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  • Power Window Switch
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 03 May 1997 15:27:23 -0400
    The '91 Westy I just bought has power windows, though they don't work. I don't think that both of the motors are...
  • [Fwd: Re: Power window problem]
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:18:58 -0700
    ...I'm not sure about the power window setup. Best to check a wiring schematic. R.Feuerriegel 88 syncro [message/rfc822]
  • located source/wind noise
    Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
    Tue, 10 Nov 1998 06:27:08 +0000
    I've finally determined that the wind noise is coming from the driver's side window. By pressing with my forearm along the side...
  • Re: favorite bumper stickers
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:35:44 EST
    ...my rear vanagon window...with the "Chrysler" covered w/ masking tape, fearing that some Mopar maniac will put his head thru my window.... :<) chris
  • '88 rear side window vents - cleaning?
    Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
    Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:46:01 EST
    ...to clean out the filters? Do you have to take the window out of the gasket/seal? I've tried to clean them with...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Jun 2000 to 25 Jun 2000 - Special issue
    Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
    Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:59:59 EDT
    ...it has the rear sliding windows that you speak of. I do not know what year this Vanagon is...and it is my understanding...
  • Re: Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:06:14 EDT
    ...number labels on the two longest ones (for windshield and rear window). These two were identical to the other four in all details save...
  • Where to get front window seal changed in DC area
    Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
    Thu, 30 May 2002 11:26:19 -0700
    OK, I called the local glass place (Harmon Cherrydale) and they want $150 labor to put my new window seal in. Does that seam...
  • Re: vanagon factory front crank window knob extensions...they Do exist
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:54:35 EDT
    ...i got the window crank knob extensions out of a '92 cabriolet. chris
  • Location wire for 91 GL power locks and windows
    Historical mailing list - Koren
    Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:42:32 -0700
    ...I'd also like to hook up the power windows and need to know the location for that hook up as well. Any help...
  • Rear window wiper
    Historical mailing list - J. Naser Motlagh
    Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:36:54 -0500
    I am starting to home in on the little things, and I am down to the rear window wiper. There is no switch for...
  • Window Removal
    Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
    Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:59:47 EST
    ...I want to remove the driver side rear window to kill some rust there. How is this best done? And, can it be done...
  • Re: Floppy vent window - Easy Fix
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Tue, 14 Sep 2004 06:06:45 EDT
    A brilliant and straightforward solution to the problem of increasing the friction on the lower pivot of the window wing has been suggested to...
  • Retrofitting factory power windows on a 1986 Westy???
    Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
    Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:50:15 -0700
    Has anyone done it? Is it possible to take the power windows from a 1990 Vanagon and install them in a 86 Westfalia Syncro...
  • Re: Vanagon side window question
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:58:55 -0400
    ...When the sliding door was changed for the 85 model year, the window was changed too.Not just the door latch mechinism. Never knew...
  • Re: VW T5 California Camper
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:51:30 -0600
    ...65 tillgrepp* _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine�s 2007 editors� choice for best web mail�award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en...
  • NVC-Stretch VW
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 14 May 2008 08:58:57 -0600
    ...bob '87 Syncro Westy _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM...
  • Wing Window loose, checked and its not connected to the door within the door frame
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:47:56 -0400
    ...My Wing Window on the drivers side is loose, checked and its not connected to the door within the door frame. i.e. it...
  • DANGER was: Re: Checking for: Sound Blaster.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:30:40 -0500
    ...edit c:\windows\system.ini The MS-DOS Editor opens. NOTE: If Windows is installed in a different location, make the appropriate path substitution...
  • Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 3 May 2013 09:12:26 -0700
    ...Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels As Jeff says, it's easy. You might want to pick up a cheap plastic upholstery panel tool...
  • Re: Window size differences Westy vs. Non-Westy
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:03:23 -0400
    ...Non-Westy > > The window size themselves is the same, with the exception of pre '85 > windows on the sliding door. > The windows themselves differ...
  • Re: TINTED WINDOWS
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:31:57 -0700
    According to the package directions for GILA brand window tinting, a solution of ammonia is supposed to be used to remove the glue (or...
  • Re: ETKA
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:09:44 -0700
    You could install VirtualBox in order to virtually run an older version of windows. If I had a copy of ETKA I could build...
  • Re: 1967-VW-13-Window
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:57:39 -0500
    ...1967-VW-13-Window Get it while it's hot ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Original-Paint-1967-VW-13-Window-Dlx-STUNNING -BEAUTIFUL...
  • Re: Friday Fwd: Stretched Splittie
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:21:06 -0700
    ...photoshop also repeated sequence on windows 1, 2, 3 - windows 4, 5, 6 same as 1, 2, 3 and so on... On Fri, Apr...
  • Re: Window Tint
    Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
    Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:28:37 -0700
    ...Window Tint So, anyone game for getting do-it-yourself new window tint?? If you are interested in rolling your own, so to speak...
  • Re: power windows to crank?
    Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
    Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:31:11 EDT
    ...I recently did the switch from power windows to crank. The holes for the switches unfortunately are located in a different spot than the...
  • Re: Vent Window Removal
    Historical mailing list - Simon
    Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:17:03 -0600
    ...On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 05:11 PM, David Wilhite wrote: > I'm in the process of tinting my windows and I've...
  • Re: back window - inside wide angle film
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:32:30 -0700
    ...back window - inside wide angle film > > I've seen folks with something on their back window, looks like a plastic > rectangle that sticks on...
  • Re: for sale: westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
    Thu, 29 May 2003 10:32:00 -0700
    ...westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons > Chris, I am still in need of a passenger side mosquito screen. Can be > the frame...
