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  • Ramblings about plat cat heater
    Historical mailing list - H R
    Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:51:34 -0800
    ...Make a few insulating pads for the rear and left and right windows by the bed. That way the heat will stay in much...
  • avoid Chris Turner (JordanVW)!!!! Boycott!! : bad dealings..
    Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
    Mon, 7 May 2001 14:21:46 -0700
    ...I had been looking for the "valence"/curtain rod cover that goes over the curtain rod on the passenger side rearmost side window. These...
  • Re: Spare tire size?
    Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:53:44 -0700
    ...And Windows Key M - that minimizes all windows instnatly. I use to to get to desktop icons quicly. Keyboard commands are the way, very...
  • Re: Adding a tall top to a non-westie ?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:07:03 -0700
    ...yes, a factory Westy has a nice bar welded in from side to side.. right at the forward edge of the upper bed area...
  • Re: Parts available for sale
    Historical mailing list - John Morris
    Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:24:15 -0400
    ...GL? I'm still trying to locate one for the passenger side. The ball > > inside the socket has crumbled and the visor falls partially...
  • Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:11:58 -0700
    ...here: > http://www.busesofthecorn.com/googlestreets/Picture1.jpg > > This zoomed in rear/side view tells me it's a 68-70 baywindow. (Wide-5...
  • Re: Tie rod replacement (not tie rod ends)
    Historical mailing list - David Hines
    Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:31:10 -0400
    ...I tightened it back but the slot for the locking tab is on the top and slightly toward the rear. There is only a...
  • Re: Spare tire size?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:25:00 -0700
    ...And Windows Key M - that minimizes all windows instnatly. I use to to get to desktop icons quicly. Keyboard commands are the way, very...
  • Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
    Historical mailing list - Annie
    Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:09 -0700
    ...doesn't warrant opening the rear hatch, I've installed > a > > slider on the back right side window. It opens about 8 inches - nice...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:48:30 -0700
    ...curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the > side > >>> exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and so I > >>> decided to...
  • Newbie >>>> Intro .. sorry ... LONG
    Historical mailing list - Larry C Chase
    Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:27:11 -0800
    ...New Tires & Shocks - Bridgestone LT Reinforced sidewall & KYB Gas Shocks - DONE 3. Rubber, as in hoses replacement - to be done 4. Awning / Shady Boy...
  • Re: VF vs Upgraded Dometic Current Draw
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:58:22 -0700
    ...Interior temps in these vans will always be above ambient, there's just too many windows. My interior and exterior hopped up dometic fans...
  • Re: Passenger door woes
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 6 May 2017 12:58:33 +0000
    ...I have shipped rear hatches and sliders to Texas an your area for about $100 via trailways. I will be near my parts shed...
  • EV Winnebago - First Road Trip Report (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
    Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:24:51 -0500
    ...The side windows (beloved of old), are back and great. The galley. Beautiful. There is now a stainless steel cover over the burners which...
  • RE: extractor exhausts
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Thu, 30 May 1996 09:20:00 -0700 (PDT)
    ...the muffler was on the right side where I couldn't hear it with the driver's window open. One odd thing that happened...
  • preventive hose replacement
    Historical mailing list - Tim High
    Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:49:47 -0800
    ...I have very dark tinted windows, so unless I was looking in the side mirror at the time, I would not have seen(and...
  • Re: Central Locking -- questions
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 5 May 2011 14:23:19 -0700
    ...Squirrel could install it? > > > > > > Would it be usable for the side slider and/or the rear > hatch, or just the 2 > > > front doors? (Seems...
  • Re: Tarp or awning
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:33:54 -0700
    ...side and giving a good peak for rain to flow off. The flap on the front also protects, to some degree, the front window...
  • '87 Westy FS in NE Ohio
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:57:11 -0400
    ...things" that he knew weren't working...a bad driver's side window switch (it was the regulator not the switch) and the front...
  • rear ended - insurance - stealth camping / follow up(LONG)
    Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:33:48 -0700
    So, mostly this is a follow up on getting rear ended a couple days ago. Here is what happened. For various reasons (mostly because...
