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• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400
  My four intake valve adjuster screws are a little pitted, so I am looking for replacements for those, but it is the shaft and...
• Re: window screens
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:33:51 EDT
  In order to have original Westy screens you need Westfalia-only sliding windows, on which the latches are positioned farther back on the glass...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen
  Historical mailing list - Steve Russell
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:07:45 -0800
  ...Sew it on the screen and glue, double side tape or screw it to the van. This could work I think. Steve
• sliding window rain screen - improved
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:47:26 -0800
  A friend just made his own version of "my" screen. I think it will keep out stray raindrops better. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011...
• Re: worst thing ever done to my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:54:26 -0700
  ...I put a spot of scratches on a brand new window with one of those damn plastic scrubber pads. Damn are they hard!
• Missing window crank screws... what size?
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:52:31 -0800
  Who knows what size screw attaches the window crank to its fitting on the inside of the front doors? I've finally purchased cranks...
• Engineering a LCD screen for my camper
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:21:08 -0700
  Im looking for advice from engineers in the list (or other knowledgable folks) about how I could buy a LCD screen and adapt it...
• power window motor, etc.
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:13:46 -0700
  ...the grease protected the screw mechanism pretty well, but the seal on the motor side of the screw was rock hard and thus completely...
• Re: Heater under back seat
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:04:36 -0700
  Easy way to remove the screw on the right side holding the heater? No. Long screw driver, pushed down firmly to avoid stripping the...
• Re: window screens
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:39:19 -0500
  ...Where do you get VW screens for, say, a non-Westy Wolfsburg? I made my own - using screen material from some huge home-type...
• Re: was:Plastic Ramps/Slider Screen
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:08:42 -0500
  ...I've had this screen on > for entire summers and put it on 4 years ago with no problems of the screws > that hold...
• Re: Screen on door of Westy
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:33:27 -0700
  Well, the male snaps are not installed on the car as they are for the front curtain or the rear screen. You just have...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:31:12 -0400
  ...Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question I just received my Bus Depot sliding door screen, which looks to be well made. However, there are...
• Re: Replacing window screens?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:20:12 -0700
  I can have custom screens made locally for half what the typical VW vendors charge. Just send me the measurements (outside edges) and let...
• Re: replacing old pop-top screen
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 28 Nov 94 17:22:31 PST
  >Alice Gibb asks: > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to replace/repair the pop-top > screen for an '81 Westfalia? Ours has numerous...
• HOW TO REMOVE WESTY SCREENS: Re: Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:29:57 EDT
  ...Jay > > To remove the screens, Open the window, go around to the outside > and firmly press down & in, on the bottom edge of the...
• Re: OT: Window Glass
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:43:35 -0800
  ...I had to live with the permanent scratches left by the > scrubber > for many years after. No one noticed those small scratches but I...
• Re: Screen shot how to?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:25:23 -0500
  Press the "Print Screen" button on your key board and then paste the image into software like MicroSoft Paint. Note that not all movies...
• Re: Screen on door of Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:13:41 -0700
  ...Then where do you put the snaps that are on the other side of the screen? The two down near the bottom of one...
• Re: bug netting on sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:40:38 -0500
  Wendy Silva wrote: >Also has anyone used mosquito netting for a bug screen on the sliding door. >I know there are serveral good sliding...
• program for EKTA on small screens?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:03:13 -0700
  I have been told that the EKTA needs a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 in order to work. Unfortunately, the maximum screen setting...
• Re: screens for side windows in westy
  Historical mailing list - ray
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:39:34 -0800
  ...And instead of being an actual > > replacement for the original screen it's a *temporary* screen that sits in > > the same track as the...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:22:50 -0500
  Speaking from the point of view of a Canadian accustomed to carrying a couple of snowbrushes/ice scrapers in the car, and another one...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:20:16 -0700
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/3990/sliding-window-screen-lh-rh-?v= Stuart > On Jun 20, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Edward Maglott...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 8 Aug 2020 19:53:36 -0400
  ...Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question I think the Bus Depot screen adn the one from GoWesty are identical in design. At least the...
• Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair...
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:15:29 -0700
  I made screens for the front windows doing the glue gun route. Mike On 10/10/07 11:05 PM, "Kyle Davis" <davis_family...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 22:05:27 -0800
  Forget the dremel Your friend will be a stubby phillips screwdriver - BE SURE to get a good match with screw head. A little electric...
• Stainless in your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:19:35 -0700
  ...When you are building a cabinet or a bunk or whatever, stainless wood screws are much stronger than the normal shi++y screws you...
• re:Vanagon rear hatch bug screen
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 May 1996 15:44:34 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Thin shockcord elastic inside the hem holds the screen tightly into the rear channels around the opening. Sort off like a giant hairnet for...
• Re: Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:10:26 -0300
  I am still not sure how to snap the > screens in and out. It looks like there is two tabs on the bottom that...
• Re: � � � ETKA scrolling
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:48:16 EST
  ...VPC will generate a virtual screen for you to view at the screen resolution with scroll bars. You should have had to do this...