  • Re: known Vanagon problems
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:58:51 +1200
    ...Slider outer handle breaking (early models) Window moldings (chrome) turning ghastly dull yellowish Slider top roller rattling Window-winder handles breaking Plastic headlight adjusters...
  • Re: WTB: Passenger power window switch
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sun, 5 Aug 2007 11:04:10 -0700
    ...m --- Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote: > The power window switches are all the same, driver vs. passenger side etc. > Is the electrical part...
  • Re: fs 84 gl
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:12:00 -0700
    ...Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. > > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM...
  • Idle Selonid repair/Vent window
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 04 Feb 96 17:19 CST
    ...Idle Selonid repair/Vent window > <snip> > Now my question. The driver's vent window will not stay > open, pushed about 75 degrees to let...
  • Re: window gasket
    Historical mailing list - Yoshi
    Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:10:19 +0900
    ...I don't remove the window glass and rubber from Westy. My work exchanged only chrome (plastic) beadings. I started this work from the...
  • Re: Need Help w/ Power Window Motor / Regulator Separation and removal
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:26:02 -0400
    ...On Apr 17, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Dustin Jones wrote: > I'm following the Power Window Component Repairs - Motor Rehad > article over > at...
  • Re: key code??
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:35:27 EDT
    ...then with your palms open, press up on the window, it will jump over the lock detents in the track, and you can slide...
  • Re: why we do it
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:13:48 -0700
    Brendan, If you have a sewing machine you can make front door window screens really easily and they require no magnets or hooks, etc...
  • Re: Bus Depot Canvas Questions
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:28:05 -0700
    ...I see various tents advertised as "OEM 3-window" and wonder what this means.� If the original tents had only the single front window...
  • SPLIT WINDOW T-SHIRTS also available
    Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
    Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:08:36 -0400
    ...as an additional fund-raiser, I am also doing a completely separate printing of shirts with a split window design. It will be a...
  • Re: Winshield seal
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 03 Jul 1997 19:18:50 EDT
    Never, ever re-use a window seal. Seems no matter how much silicone or other sealing agent is used in the installation, that window...
  • Re: Window Screens
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:08:50 -0700
    ...Then buy some screen material and > glue sticks for your hot glue gun. > > Put the magnets around the window (cut them every 8" or...
  • Broken Window - Angry...
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
    Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:52:05 -0500
    ...They just smashed in my window, rifled through the glove box, and split. It left my van with a broken window the day before...
  • Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:05:27 CDT
    ...When the windows are down it's no problem on any of them. At least that's the way it is on my Van...
  • Re: Power window fuse location
    Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
    Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:05:46 -0400
    ...On page 97.201 I see Power Windows are listed under fuse #12. Oddly it's not identified on the fuse cover in the...
  • insane a/c project
    Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
    Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:35:45 -0400
    ...Some other blokes and I are rigging my 87 Westy with a very small 6000BTU window a/c....on a 15-amp inverter with...
  • Re: window tint
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Sat, 8 Mar 2003 08:22:44 -0700
    ...Our tint (metallic) is 35% transmission on the door windows, and 5% (limo tint) on all windows behind the driver. Bill in the Southwest...
  • Re: '90 Carat Drivers Side Power Window Motor Wanted
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 1 Nov 2015 09:11:50 -0500
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '90 Carat Drivers Side Power Window Motor Wanted Hello, It seems strange that a few days ago the discussion...
  • Re: Window Tinting - What Really Works?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:04:13 -0700
    ...Window Tinting - What Really Works? I am looking into tinting the windows on my '86GL. I Really want to cut the amount of heat...
  • Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:20:58 -0400
    ...not??? >> > Most folks don't drive with the curtains over the windows. If you spend any time in the southwestern portions of the USA...
  • Power Window Switch
    Historical mailing list - Stuart
    Mon, 18 Oct 1999 16:18:23 -0700
    Hi all, Earlier this summer, my driver's window stopped working in the halfway down position. Since I was leaving for Baja the next...
  • FW: Window chrome molding
    Historical mailing list - jeff crane
    Thu, 4 May 2000 20:39:37 -0400
    ...Do the chrome molding in the window seals server a purpose? Mine are all faded and greenish. Can I just pry them out and...
  • Re: Glass for Heated Elect Mirrors
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Thu, 3 May 2001 07:43:37 -0700
    ...When you turn on your rear window defroster, > > it defrosts the mirrors as well. I love the feature on frosty mornings here > > in NJ...
  • Re: 87 vanagon opinions?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:31:43 -0700
    ...http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007
  • Re: Replacing window screens?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:52:08 -0400
    ...Replacing window screens? > > >> I have a torn window screen. I think that finding a nylon mosquito >> screen >> will be fairly easy but I wonder...
  • '81 Vanagon - Front Window Scrapers
    Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
    Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:48:39 -0400
    Hi All, installing new outside window scrapers on the '81 Vanagon and the new ones are about 1/2" longer than the old ones...
  • Late model rear window vents
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:17:06 -0700
    I have a pair of late model rear side windows that I want to install. Upon examination, I see the remains of a foam...
  • Re: Window rubber
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:52:56 -0500
    > Who supplies the window rubbers for Vanagaons? I believe we have the lowest prices anywhere on original German seals. Don't forget to claim...
  • Waterproof window sealant?
    Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
    Sat, 3 Dec 1994 19:45:22 -0800 (PST)
    ...kind of sealant goop you could put around/in/under your window "seals" to keep the rain out. Anybody heard of this stuff or...
  • door trim removal (power window)
    Historical mailing list - Emily Goodin
    Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:39:37 -0600
    Greetings, I happen to have the same window regulator problem as Brad (I think, based on symptoms) but neither Haynes nor Bentley tell me...