  • Re: Alignment Question
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:13:11 -0500
    ...window or be reaching in your pockets or anything). Does the van continue in a straight line or does it pull to one side...
  • Re: Carat w AC Sunroof
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:17:27 -0400
    ...down in the summer when we park the van with the windows locked up. maybe you need a small solar vent unit used on...
  • Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:44:50 -0800
    ...I used two hot water heater copper flex lines to vent intake and exhaust air to the side air duct at the rear of...
  • Re: Hurricane Ike vs. Vanagon and a shell to use/ Syncro being parted out.
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:28:46 -0500
    ...I do have the doors and rear hatch, but the rear hatch metal window gasket lip needs some rust repair. The running gear is...
  • Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:24:37 -0600
    the difference between a bay and a vanagon in this regard is a result of front/rear weight distribution, right? there was a thread...
  • Re: non-GL model
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:17:21 -0700
    ...windows > no arm rests, old analog clock in the tach. position. Rear facing > jump seats, with bed, but no talbe in the side wall...
  • Re: self-adjusting brakes?
    Historical mailing list - Will Wood
    Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:55:52 -0700
    It's possible, however the Late Type II brakes are larger, as are the wheel cylinders for the rear brakes vs. a Type III...
  • Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"-A story
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:27:02 -0500
    ...My first one was a 56 Commercial Bus ......side doors on both sides, no windows . wow ...55 yrs old now ..could still be alive...
  • Re: CV joint 'indicators'?
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:53:11 -0500
    ...Get a helper to >> listen out the PS window to compare notes. (which side is it coming >> from?) >> >> CV sounds should be related to...
  • Re: manufacture sticker on passenger door
    Historical mailing list - Hugh Solari
    Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:12:04 -0400
    Thanks Joel, I found the badge on the rear seat. The sticker also has the the last 6 of my vin#. You were right...
  • Re: A bodywork hammer and a littel patience
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Thu, 22 Nov 2001 17:39:14 -0800
    ...I just finished one side of a > car and it was taking a long time to do it as good or better than the...
  • gak! another road test: 1993 VW Eurovan
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 12 Jan 95 11:08:30 CST
    ...Westfalia's camper model, the Weekender, features a pop-up roof that houses a two-person bed; side window and rear hatch screens; fixed...
  • Considering SO-23 Westy - Input Needed (no real vanagon content
    Historical mailing list - ovalwindow
    Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:30:02 -0800
    ...Original upholstery on the rear camper seats still! Complete camper interior (w/ 2 exceptions - glasses and ???netting??? - see below). Tent, outside, and inside upholstery...
  • Re: After Market A/C project - Items needed
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:51:24 +0100
    ...the back side cabinet like it is installed in the carivan. To help reduce back area from getting hot, having the windows tinted. > > Thanks...
  • Re: [FIX] Sound deadening with B-Quiet products?
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:14:42 -0500
    ...rest of the Van is pretty simple, especially the side door ,and the rear hatch---because it is more open---then the roller would...
  • Re[2]: Tundra Toaster Heater and Propane Safety II
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 06 Nov 95 11:16:59 mdt
    ...Replace any bad door and window seals; adjust doors and windows if necessary to seal properly. Look around the front, sides, and rear of...
  • Re: 1.9 muffler orientation
    Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
    Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:02:17 -0400
    ...7 o'clock position.....downward and toward the rear > of the van, and the f3 sided lange has a point to the top. > That...
  • Re: Cargo Net Vanagon Prototype
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:22:57 -0700
    ...The gear tends to shift after driving washboard roads and last Sunday when I got back, I could see through the hatch's window...
  • Re: 1991 Carat For Sale (NW Ohio)
    Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
    Sun, 8 Aug 2004 07:10:33 -0400
    ...VW within the last 4,000 miles >> New driver side power window motor >> New rear windshield wiper motor and assembly >> Vredestein Transport Steel tires...
