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• Re: Radiator/grill rattle at highway speed.
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:53:13 -0600
  ...The noise seems to be > > associated with my passengers side front tire but sometimes seems > to > > come from the rear as well??? The problem...
• Re: will yours fit in the garage?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 06:49:59 -0800
  ...No more problems, and as of a year or so ago, BOTH Westys fit, side by side. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Dew" To...
• About head temp & oil temp reading! Air cooled stuff (My Conclusion)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:14:44 -0500
  ...This gauge also act like an outside thermometer, without opening a windows we did know that the outside temp was going down when the...
• Re: solar question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:57:00 -0700
  ...My panels controller is under the bench seat > near the aux battery on the passenger side. If I lift the seat rear seat I...
• Rusting seams and other hard to fix rust problems.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 15:31:58 EST
  ...rust along seam, driver side. This is the seam that joins the > panels holding the middle and rear windows. Rust discoloration is starting > to...
• Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:38:51 -0500
  ...will freeze driver and right side passenger out in a few minutes. I don't know about the rear seat passengers, I don't...
• Re: More electric drama.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:50:24 -0700
  ...I forget if the license plate lights are fed from the right or left side. Regardless, when id comes to lighting shorts, the bulbs...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:09:42 -0800
  ...So, via > Amazon, > > I > > > > got one of those motorized valves, and I found a switch (old Rear > > Window > > > > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd...
• For Sale '85 Transporter/Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 17 May 2004 11:29:31 -0400
  ...The van started out life as a Transporter, and was camperized by the previous owner (aftermarket window in drivers side, full width bed - very...
• xmas Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:40:20 +0000
  ...Saturday morning, Hayes looked like the surface of an alien planet--the snow was a super-fine mist blowing sideways. We headed east for...
• Re: front bumper mount bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:48:29 -0400
  ...I like the idea of the front so that there is better access to the rear hatch and engine and less obscuration of the...
• Re: Heaters: Propane vs. Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:39:24 -0500
  ...There is a thermostat on the passenger side of the vehicle >next to the rear seat. > >You can hear the heater from the inside...
• Re: 81 Westy - Heat, Rust & Noise
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:11:08 -0500
  ...to get the stuff in the channel above my windows in the rear side areas? Does it matter what expansion type of foam I...
• Re: contemplating engine upgrade
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:55:30 -0700
  ...I am starting to see some seam rust, and there's actually some metal missing around the rear window seals. There are some paint...
• Re: Shift but no go - Update - CV bolts go wheeeeeeeeee!
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:45:29 -0400
  ...I had just recently done rear wheel bearings- since I cannot remember if this is the side I took loose or not, but it...
• Re: Multi gas detector location
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:46:08 +0000
  ...I mounted it on the bottom of the upper bunk behind the bench > > seat, passenger’s side. > > > > > > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 2:20...
• Back Online
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:54:57 -0500
  ...Next day while at the drive up window at the bank....clouds of steam from the rear vents. Got out, lifted the hatch, and...
• Re: Z-bed installation instructions
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:27:49 -0700
  ...BTDT. > I just remove the rear seat back to make the area > level. At first I tried BTDT. A pain in the &^$%%^... And you...
• Re: Leaving the forum, sold my 88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 06:35:53 -0600
  ...had rust rot in the footstep drivers side, > > electrical gremlins in the head lights and power windows/ locks, and rust > > under the a 6...
• Re: Poptop Canvas Install
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:54:08 -0500
  ...It did it on both sides, and I saw it befoe it did damage to one side, and it tore the other corner just...
• Re: Firestarter Fitting Strikes Again!
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:41:23 -0400
  ...At the very least make sure > you carry some FI line with you and clamps so you can repair on the side of > the...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:53:27 -0400
  ...At any rate, the clunking sound was caused by the plate under the driver's side rear spring being broken and detached from the...
• Eurovan Camper C/D Test
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jan 1995 13:46:16 CDT
  ...Unzip the long window flaps in the heavy-canvas sides and you get, in addition to cross ventilation through the fine mesh, a nearly...
• FS: 87 Syncro Westy Weekender (sorry for the long post)
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:14:21 -0600
  ...I was an old bay window and splitty guy, so this thing was just a dream. I had grand expectations, and a very good...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:07 -0400
  ...Engaged rear locker and went for it (front right axle suspended by outer boot.) It was a very dramatic climb, with many twists and...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:02:19 -0700
  ...think the seal you have is for the rear wheel bearings. > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > > > > From: Michael Magnani > Sent: ‎Sunday‎, ‎August‎ ‎10‎, ‎2014...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:16:31 -0800
  ...So, via > > Amazon, > > > I > > > > > got one of those motorized valves, and I found a switch (old Rear > > > Window > > > > > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd...
• Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:33:25 -0400
  ...rear. Yes some of that decision was likely based on cost, except for the self-adjusters these brakes are carryovers from the bay windows...
• Aux. battery & accessories installation report (long)
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:59:30 EDT
  ...I clipped the wires that originally powered it from the driver's map light. (2) Down between the closet and left rear window, into...
• Re: Clever! was: Check out this Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:12:54 -0500
  ...Entry into the side doors looks much less encumbered on the GRTV. Compare the rear passenger proximity: on some of the Sportsmobile layouts the...
