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  • Interesting item on eBay web site item#92595475: VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:53:43 -0700
    VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps) Title of item: VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps) Seller: elhudson@msn.com Starts: 04/17/99 21...
  • Re: 85 Westy Utility Covers and spring
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:17:31 -0500
    > What about asking the manufacturer if they would sell JUST the cover with > spring and pin assembly? That would make things better for those...
  • WTB: Black front vent cover
    Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
    Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:22:48 -0400
    ...Anyway, he broke the vent cover liberating my Cobra CB. I had the bracket bolted to it. Looking for a black cover, with as...
  • Re: WTB: Set of late model wheel covers (to fit 88)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:08:08 EST
    Brian, I sell brand new factory wheel covers for the later model Vanagons. They are $50 each. So a set of 4 would be...
  • seat covers
    Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
    Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:07:14 -0500
    ...Are there front seat covers made for Westfalias? Rear seat covers? Expensive? Thanks for all the help. TJK -- Todd J. Kaderabek, Director of Production...
  • Car Cover: wanted
    Historical mailing list - George D. Chapman
    Sat, 4 Aug 2001 23:18:14 -0700
    ...I'm looking for a decent car cover for my Vanagon GL. I'm assuming I can use a Westy cover, as well. No...
  • Re: Sources needed - Vanagon Cover
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:14:42 -0500
    ...I need to cover my new '88 van - which is a project van - as it sits >> outdoors. >> >> Can anyone recommend covers and sources?? >> >> Thanks...
  • Re: How to patch van cover!
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Fri, 9 Jun 2023 01:28:01 -0400
    ...How to patch van cover! I’ve had a very nice bus depot van cover for several years now. I cut a hole I...
  • Re: RV coverage for BCAA, AAA etc
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 8 Dec 2011 21:00:17 -0600
    ...Now I'm wondering if my Baywindow needs this RV coverage since it's really just a van? Has anyone got this RV Coverage...
  • Re: heater cover plate removal?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:05:42 -0700
    ...The heater > cover normally holds these in place. Once the cover is off, you will > see the horizontal channels in the cover, and the...
  • Everybus Cell coverage?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:14:20 -0400
    Does anyone know if the campground for this years Everybus has decent cellphone coverage?
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Parkie Parker
    Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:15:00 -0700
    We bot a cover in 1992 at, I think, Pep Boys. Made out of cloth. Paid $96 for it. We don't have a...
  • Fuse panal cover?
    Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
    Fri, 15 May 1998 13:03:20 EDT
    Does any one have a fuse panal cover? I've been missing mine since I bought the van, it was also missing the steering...
  • Re: Triple A upgrade (mea culpa, sort of)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:40:55 -0600
    ...Does AAA coverage differ in other states? I asked that, and was told that I am covered in all states (which I already knew...
  • Re: Vent cover
    Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
    Fri, 19 May 2006 06:04:01 -0500
    Jeffrey, The reason the plastic vent cover is important to use as suggested in your Westfalaia ownwer's manual , is to keep water out...
  • Re: Vanagon Cover
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:46:34 -0400
    ...It has a fairly > sturdy metal frame, a top cover and two end panels with zippered > "doors". Now, despite Shelter Kings claim the cover...
  • Re: The Missing Burner Cover and Olympic Hockey Teams
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:20:38 -0800
    ...I think the Canadian model burner cover is just a bunch of aluminum cans that have been cut open, flattened, and taped together. :) Good...
  • Re: Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:36:39 -0500
    ...We removed the six screws around the plastic shroud that covers the hoses and heater core, but were unable to remove the plastic cover...
  • Valve cover leaks
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:34:16 -0500
    ...What next? Is it common for the bails or covers to need replacing? To the bails get "less tight" over time? Do the covers...
  • RE: Tune up woes part II
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:21:38 -0700
    You probably didn't get one of your valve covers seated properly. You couldn't develop an oil leak by moving engine with distributer...
  • Anyone have a oem brown speaker cover
    Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
    Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:33:44 EST
    ...I want to make one using the cover from a brown OEM speaker. Does anyone have one laying around? Don't need the whole...
  • '81 valve covers
    Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
    Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:13:08 -0400
    Does anyone know where to get new valve covers for an '81 2.0 liter for less than the $40 ones that Bus Depot...
  • hubcaps, 15" SA steel wheels
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Thu, 12 May 2005 17:10:07 -0700
    ...I now have three hub covers :) So, collective wisdom, what other hubcap/cover options are there for these wheels? Thanks, Joel
  • Seat + bench covers
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
    Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:48:12 -0400
    Is there anywhere that I can buy slip covers for front seats + rear bench? Thanks
  • oil leaking from valve cover 91 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
    Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:14:32 -0400
    oil leaking from valve cover 91 Vanagon is this normal? Shannon
  • 80-84 curtain rod cover
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
    Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:08:36 -0400
    I am interested in a new curtain rod cover, Jonathan Poole '82 Westy
  • Re: Vanagon Cover?
    Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
    Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:08:48 -0400
    I am interested as to what everyone has to say about covers. In the mean time another thing you need to consider (depending on...
  • Re: Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:46:52 -0800
    ...We removed the six screws around the plastic shroud that covers the hoses and heater core, but were unable to remove the plastic cover...
  • re. Syncro front underpanel
    Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
    Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:55:00 -0700
    ...Both covers looked factory. I've never seen either cover before, was this a 16" thing? The covers were not what I would call...
  • Re: Westy cover and outside storage recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:12:12 EDT
    ...I've covered other vehicles with Beverly Hills Motors Cars car covers with good results over the years. The all cotton cover will last...
