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• Re: Wing window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brian Bennett
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 22:41:07 -0800 (PST)
  On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Brian Bennett wrote: > Hello, I bought a '79 bus in Nov. ---SNIP---- BIG DUH on my part. It is...
• Re: Spring question - help needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:07:18 -0800
  ...Waiting in the wings for the answers since I need to get the front end of my '90 Westy back up where it belongs....
• Re: Got the wrong Vitrifrigo!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 22:19:51 -0400
  Follow the link in yellow at www.westyventures.com/parts.html Dan Winget wrote: > Ok already I want one. Who is selling them. where...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:56:28 -0700
  ...Dan Winget <william.winget@VERIZON.NET> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 5:32 am Subject: wiper blades To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I am...
• wing window lock?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:57:40 -0800
  Does anyone know if there is some way to lock the wind windows in the late model Vanagons? Is there an after market locking...
• Re: Bolo tie
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:24:21 -0600
  ...back that would give the driver a choice of left-wing, , moderate, right-wing and various religious and ethnic symbology that could be adapted...
• Re: Window Vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:05:49 -0700
  ...Window Vent wing > > Okay, > Who can I blame the design of my 89 wolfy vent wing on, today? > > I almost broke it off the...
• Need 84 Westfalia Sink Drain Part
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kunkel
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:24:10 -0700
  ...The open part of the cup faces up and attaches (by mini wing nuts) to a similarly colored plastic piece that interfaces with the...
• Re: base model '90-'91 NON-GL's
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:32:22 -0600
  ...how dumb was that for VW to exclude the wing windows on the '90-'91 >>NON-GL's. what did that save them in...
• Rear cabin heater
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:20:48 -0400
  What is white wing valve do on heater box? A system bleeder? How do you work it? Cut off bottom of covering box by...
• Re: Coolant bottle sensor leak?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:39:37 -0400
  ...Bob Wing 88 Westy
• Re: Water tank drain cap replacement
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Patton
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:49:01 -0500
  ...Tightening the wing nut compresses the plug, causing it to expand outward to the sides of the downtube. Holds on suprisingly well...didn't...
• Re: The Official Must-Carry List ;hidakey!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:43:36 -0700
  ...Open to door and undo one of the wingnuts holding the license plate on. Pull the bolt out and line up the key betwwen...
• Re: Re wiper pressure
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 26 May 2002 14:45:14 +1200
  >Now that Clarence has brought it up, what do you all think of those wild >wings they put on the blades to presumably keep...
• Re: BART: was Re: Loose Wind Wings 94 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 22 May 2007 13:12:23 -0700
  On 5/22/07, rubatoguy@comcast.net <rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: > > I think a Vanagon is faster than BART. :-) You obviously do not have...
• Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:56:45 +0000
  ...Vent wing seals? Anybody? > > > > Pretty sure it is lead as well. > > > > I'm holding one in my hand and it's very soft, when...
• Re: How to tighten vent wing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:35:52 -0400
  ...FWIW, '86 doesn't have A/C, '90 did. > >Has anyone modified a newer van's wing windows to make it useful for lap...
• Re: Space Shuttle- longish
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  > of course, ALL of you realize that the Space Shuttle is nothing but a > sunroof-VW-bus-with-wings-and-a-bigass-rocket-stuck...
• aerodynamics..NVC
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:44:38 -0700
  ...That wing on the back of the later 928s was an attempt to improve it's poor co-efficient of drag, not to help...
• Re: Kombi vs MicroBus
  Historical mailing list
  18 Sep 95 10:24
  ...wheel black control knobs white control knobs black vent-wing cathces chromed vent-wing catches painted hub caps chromed hub caps cargo area painted...
• Re: more anti theft tips
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:56:43 -0600
  ...more anti theft tips > After all the break-ins on Buses that Ive heard about, > I > might just trash my front door vent wings...
• Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:51:28 +0000
  See a scan of these parts at https://www.flickr.com/photos/141985718@N06/? Jim On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM...
• wing window leak
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:56:17 -0800
  It's been raining heavily here, and I'm getting a puddle of water in the step well of the passenger side. Does anyone...
• Vent window loose
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:59:20 -0700
  ...You can tell by pulling up the rubber seal and looking at the pivot with the wing window open. What I've found is...
• Re: syncro front mud guards
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:57:04 -0400
  ...I bought replacement stainless steel metric wing bolts, washers, and nuts from McMaster-Carr. Dremeled out the pocket to fit the wing bolt head...
• Re: Tool needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:30:38 -0800
  ...http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/Bosch-85526M-1-16-Kerf-3-Wing- Slotting-Cutter-C-T/83805/Cat/1235 don posted one link for...
• Re: TiiCo Oddity - I guess that's me!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:21:51 -0700
  It is nice to see some people w/o problems. -matthew tiico syncro westy Dan Winget wrote: > > I agree 100% with on this. I...
• Book on electricity basics
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:38:59 -0700
  ...Charlie Wing, author. Our vanagons are much like yachits so most of the content applies directly. This book is a good reference with much...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:49:59 -0400
  I think you all must be right that something is out of spec with my driver's side vent wing. That one whistled before...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:30:53 -0600
  I am also working on a design using off the shelf cheap "U" bolts & wing nuts, baltic birch plywood shelf w/ a hinged vertical...
