun all the time. When the driver was surprised by sudden change of terrain and subsequent exposure to the...
  • Re: I need Bass and 6x9's
    Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
    Wed, 16 May 2001 08:04:29 -0700
    ...I mounted the 4" mid in the stock location and the tweeter up next to the sun visor at the top of the windshield...
  • Re: Running a TV/VCR in a Westy
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 15 May 2001 10:40:09 EDT
    ...Inside he had three TV monitors mounted! One in the passenger side sun visor, one in the ashtrash area (very illegal!) and a 15...
  • Re: Ultimate Engine Upgrade(I win!)<F>
    Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
    Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:33:17 -0600
    ...I was so pissed off when I finally met the guy that I was competing with for parts like front seats, sun visors, door...
  • Intro again
    Historical mailing list - Blaine Sanders
    Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:26:27 -0800
    ...This "console" also has integrated sun visors. Both units I have seen were made of injection-molded plastic and were tan in color. Both...
  • Re: Additional Interior Lights for vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:53:18 -0800
    ...controled lights (center, driver and pass.) and bunch of buttons for sunroof control. Best cluster i've ever seen. So, i took screwdriver and...
  • Re: O ring making kit
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:23:42 -0600
    ...bag and using the assortment box for wavy washers, relays, switches, sun visor hold up clips and assorted plastic plugs that often get lost...
  • Redid side mirrors and tinted windows...
    Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
    Wed, 21 May 2003 10:57:08 -0700
    ...Hides all the air conditioning and sun visor stuff...looks clean. Next its tinted windows all around in a few weeks. I will need...
  • Re: Removal of AC
    Historical mailing list - "Josh SaylorGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com"
    Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:52:17 -0800
    ...The visors don't look or fit as nice without the front AC vents. This took some modification. The headliner is slightly saggy. Removing...
  • Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:42:40 -0700
    ...pick n > pull > > > In a message dated 4/2/08 2:59:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, > paullist08@GUZYK.COM writes: > > > > sun visor clips...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:27:15 -0800
    ...Maybe it's because we get sun down here in San Diego, and you hardly ever do? Mark On Feb 3, 2011, at 4...
  • Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 17 Jan 95 00:28:38 CST
    ...and removal of ALL inside mirrors, sun visors, grab handles, a/c housing, etc. easiest are the rear hatch and the rear sides. sliding...
  • Re: 90 Westy F/S;
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:34:57 +0000
    ...I did replace some interior parts; d/s door panel ( had a quarter size piece of vnyl missing ) d/s sun visor d/s...
  • Muriel's return ...
    Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
    Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:19:27 +0100
    ...off a spare used MXL he had, as well as a sun visor (the one with the light). I'd been meaning to sort...
  • Fwd: Raining-no cruise control
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:52:07 -0600
    ...or icy. > > >The highway patrolman said this should be on the sun-visor with the >warning >about airbags. > >The only person she found out...
  • Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:54:55 -0700
    ...pick n > pull > > > In a message dated 4/2/08 2:59:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, > paullist08@GUZYK.COM writes: > > >> sun visor clips...
  • Re: Bad plastic(s)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:44:26 -0700
    ...Visor clips are in the sun all the time. When the driver was surprised by sudden change of terrain and subsequent exposure to the...
  • Re: AC failure
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:38:00 CDT
    ...you'll need to remove the sun visors but the mirror can stay up there (i think i left it up). and be careful...
  • Re: Where should the radio fit in an older A/T with A/C.
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:28:03 -0500
    ...I can only see one other place to put the stereo and thats to mount it to the roof between the sun visors. Or...
  • Re: Seat Modifications
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:11:42 -0500
    ...both the top and approximately the bottom - then I use the sun visors to help it stop sagging in the middle of the windscreen...
  • Re: I think my curtains are smarter than me...
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
    Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:44:11 -0500
    ...To prevent it from dropping down in the centre I had to tuck it under the sun visors and rear-view mirror. It seemed...
  • Re: Mexican buses
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:57:23 -0500
    ...A few sun visors over the front windshield on bubble windows. A few customized campers with poptops, but not Westys. One had a sticker...
  • Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:56:43 -0500
    ...On my Porsche the interior light between the sun visors must be in the rear position to start my car. That is the position...
  • Re: Ultimate Engine Upgrade(I win!)<F>
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:56:07 -0600
    ...guy that I was competing > with > for parts like front seats, sun visors, door panels and all of the > other > interchangeable parts for my...
  • Back from down under
    Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
    Tue, 2 Jan 96 14:48:27 gmt
    ...I got two of those funky metal sun visors that go above the windshield. Completely pointless in England, I know, but they look good...
  • Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 14 May 2001 12:28:49 -0500
    ...Sun Visors in neutral position straight down and floppy. Rear view mirror hazed over and back side of plastic broken out. She said "It...
  • '56 Kombi Expense Report
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:50:08 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi '72 Porsche 911T Targa (For sale...
  • Back from down under
    Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
    Thu, 4 Jan 96 12:45:21 gmt
    ...I got two of those funky metal sun visors that go above the windshield. Completely pointless in England, I know, but they look good...
  • Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:12:36 -0500
    ...That extends right on up through sun visors at $100.00 a pair and all new interior from another Westy. My westy was an...
  • Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - andrewbell
    Mon, 14 May 2001 22:49:29 -0500
    ...grommet on dip stick missing. > Radio antena broken off at base. > Sun Visors in neutral position straight down and floppy. > Rear view mirror hazed...
  • Re: How to Trace Rear Speaker Wires?
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:02:51 -0800
    ...You should be able to lower the front headliner enough for access by removing the sun visors. Chances are the wiring is OK unless...
  • Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Mon, 14 May 2001 21:42:21 -0700
    ...grommet on dip stick missing. > Radio antena broken off at base. > Sun Visors in neutral position straight down and floppy. > Rear view mirror hazed...
  • our US trip in a 1982 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
    Tue, 9 May 2006 13:27:04 -0400
    ...blades - loosened screw that was creating too much friction on passenger sun visor - replenished low oil level - replaced fouled air filter - replaced broken window...
  • Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:16:50 -0900
    ...The bezel around the homelink garage door buttons on the drivers sun visor broke off, but you can't buy it seperately, you have...
  • Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Mon, 14 May 2001 20:14:33 -0400
    ...grommet on dip stick missing. >Radio antena broken off at base. >Sun Visors in neutral position straight down and floppy. >Rear view mirror hazed...