  • van covers, rego and what not
    Historical mailing list - Raymond Lee Massa
    Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:44:02 -0700
    ...Dimensions and quality wise, do you guys have any thoughts? http://www.amazon.com/Conversion-Cover-Class-Long-Wheelbase/dp/B000W93UPQ/ref=sr_1...
  • Re: What VW says about the flue cover
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:14:12 -0400
    At 03:18 PM 6/28/2015, Jim Felder wrote: >What VW says about the flue vent cover: > >TechTalk Bulletin Refrigerator Operation > >Flue Vent...
  • Re: Westy Front Seat Covers>
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:41:38 -0500
    ...The covers can be pulled down and around the arm rests so they are fully usable. They aren't real pretty (basically a seat...
  • Re: water resistant seat covers. . .
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:56:17 -0700
    ...They have water-repellent Cordura seat covers. Also try www.cabelas.com. They have a variety of seat covers and floor mats for hunters...
  • Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0700
    traditionally on oppossed four vw engines........there is a super thin paper gasket to seal the cover to the oil pump. if you are...
  • Re: RoadHaus - Front AC Kit Install / Final Report
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Sat, 21 Dec 2002 16:54:24 EST
    ...And I thought if I could get a hold of one of these special cover plates, if they exist, I could adapt the cover...
  • Re: Push covers/enging tins
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:18:46 -0500
    They're pushrod covers or valve covers, to me, because the engine tin is that stuff that more or less seals the engine compartment...
  • Throttle position switch COVER!! Who knew ??
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:11:09 -0400
    Hey Vanagon addicts, Had my throttle body out to swap in a better TPS and remembered ordering a cover from one of the list...
  • Re: Vanagon Rear Washer Filler Cover Wanted
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:31:28 -0700
    Actually it's for the previously disclosed '91 Syncro Westy, that cover was missing and that's why I got it so cheap..... On...
  • Cover
    Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
    Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:07:39 -0700
    As far as a car cover, we went to Costco this summer and bought a Car Cover/Awining car port its 10'x20' and...
  • Engine cover pad
    Historical mailing list - John Andersen
    Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:17:26 -0800
    Anyone in SOCal want a FREE grey engine cover pad ? Just come and get it. John
  • sheepskin seat covers
    Historical mailing list - Adam B
    Sat, 31 Jan 2004 04:16:32 EST
    Anybody know of good sheepskin seat covers for a Vanagon pretty cheap? Nice imitation? Thanks Adam
  • The Missing Burner Cover and Olympic Hockey Teams
    Historical mailing list - Marshall
    Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:02:01 -0600
    ...I need a burner cover - and I just got outbid on EBay for one. Sometimes, life is just not worth living, eh? So, if...
  • Re: Folding Mid Seat
    Historical mailing list - Roberto Munoz
    Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:07:13 -0400
    ...The person I bought the Westy from last month gave me the seat and the covers and one end cover with the seat. I...
  • Re: Westy screw covers
    Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
    Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:33:02 -0700
    Todd Last wrote: > > Does anyone have the secret to getting those grey plastic screw covers off > of the Westy interior screws without mascerating them...
  • 1985 1/2 camper rear seat covers
    Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
    Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:48:17 -0500
    Ron and others I am looking for "slip on" type EZ cover for my Vanagon's rear sofabed seat. The Bus Depot has 1968...
  • Re: Re-padding seats - anyone done this?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
    ...The covers are held in place by wicked looking steel teeth which you can bend up and stretch the old cover off. On the...
  • Re: Cover for fuel hose
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 25 May 1998 22:54:33 -0400
    ...Cover for fuel hose >Any one have any ideas on what to use to cover my fuel hoses with in engine >compartment?Any sources...
  • Re: pics of seat rails
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
    Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:48:40 -0700
    ...What >material are the rail covers made of? Has any one ever made rail covers? >Anybody sell new or used rail covers? > >Kevin M...
  • Re: New to list - need info on camber and toe, water outlet cover
    Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
    Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:26:24 -0500
    ...wrote: > > There other thing I wanted to ask is that I am looking for the black covers > which cover up the electrical outlet and...
  • scat valve covers installed
    Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
    Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:35:35 -0400
    I bought the polished stainless scat valve covers from my local vw guy today, $29.00 and they included new clips and gaskets, I...
  • Re: winter covers?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:19:12 -0600
    They are on the web at www.coverking.com. The covers fit good, the one I have is TYVEK. Stan Wilder On Sun, 3...
  • Re: Warranties
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:09:30 -0400
    ...If the problem is a performance or emissions issue, it is not covered. Yes, worn bearings, rings, or warped valves are not covered. If...
  • Re: Engine cover, History
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:03:44 -0700
    Interesting, Bob said his '87 wouldn't take the steel cover. My '81.5 has a rubber seal so perhaps it *will* fit an...
  • Free Plastic Vent Cover
    Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
    Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:59:26 -0400
    I f you just want a plastic vent cover for your exterior fridge vent and you aren't too worried about the looks EH...
  • Rubber floor covering
    Historical mailing list - Zolly
    Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:43:28 -0700
    Hi to all, I'm looking for some of the rubber floor coverings of the interior. In fact, it's the covering of the...
  • FREE westy stove burner cover
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 25 Mar 2003 07:01:13 EST
    this is the stainless steel burner cover for the vanagon westys. some also call it a "drip tray" you can flip it down and...
  • cleaning westy matress covers
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:16:22 -0400
    hi list, can i wash the cushion covers of the poptop-bed and the one on the engine lid? i mean, i know how...
  • UV's and Van Covers
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
    Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:05:25 -0800
    Any suggestions for Van covers to keep out the UV's? Dan -- California '87 Westie
  • doesn't it stink ?
    Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
    Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:28:46 +0100
    ...Only no cover is a good cover. Smell-free weekend to everybody, Michael, Germany 80 Westy 86 GL just stopped stinking