• screens
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 17:51:44 GMT
  What creative contraptions have people made to put screens in the sliding windows in the mid-sections of Vanagons? Is there someplace that makes...
• side screen busted? RE-SCREEN IT!!! cuz they are no longer available new..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:54:43 EDT
  ...so is your westy side window screen ripped? came unglued? rescreen it! its not hard... i use the original style nylon screening, available at...
• Re: window screens
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:49:03 -0400
  ...window screens Well, then. That begs the question... Where do you get VW screens for, say, a non-Westy Wolfsburg? I made my own...
• Re: Westi window screens
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 08:33:50 +0200
  >A message sent said - >I have found a set of Westi side windows with the screens but no >screen material in them, so: >1...
• Re: [window screens]
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:59:04 EST
  ...The middle sliding > windows do not have screens and I was wondering if the Camper window > screens could be used I have a pair...
• Re: Screen window for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:36:20 EDT
  ...Then I stuck the screen to the tape. Trim. Now I took a tube of "Automotive Goop" a flexible glue I found at the...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:45:31 -0500
  In industry, where screw clamps are used, they typically are tightened not with a screw driver but with a tool that is set to...
• Re: window screens
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:59:17 -0400
  > > My local VW dealer has them in stock (or did when I got mine). > Where exactly do these screens fit? There seems to be...
• Skylight Bug Screen Installation Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - James Wetzel
  Mon, 27 May 2002 11:57:23 -0400
  Does anyone know the best way to mount the bug screen in an 84 West for the poptop skylight? It did not have the...
• Re: Sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:26:28 -0700
  I had a home built screen before this as well. But it didn't work all that well. At least it was cheap, screening...
• Re: Easier way to fix worn tracks in AFM - Method 2
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 06:24:02 -0500
  IMHO, A properly sized new phillips screwdriver - of good quality . A good quality SD is hard and sharp. M R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd...
• AC Cap Screw
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:52:15 -0500
  On my 88 GL AC there is a cap screw with an allen head recess. This screw, and the steel bushing that it goes...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 07:42:29 -0400
  Another method to remove the screen is to open the sliding window and push down and inward (towards the inside of the van) on...
• Are there screens for side windows of a 91 Carrat?
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:54:35 -0400
  Anybody know of any screens that will fit the side windows of a 91 Carrat? I don't want the full side door screen...
• Vanagon Bra question...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 01:13:24 EDT
  Anyone compare the radiator cooling power with and without a vanagon bra/screen? Wonder if the bra screen reduce the amount of air flowing...
• Re: Front window screens and pop top rain fly
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Sun, 13 May 2007 23:53:47 -0400
  >> >> I will sure try it for this summer >> >> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Front-Door-Screens174.htmPierre >> 1983.5 >> >> The correct link is http://www...
• Re: Front window screens and pop top rain fly
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 13 May 2007 09:24:21 -0600
  Another option for front door screens is http://www.skreenz.com Their screens are a clever idea, easy to use and remove, work perfectly...
• Re: Sliding door snap in screen
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:41:48 -0700
  ...I put off installing the screens for over a year because of the lack of instructions and the fact that the screens are rather...
• Re: How to sew screen in poptop canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:25:23 -0500
  ...Anyway, my different approach was to get the "Screen Kit" from Jonce Fancher and the new screen replaces the old one. It is put...
• Re: Wanted driver's door pocket
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:18:09 -0800
  ...screws and attach the door pocket from the other side of the door panel. - do not force on the screws because the screws bosses...
• Re: sliding door knob
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:24:03 -0700
  Use an impact screw driver to get those screws out. They have a 3/8 drive with a bit holder for various screwdriver bits...
• Re: Small Screws for curtain rods
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:47:32 -0500
  ...The screw head on these screws is very tiny. >Currently the curtain tracks in my van are held in by friction, they >frequently fall...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:49:30 -0400
  I always thought it was that plastic screen frame making the horrible screech too. what is the cure for that? Edward On Wed, Jun...
• Re: sliding window latch removal
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:27:14 -0700
  The standard screw IS up there, grab a mirror to get an idea of what size screwdriver you are going to ruin by bending...
• Re: Pop Up window screen replacement
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:52:38 -0700
  On 2/2/05 9:02 AM, "John Schaper" <JSchaper@SCHSA.ORG> wrote: > The pop-up window screen and zippered flap over the screen...
• Testing script
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:40:37 -0400
  Testing to see if my posts are readable? Work fine from my desktop but scrambled from my tablet? This seems to be the only...
• Re: window screens
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 15:56:16 -0400 (EDT)
  I just want to make this one point regarding window screens. There is no truth to the rumor that VW routinely provides window screens...
• Side window screen repair ?
  Historical mailing list - scott jones
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:56:47 PDT
  Both of my screens are pretty much gone. If I buy some screen what is the best way to install it? It's an...
• Vanagon screensaver
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 13:45:58 +0000
  Hi List, I presently use the Vanagon screensaver and it's great. I'm trying to contact the screensaver creator hoping to get a...