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• Re: Westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chet Douglas
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:34:09 -0700
  Not sure what you mean by the other openings. Mine looks like any other Westfallia (87) on the road....at least in terms of...
• Re: Lightening the load
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:46:25 -0400
  re: DuraKore.... See that's what this thread is all about. Opening our Vanagon eyes to other possibilities. Never even heard of DuraKore before...
• Re: WB Skylight mechanism
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:28:02 EST
  ...zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET writes: > I am looking for a full mechanism or the opening mechanism only. > Zoltan > i have some skylight hinges available... chris
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:06:58 -0400
  ...Is the cold idle bypass valve opening and closing properly? Next I would try tightening the AFM spring a notch or two. Ken Lewis...
• Re: Closet door mod
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 2 Feb 2025 18:02:29 -0500
  ...We made a template and cut the opening in the side of the cabinet. I was terrified. But, it came out great. At least...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:35:30 -0800
  ...Does anyone know of an easy way to jump start a Vanagon without opening u= > p the battery compartment? Has anyone added external battery...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:47:02 -0400
  Bentley (19.8) says "heat thermostat in water. Opening begins approx 85C 185F. Opening ends approx 105C 221F. Stroke minimum 8mm 0.315 in...
• Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:58:39 -0600
  ...The left one failed. > > I was told by the parts person that one strut is for opening and one is for > closing and that...
• Re: Westfalia top opening fridge question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:48:51 -0700
  ...Good luck, Tim neil N wrote: > Hi all. > Saw a "Westfalia top opening fridge (12V and 110V)" fridge FS. It's > listed under "81...
• Re: Adding a new refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Gmail
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:23:12 -0800
  ...Need to fit in the current opening, OR on the upper bed (high top) or hang above the water tank cabinet. Need to be...
• Re: some vanagon applicable products from lee valley
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:39:09 -0400
  At 12:26 PM 9/7/2011, neil n wrote: >If the LED light could detect the rear cupboard door opening...... bingo! So long...
• sunroof seals
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 21:13:10 EDT
  ...where i can buy the seal that is stuck to the opening? the cloth has rotted away, and its not sealing too good anymore...
• opening rear hatch from inside van
  Historical mailing list - Josh Saylor
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:40:30 -0700
  Hey all! I'm looking to hook up a strap that opens up the rear hatch from the inside. I think that someone posted...
• Re: opening rear windows?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:59:17 -0700
  >Convert it to safari windshield & rear window... How do these differ from the stock ones? -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you...
• Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proffing (was Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:23:22 -0700
  I remember Yellowstone as a kid in 1963 and the stories the rangers told us about bears opening cars. I'd guess they have...
• Re: Fwd: bus fire
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:46:58 -0400
  ...I was opening the rear decklid and it slide forward and droped into the opening. I saw a puff of smoke before I could...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:31:16 -0600
  ...I'm considering cutting most of the opening face off to open it up more for more air flow due to the increased motor...
• Westy vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 16:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When installed, are the wheels supposed to glide in the channel through the opening and closing process? Is the arm supposed to bend when...
• Re: Size of opening for lower radiator grill? (searched to no avail :(
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:01:39 -0800
  ...Size of opening for lower radiator grill? (searched to no avail > :( > > No, I ran outside and measured an 84 that has the grills off...
• Potential Big Sunroof Transplant
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:32:16 -0700
  ...We have never tried to adjust the opening and closing mechanisms on these things so any helpful advice will be greatly appreciated. We had...
• Vent Wing Windows Opening More
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:20 -0800
  Anybody know the trick to getting late model vanagons (89) to allow the vent wing window to open beyond 90 degrees like the earlier...
• Re: Craftsman Tool Sale at Sears!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:31:46 EST
  ...The opening and closing times of the stores in your area are at the discretion of the individual store managers depending upon local market...
• Re: New member and a Vanagon Woman
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:03:35 -1000
  ...why don't you just hand her her hat and send her on her way? not exactly an attractive opening line! mick hilo, hawaii
• Re: EKTA on a Macintosh
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:49:35 +1200
  I've just tried opening my Etka with IE on my Mac. All I get is HTML-style garbage. The file names don't...
• Re: Head gasket job getting out of hand
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Mon, 13 May 2002 18:30:29 EDT
  The distributed the torque down a section of the length of the stud through the cut opening in the sleeve with the weld located...
• Re: Too many vehicles?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:45:46 -0700
  ...Frogeye?) > > Austin Bugeye Sprite? Did the grill opening look llike a grinning Vanagon owner? -- BenT
• Re: Powering a 110V A/C
  Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:24:25 EDT
  ...I will make a boot out of foil insulation to attach to the window opening in my poptop. The unit is small enough to...
• Mystery plug on Water pump.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:31:45 -0400
  ...Any tips on how to seal that better? And, what that opening is for? Eric Caron 85 GL 2.3 Waterboxer
• Re: WB Skylight mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:13:15 -0500
  ...Mar 2005 20:18:15 -0800, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > I am looking for a full mechanism or the opening mechanism only. > Zoltan >
• Does AC affect MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:38:38 -0600
  ...it is better to have the AC on, but below highway speeds, (under 50), you are better off opening the windows. THANK YOU Maggie
• Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:31:36 -0500
  ...My intake manifold openings are smaller than the gasket openings (gasket between the intake manifolds and the heads) which have openings that are slightly...