  • Re: putting a poptop on a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David M Luddy
    Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:10:30 -0400
    ...I think I want to add extra cross supports at front and rear of this now rather flimsy porthole into my roof. This is...
  • Re: Questions about EVs
    Historical mailing list - Ssittservl
    Fri, 15 May 1998 03:46:13 EDT
    ...This had a pop-up top (with no side windows), a rear seat that folded into a bed, a table, and a 12V cooler...
  • Re: LED backup lights update
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:02:06 -0600
    ...I >> had >> done one side a few weeks ago and did the other side today. >> >> Everything was easy until the very end today. As...
  • FS: 1984 Vanagon Westfalia with "going - gone" Engine (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Leaf
    Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:27:46 -0800
    ...New steering wheel, rear view mirror 2001 Total - $5266 + misc.: Regular oil changes () From Bus Depot ($238) -New side view mirrors -Rear impact strip...
  • Re: Pop Top Canvas And Little Blocks of Wood
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:39:05 +0000
    ...3 window. But it turned out so > > well I'm in no rush to replace it. The added canvas wraps around the > > sides a...
  • Re: Vanagon Crash Test Ratings Not So Good -- Re: Near DeathExperience in th...
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:13:59 -0700
    ...The rear of the car was crunched flush > with the > bottom rear window. > > My Vanagon was punched in around the right headlight . > > No frame...
  • Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:50:48 -0700
    ...rear of van sitting on > top of the foam engine pad all start to catch, the entire fire is on the > drivers side rear...
  • 1983 Tiico on rvtraderonline.com
    Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
    Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:11:17 -0700
    ...The interior is very clean, the front seats were re-upholstered by the prior owner, I had the side and rear windows limosine tinted...
  • Re: Transmission Noise ?
    Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
    Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:07:30 -0800
    I did it with both sides up on stands too, but I didn't have the stones to lean in there with a piece...
  • Selling my 82 Diesel Vanagon ASI Camper
    Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:15:11 -0400
    ...2 small dents - 1 next to the fuel filler and 1 at drivers side rear Light surface rust in places. I sprayed any rust...
  • Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 3 Aug 2022 07:34:36 -0700
    ...I wonder why that was only for a couple years. >> >> On the practical side. My second van has GW steel bumpers, but the front...
  • Re: Toughest job on a Vanagon, was Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:11:40 -0600
    ...For instance, the rear window defrost on my 87 doesn't work. First I check the hot wire at the window- dead. Then checked...
  • Re: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:40:13 -0500
    ...Replaced broken window crank. Replaced all CV's and boots. All that is past history. My current projects - replace rear heater control valve, repair...
  • Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:55 -0700
    ...more aerodynamically stable in cruise mode than a Westy - that pointy rear end gives it a slight 'arrow' affect. To me it's a...
  • Re: Galley lighting addition
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:31:36 -0700
    ...The early westies just had the trough on the drivers side and a little plastic pelmet over the pass side rear window. The later...
  • Re: Custom Cat Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:56:39 -0700
    ...mounted on the aft side of the starter battery compartment or between the seats.. (Harald used to have some good photos of his installation...
  • Re: Just wondering (solutionising dural for bending)
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:15:11 +0100
    ...Why not cut a whole in the rear side window glass and do something > similar. Valves for large diameter PVC pipe is available. That...
  • Re: Vanagonginity lost...
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:02:25 -0700
    ...does > open up side vents (near doors, 1/2 way down the dash)... still heat coming > out of either the window or floor vents...
  • Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:30:32 -0800
    ...lines to vent intake and exhaust air > to the side air duct at the rear of the van. I am using a thermocouple from...
  • Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:44:05 -0700
    ...The holes are drilled into the hatch at either side, at the angle were the window glass and the interior panel meet. There is...
  • Re: [avoid Chris Turner (JordanVW)!!!! Boycott!! : bad dealings..]
    Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
    Mon, 7 May 2001 16:11:26 MDT
    ...I had been looking for the "valence"/curtain rod cover that goes over the curtain rod on the passenger side rearmost side window. These...