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• Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:30:34 -0800
  The foam roller was good for me - and then some patience and care on the inside curves of rack. alistair On 2013-03-04...
• Re: More Van Rollover news
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 23:36:10 -0500
  Yea, Your correct on the over weight weeble figures, However, the pilots driving technics, sure do play a large factor in the rollover factor...
• Front Window Skipping
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 06:13:25 -0400
  Has anyone had their manual windows skip on them? When I roll down my passenger side window and then go to roll it back...
• Re: Vanagon Badge
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:24:40 -0400
  You can clean the old ones and spray paint them satin black.Then spray steel wheel paint on a small roller and carefully roll...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Jun 2018 22:34:03 -0700
  ...And I did make Delrin rollers similar to what is for sale. I think that’s a more productive way of quieting down the...
• Re: sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:13:10 -0700
  ...Why? Without it, when you remove the roller brackets, the door will sag... and when you bolt the roller supports back on the door...
• SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 14:50:36 -0700
  ...Low- pressure tires reduce the risk of rollovers during sharp maneuvers. Even with the tire-related rollovers, the death rate in rollovers for Explorers...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:51:18 -0700
  ...https://www.gowesty.com/product/bundles-and-kits/24620/sliding-door-roller-bearing-replacement-bundle?v= The attaching nut for the main roller is...
• Re: cool portopitti storage idea in westy
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:23:15 -0700
  ...But I hope im never in a rollover. Sounds like you must have been in a rollover before!! Danny C. '84 Westy (Vanny) � � --- On...
• Re: Looking for Recommended Awning
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:32:25 +0000
  ...I have a Fiamma F45 roll out awning and it is just the job for a quick set up. Its alloy case goes well...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 7 Jun 2018 11:24:17 -0700
  ...Delrin rollers, on some I use OEM metal rollers to compare. > > - Delrin rollers are quieter but the kit came with 2 Delrin rollers for...
• Awning Recomendations?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 05:31:12 +0000
  ...They fall into four groups, fiberglass pole support, (Shady Boy) , roller with spring return (Dometic), manual roll-up (Fiama and Carefree) and crank out...
• Re: replacement for skylight gliders
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:23:53 -0700
  ...The core of the original nylon roller was left in place, but the edges were broken off and the washer is now used to...
• Re: Battery acid in roll over
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:49:07 -0600
  ...Most fatalities and serious injuries in rollover accidents of any kind are caused by one of two things. Victim is ejected and crushed by...
• rolling haiku
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 10:36:34 EDT
  I've been noticing cars that are like rolling haiku -- a whole short story in one car. For instance: Spotless black 85 Cadillac Fleetwood...
• Re: Sliding Door Cluunk???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 May 2003 08:56:17 -0500
  ...Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver tan Wilder wrote: >Giving that door a hard rolling slide will eventually break something. >When closing the door...
• Re: Rolling Stone VWUS/Jerry Garcia Ad
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 15:57:16 -0400
  >While at the Lawrence, MA VW show Sunday, I overheard a conversation >regarding an ad in the next issue of the Rolling Stone from...
• Re: Go Westy's 16" wheel offset ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:54:35 EST
  ...i had a vanagon loaded onto a rollback a few yrs ago. the retarted rollback driver loaded the van at an angle - and the...
• Famous Vanagon Owners
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 20:57:03 +0000
  ...THE BYRDS 1967 - So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star | | | | | | | | | | | THE BYRDS 1967 - So You Want To Be A Rock n...
• skylight flexarm geometry
  Historical mailing list - David M Luddy
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:44:34 -0400
  Hey all, are the nylon rollers on the end of the flexarm assy' supposed to be grooved? Mine are not. I'm guessing that...
• Re: some poor dude Macon, GA down
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:02:46 -0400
  ...wrote: >HK as obviously had some big plaintiffs' verdicts to afford that Rolls > >Jonathan R. Cooper >Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal >900 Skylight Office Tower >Cleveland...
• Re: Fluid Film lubricant for sliding door bearings ..wow
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:08:18 -0500
  ...bearing for the roller type grrage doors... > So I clean up the old gunk from the sliding door bearing & roller > channel > & try this stuff...
• Re: WAS VW & THE ROLLS
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:47:26 -0600
  ...Lame one liners (see below), plus well thought out ones like the VW & Rolls joke. What kind of car does 007 drive when he...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 10 Jun 2018 20:39:34 -0300
  ...The result is than now all SIX of the rolling elements in a Vanagon sliding door can soon be replaced with a set made...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:33:11 -0800
  ...Time for new rollers too and I also want to do Alistair's HDPE tape in the lower track. How's that working out...
• CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 15 May 2009 18:18:46 -0400
  Anybody have experience or knowledge of the dangers or benefits of using molybdenum disulfide (CV joint) grease on tapered roller bearings such as those...
• door roller hooped
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 16:07:58 -0700
  ...The metal wheel that the lower corner door bracket rolls on had fallen off. I found it with the bearing race, but the bearings...
• Re: sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:13:20 -0700
  ...Why? > Without it, when you remove the roller brackets, the door will sag... and > when you bolt the roller supports back on the door...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 9 Jun 2018 20:03:05 -0700
  ...The result is than now all SIX of the rolling elements in a Vanagon sliding door can soon be replaced with a set made...