• Re: I'm back 4 a while
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 May 1995 10:37:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Could it be that this engine > has been fitted with a high temperature thermostat or should I be very > concerned about this? > The opening...
• awnings cheap...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:34:40 -0300
  ...like a C with a flange on the opposite side from opening. Flange gets screwed to rain gutter, I've seen it on underside...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:56:22 -0700
  ...Can any one tell me how > > large the actual battery opening is in a 1980 Westy? After talking to the > > Interstate Battery Service Line...
• rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:06:42 -1000
  ...at the risk or re-opening this thread, can someone enlighten me on the best replacement for the worn out oem struts. I have...
• Vent window frame
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:08:42 -0500 (EST)
  ...Or better yet, possibly a set of later model, non opening "vent" windows, if anyone has these I would need a set, left and...
• Re: Bra wanted for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:12:18 -0500
  Speaking of bras, anyone know a source for a bra that has openings for the Projectzwo foglights? How about a bra for the SA...
• H pipe part two oops
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:17:14 -0500
  BIN is $21 not $22, and opening bid is $15. My bad DM&FS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG...
• Re: Mouse Attack!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:29:25 -0500
  ...that mice can fit through any opening that their skull will go through, and there are more openings then you would think in your...
• V6 Transplant (WAS Surprising Syncro Sighting Part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Dec 1995 09:30:09 EST
  ...From the bed, you open a roughly 2x2 opening (orginally a wood lid, but Patrick's is very cool diamond plate aluminum). Then, down...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Feb 2008 to 16 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-203)
  Historical mailing list - sam mccarthy
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:57:19 -0800
  ...front of my van for the lower opening, so I drove with it as aircooled, no opening. It never needed the extra air anyway...
• Re: For those of you awaiting your #@$%$ watertank fill outlets.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:48:19 -0700
  ...The opening is really small. > And in the effort of even worse design the entire assembly is made of > plastic, even down to the...
• Re: Auto Tranny Final Drive, Oil Change?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:34:38 -0400
  Yes, and yes.Drop the pan and use the hex(17mm) opening.When you drop the pan, you will find a magnet in the...
• Re: Westfalia top opening fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:12:05 -0700
  ...Westfalia top opening fridge question Yah not surewhat it is. Will ask owner for model number (as was kindly pointed out to me by...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Relay_Schematic_Parts List?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:08:10 -0700
  ...Digifant systems? Looks like there is a transistor in there and had thoughts of opening one up and seeing how to test/rebuild. Pat
• Re: Larry Carter Virus received.
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:56:01 -0700
  ...It sends itself as a separate message to anyone opening the email. ANyone else experience this? Madeline 15 Years of Westie Adventures '90 Syncro...
• Re: Platinum Cat Install suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:42:14 -0500
  ...Can you describe where the blanket is installed? Is it stretched horizontally to cover the opening to the upper poptop area?>> Keith, It's...
• Re: Boiling a Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:29:01 -0400
  Hi, I called VW Canada for an explanation last week as my new thermostat was opening later and the engine was running 20% warmer...
• Radios and DIN
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:26:02 -0500
  ...being a german vehicle, our radio openings are DIN but you must be aware, as others have pointed out, to use as radio with...
• Another option for rear hacth door tent
  Historical mailing list - Jose Rafael Moscoso
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 23:26:24 -0400
  ...We pitch it up, park the van alongside the back wall and with a knife, cut out an opening into the van. Later my...
• Re: Where to buy
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:27:16 -0600
  ...You'll soon see that its position will interfere with opening the glove box (unless the door is open). -- Mark A. Williamson Denver, CO...
• Water tank refill key?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Thu, 17 May 2007 14:46:16 -0700
  ...Where would I get one, or is there another "trick" to opening it. Patti '90 Westy automatic
• '84 Westy air-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 96 22:06 CST
  ...The rest is a dust barrier. >Folks, there was a good 4 or 5 inches of opening all around the engine. I >have installed...
• Re: Size of opening for lower radiator grill? (searched to no avail :(
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:26:05 -0800
  ...that is needed. > > Can anyone supply me with width of the opening for the lower radiator grill? > > I know it's ~ 27.5" long...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:07:19 -0700
  ...nuts. >>>> >>>> No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg >>>> openings, >>>> a mild updraft from the defrost openings. >>>> >>>> -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1...
• Re: question regarding door stops/door brakes or whatever they are called
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:31:55 -0700
  ...to > keep the front doors from swinging open so quickly when opening from inside > the van? Or, do I need to purchase new ones...
• Re: Name of fuel filler trim thingy majig
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:39:13 -0700
  ...The opening in the side panel has tabs and the trim has tabs with slots. You need to rotate the trim about an inch...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:36:13 -0500
  ...As I recall, you moved the knob a little vertically to reveal a small, square opening in the body. Disclaimer: It has been many...
• Re: Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - David Priemer
  Thu, 13 May 1999 20:10:38 EDT
  If one was to use the very old technique of appling lead instead of body filler then the opening and closing could continue until...
• Need door strap
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:27:57 -0400
  Looking for the little strap that holds the door under my sink from opening all the way in my westy. I am going to...