• Re: ATTENTION ALL//STICKER PROCEDES-----> INTO FUND RAISER FOR GERRY UPGRADE?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:33:46 -0800
  ...They will look at us HOPEFULLY, wiping grease off >their hands, then spot our shiny vanagon sticker in our rear window and..... >RUN! > >Opps...
• Re: Process to register a vanagon in Pennsylvania??
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:18:30 -0400
  ...You can't have a pile >> of stickers on your windshield or rear glass (and maybe your front side >> windows). Rear window margin stickers...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:17:56 -0800
  ...no fresh air) > > Of course in my van I'm sure fresh air gets in a lot of other places. > > Even with windows up...
• Re: Olympian Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 10:56:35 -0800
  ...I found that if I keep the slider window open about an inch and the skylight open about an inch and a half and...
• Re: TIICO... It's Alive!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:16:06 +1000
  ...even after quite a bit of bending of the >rear valence near the passenger side bumper bracket. Oh well, when I was >putting it...
• Fridge R+R... how I spent my weekend (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:14:55 -0800
  ...Swing the right side of the panel outward an inch or two, then slide it to the right a bit until the left side...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:37:50 -1000
  ...clunking sound was caused by the plate under the > driver's side rear spring being broken and detached from the trailing > arm. That it...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued - live and learn
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 14:06:05 -0400
  ...THE STANDARD VANAGON SIDE WINDOW OPENING! > This will make some of you hate life in the smaller opening westy side > windows, hey toss your...
• Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:24:36 -0500
  ...Wbx elbow the right hand side space. >>>> >>>> I’m not sure the free space infront of the tail lights, which ever side, is that...
• Re: How Do You Know If Your Springs Need To Be Replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:19:11 -0700
  ...I measured from ground to the bottom of the front door window opening..I got one inch lower than my other vans.. so ....I...
• Re: Heaters: Propane vs. Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:41:26 -0400
  ...There is a thermostat on the passenger side of the vehicle > next to the rear seat. > > You can hear the heater from the inside...
• Re: 81 Westy - Heat, Rust & Noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:25:54 -0800
  ...to get the stuff in the channel > above my windows in the rear side areas? Does it matter > what expansion type of foam I...
• Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:23:05 -0500
  ...rear of van sitting on > top of the foam engine pad all start to catch, the entire fire is on the > drivers side rear...
• More ramblings about 66 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 14 May 2007 01:17:15 +0000
  ...The high side doesn't even see 200 psi. Low side is around 20 psi (this is on an 85 degree day). These pressures...
• Re: Shift but no go - Update - CV bolts go wheeeeeeeeee!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:42:40 -0700
  ...I had just recently done rear wheel bearings- since I cannot remember if this is the side I took loose or not, but it...
• Re: Westy speaker replacement??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:12:36 -0700
  ...So, to preserve the flat grill (so you can still roll down your window) my plan is to cut the threaded ring off the...
• Re: Mandatory VW Reading / A Fairy Tale?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 3 May 2003 13:56:53 -0500
  ...The body was smaller then that of the T87, recognisable by two side screens, rear windows, a flat single-piece windscreen and just two...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 5 Jul 2015 22:08:21 -0400
  ...Definitely sounded like it was coming from the rear wheels. that seemed to go away after I replaced an outer CV joint. It actually...
• Re: WBX in HOT weather
  Historical mailing list - 2wheel
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:26:22 -0700
  ...I'm still debating on an oil cooler or a water misting system in the air intake duct up the side of the van...
• Re: The Suburban saga continues....Again
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 20:28:33 -0500 (EST)
  ...Just park them side by side and it doesn't take an Einstein to see which is bigger....the EuroVan...by at least 40...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 17:21:04 +0000
  ...one of those motorized valves, and I found a switch (old Rear Window > > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes...
• The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:03:49 -0500
  ...I�m looking through the rear view mirror at a Dodge hood ornament in the center of my rear window and I see a...
• Which Mystic JT-?? in front Differential?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:00:14 -0500
  ...fences........ .....................why would we need Windows or Gates? ........... Only a True Jedi Master can touch the dark side ............ and remain untainted! We will return...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:36:39 -0500
  ...in the year 2015...... > > > > > >> The down sides to the Bay and Split window are the absence of a big > hole > > >>> over the engine for...
• Re: Chinese Diesel Heater for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:22:15 -0500
  ...the ecu on the far left side. 7 passenger converted camper. Hot air duct where the rear heater used to be. > Combustion exhaust and...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:53:47 -0700
  ...passenger side and 3 in the section behind the driver. I'll get another pkg of 5 for the firewall under the rear seat...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 20:18:49 +0000
  ...one of those motorized valves, and I found a switch (old Rear > > Window > > > > defogger switch) which fit the 3rd unused position on dashboard; yes...
• Re: Van Theft Advisory-Perp: Ken Morgan, AKA Jake Lake
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:09:09 -0500
  ...had minor seam rust > on driver's side.. and the rear hatch had rust under the window. It had > the alloys... if Ken/Jake...
• Scotty, I need more power...update and ethical dilemma(long)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:13:57 -0500
  ...2) There was smoke (?) coming out of the vents behind the rear side windows. It seemed to be just a little dark and smelled...
• Noise from rear...
  Historical mailing list - Charles E Clement/FWF/EXP/UTIA
  Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:04:54 -0500
  ...one for the rear hatch window ..it's sticking out of the wall on the passenger side, just behind the rear seat. but the...