• Sliding door hinge rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:41:32 -0500
  ...Replacing all the rollers, cleaning up the rusty areas and replacing the seals....wait a minute...I can't find anyone who carries the...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:38:08 -0600
  ...while ago someone -- Joel Cort I think? -- highly praised the tool > roll that Duluth Trading Post sell. I foolishly believed him and got > one...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:45:35 -0800
  ...while ago someone -- Joel Cort I think? -- highly praised the tool > roll that Duluth Trading Post sell. I foolishly believed him and got > one...
• Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:03:43 -0800
  the entire roll was heavy, maybe 20--25 kg? I probably used, and this is a wild guess, 18 kg? Alistair '82 westy, diesel...
• Re: Pop top Weather seal in bulk rolls
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:51:51 -0700
  ...Pop top Weather seal in bulk rolls >Ah hah, a first name! Greg -- > >I'm interested in going in on a roll... would be...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:44:14 -0800
  ...When you reinstall the front glass do you put the wing frames in first, and then the roll ups, or the roll ups and...
• Re: westy rollover angle/tipping
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Aug 94 12:05:28 PDT
  ...I don't know how I can figure out the >real rollover angle of my car short of buying a big pile of mattresses...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 04:11:54 -0800
  You can easily get the rollout figure to a much better degree of accuracy buy using the mustard method. Make a line of good...
• Re: Fluid Film lubricant for sliding door bearings ..wow
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:33:01 -0800
  ...So I clean up the old gunk from the sliding door bearing & roller channel & try this stuff wow that door rolls like its on...
• Re: all twos
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:59:21 +0000
  I saw one of my odometers roll over 100,00 miles. But pretty much missed every other neat occasion. Lucky you. On Wednesday, August...
• window does not roll up
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:34:45 -0800
  Dear List, I went to roll up my window today, and it went up an inch, made some kind of pop/clunk, and then...
• Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 2 May 2010 22:58:59 -0700
  ...dear rescue tape does anyone have a link to see this tape so we can all get a roll ... er ... each get a roll...
• Re: Battery acid in rollover
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 07:58:39 -0400
  ...In the event of a >roll-over accident aren't the passengers in danger of getting doused with >battery acid? The battery cover has...
• Re: Silicone tape was '85 with geysering coolant (Update)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:47:06 -0400
  I looked at the web site also and Duluth also sells this stuff in a 10 foot roll and in a pack with 6...
• Re: weld-in roll cage?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 17:33:39 -0500
  ...That isn't so much a roll cage as part of the chassis. The bus bodywork is merely a skin placed over the frame...
• Re: TDI transplant?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:18:16 -0800
  ...I missed a turn in the rain at 75 mph, went > over the concrete barrier, and rolled down a bank onto some railroad > tracks...
• Re: Post chrome strip rubber cleaning Q
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 May 2005 18:01:25 -0500
  >>> >> Jeff, an alternative to not having anything in that groove is to get >> some regular screen wire seal - its a roll of plastic or...
• Movie Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 19:27:31 -0800
  ...They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to shield themselves in a shoot out. Don't know who produced/directed this...
• Re: Slider Quietening
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sat, 7 Jul 2012 19:19:47 -0500
  ...The site you linked to describes the ptfe tape as "demonstrate > good conformability when wrapping rollers" A wrapped roller on a taped > track might...
• Re: lubricating window regulators?
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:18:39 -0700
  ...and I hate that you can't roll them up once the engine is off.. I don't like idling while I wait for...
• Re: Slider door adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:51:39 -0600
  There are several adjustments for the door - where it bolts to the rear roller and also one where it bolts to the lower roller...
• Re: Removing middle seat/81 Transporter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:40:29 EDT
  ...2) roll up carpet, and roll away from the seat (carpet is split under the seat). 3) unbolt 4 small 10mm (i think) bolts...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 29 May 2004 02:45:35 -0400
  <Snip> > AHIP! REAL sports cars don't have roll up windows or built in hard tops. > <snip> > > Does this mean that the big Healeys...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:13:29 -0500
  ...The > advantage is that a rear a/r bar will shift the "roll-couple" or roll > resistance to the rear wheels, causing the rear...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:43:58 -0700
  ...They goal was to quiet it > down, since > it appears the metal of the roller rides on the metal of the track. > > So what...
• Re: Cool table idea (bad link)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:00:26 -0700
  > a search of > their site for > a roll up table yeilds nothing. any clues on what the brand is > or what REI > calls it...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:18:16 -1000
  ...Maybe another list purchase to cut cost...? The roller tips help to reduce side load on the valve stem. With the increased valve lift...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  > So why do most two strokes have roller or ball bearings in their crankshaft/piston/rod assemblies? ---------------------- Possibly I'm living in the seventies...
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 12:55:28 -0700
  ...On the related question, the roll-ups can all be done without disassembly, but not the wing windows. Easy project. GoWesty link: http://www...
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:39:16 -0700
  ...Rolled on with short nap roller, tipped off with brush, done in small sections. Really nice result and the paint is taking a beating...
• Re: Anyone rolling north?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 09:43:24 -0500
  ...Anyone rolling north? >I use the hell out of that bike rack.....