• Re: Dumb fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:41:55 -0800
  Hi All, Have anyone looked into using one of those wing tanks that you can install on boats. Heavy duty plastic, 10 gal, rectangle...
• Re: TGIF - BAND VAN
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:34:28 -0700
  ...Van Band I just want to know what shop tricked that Vangon out with the wings and all. Hell, if I could fly I...
• Re: Whistling Wind Wings
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:38:15 EST
  In a message dated 2/3/03 9:05:16 PM, westfalia@PACBELL.NET writes: << What can be done to replace a missing wing...
• Re: friday - airplane pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:50:11 -0700
  ...The mallard gear strut is attached to the wing, yet the gear > strut breaks over and the wheels fold into the side of the...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:11:55 -0400
  ...dbeierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Chris Camacho at uniwerksdesign.com has a wing you can slip over a plain > wiper arm. > > https://uniwerksdesign.com/
• Re: Caught offside! - no Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:49:02 +1200
  ...But a car's corners are not wings, which are structures designed for producing aerodynamic lift. >Is a sill really a rocker panel, how...
• Re: Clunking in the Rear
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:59:16 -0400
  ...You should at least inspect and re-grease unless you are sure this was done recently. -Bob Wing 89 Westy
• Re: Syncro bought
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:09:12 -0700
  >This is the one with no wing vents and rubber floor mats and the old >metal dash- *Metal* dash??? They're all padded, I...
• how to buy a clutch cable
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:20:56 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Unfortunately, the adjusting wing nut on the old cable was stripped beyond belief and impossible to remove. It was only then that I noticed...
• Re: � � � Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:01:25 EDT
  ...I'm > thinking of wings/winglets on top and sides. We've seen some full > width top wings and the smaller deflectors (linked posted...
• Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:18:21 -0400
  ...comcast.net> wrote: > >> Marc, where are these located on the vent wing? Maybe people just don't >> understand what you are referring to. I...
• Re: vent window adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:31:22 CST
  On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:54:34 EST Sean Bartnik said: >Tell me, does the Vanagon have an adjustment for the vent wing...
• Re: July 4th?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 13:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
  ...from past years) > REAL canons, and a roof top and side wing display of amazing ^^^^^^ Anglican? or do you mean Bentley, Muir and Haynes...
• vanagon rear spoiler for sale (was Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:56:40 EDT
  folks, i still have that rear wing/spoiler for sale ..its a vw spoiler and fits the vanagon roofline well. i have pics of...
• Re: Blacks and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:51:03 -0800
  ...As far as the vent wing frames, and the window wipers, no prep was needed, I used Olympic Powder Coating in Santa Ana and...
• Re: Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:08:26 -0800
  ...Any other ideas? The seals in question are: * Wing window ( http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_262_400/right_wing_window_weatherstrip...
• Wing window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brian Bennett
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:57:47 -0800 (PST)
  ...and recently I discovered that the wing window, on the window behind the drivers seat, has had the pivioting post on the bottom side...
• Re: mpg; Fly Carefully...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:51:07 -0400
  ...How much wing area do I need to lift my Westie off the ground? Do I need a bigger wing on the left, to...
• Re: Space Shuttle- longish
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:10:03 CST6CDT
  ...the Space Shuttle is nothing but a > sunroof-VW-bus-with-wings-and-a-bigass-rocket-stuck-on-its-rump. :) but what the heck...
• mutant vanakins
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:02:33 -0800
  I enjoyed the photos of "mutant vanakins." Has anyone ever thought of putting a spoiler or airplane type "wing" on the top of a...
• clutch question - '78
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 2 Apr 96 22:11:49 EST
  ...I got under the car and looked at the adjustment by the trans and the wingnut is cranked almost all the way to the...
• Re: some more on Winkler engine swaps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:26:34 EST
  In a message dated 98-02-24 04:15:09 EST, Helmut_Zeidler@NOTESMAIL.NOKIA.COM writes: << Rear wing with or w/o break...
• Other things to do with a VW engine
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:45:58 -0400
  ...http://www.betterhalfvw.com/ Gregg 85 Westy (Vonya) 206k (no wings)
• Re: Speaking of AC and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:20:39 -0700
  ...I like to turn out the wing windows and roll all > the others down or slide em open on hot days to keep cool...
• Re: another aero tail idea
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:23:48 -0800
  ...Little wings up top, bustles, side wings etc have all been talked about to reduce the neg press area and thus reduce overall drag...
• ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...(Friday follies) NVC
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:50:14 -0400
  ...One of the actors on the show was a Welsh actor, Peter Wingfield. Various attendees were asking the actors (sitting at a table) various...
• Re: FS: Corrado G60 as donor or ??
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:04:50 -0700
  ...I wonder if that little wing in the back that raises at about 50MPH would help keep my vanagon well grounded at the high...
• Vehicle Security
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 13:43:16 -0400
  ...I have never bothered to fix the passenger wing-vent which was the first point of entry a few months after moving to the...
• Re: Window Vent wing De Long and Short of it
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:03:03 -0700
  ...Window Vent wing I have noticed this problem with my van since I converted to non-chrome seals. I suspect there is a stop...
• Muffker weld- non Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:15:42 -0400
  ...Bob Wing 88 Westy 75 Westy