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Re: Checklist for beginning Medium Vanagon Roadtrip
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 2 Oct 2019 20:16:37 -0700
...I said, "Well then how am I > supposed to get those bolts off? When off on the side of the road in the > middle...
Re: more collision damage found
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:54:47 -0700
...you'll need to put in your manual trans rear axles...........auto has one short and one long. need to run two wires for...
Re: Vanagon storage
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:13:30 -0500
...Pump the >> brakes, move the heat/air controls, run the windows up and down, Operate >> the wipers, run front and rear blowers.Motors when...
Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:21:48 -0800
...lines to > vent intake and exhaust > air to the side air duct at the rear of the van. I > am using a thermocouple > from...
Re: 1991 Vanagon Camper: skylight / roof vent leak
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:01:39 +0000
...happy Vanagon camping is ventilation, and no mosquitoes. I also constructed side window screens using Home Depot and McMaster-Carr stuff; this means cool...
Carver P4 furnace installation report (long)
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:32:56 EST
...I installed the furnace under the rear seat, to the right of the existing heater under the seat. (That is, to the right if...
Re: Clanging my way through Oregon
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:13:30 -0700
...Occasionally I get a clean window out of the deal. The law has nothing to do with safety. It is simply a make-work...
Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:50:56 -0900
...This is a work in progress and I have found that the interior windows steam up more now, they do clear up after a...
Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:36:52 -0700
...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: New windshield
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:14:49 -0500
...Been there and broke that. >> >> I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. >> There was no way...
Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:44:33 -0400
...Jenny loved her Beetle, even though that split in the rear window sometimes interfered with her view. It had served her well through college...
Darn -- a propane leak
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:05:51 -0700
...Also, the bleed valve thingy up near the top of the tank's side was replaced as well, with a manual finger-tighten type...
Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:28:50 -0400
...of replacing a > >> gasket? I assume that I would have both sides done at the same time. > >> > >> or if the cost to high, and...
Re: VW vs Rolls
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:39:24 -0000
...I'll see if there some grotty old > pictures somewhere. > > Mine had plastic side windows as I bought it and the usual bonnet strap...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 09:33:14 -0400
...that allows me to actually see down the road through the rear window. To me that's a lot more worthwhile than the AC...
Re: Buying a Van
Historical mailing list - Sullivan Scott
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:27:51 -0700
...one side. > The 85 weekender is a westfalia (regular pop top) but weekender > inside - description says "fold out bed, swing arm table, rear facing...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:04:57 -0700
...I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. There was no way I was going to take...
Re: Defeat snatched from victory�s jaws [FS: 89 Syncro Westy] (long!)
Historical mailing list - John
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:10:06 -0400
...sunroof cracked > * Missing rear wiper, dead motor > * Passenger-side mirror non-motorized > * Slight 2-foot crease rear driver�s side (maybe possible to buff...
Re: 87 Westy Engine/Trans removal Day 1 - or Boy, do I miss my 67 Westy!!!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:16:09 -0700
...Ric _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger2...
New T5 auto review English translation
Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:17:45 -0800
...rear lights, and VW logo are all higher. These details and the smooth lines create a modern and elegant look. From the side, the...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size) - Now Hand Signals
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:20:35 -0800
...I think we should all have manually deployed semaphores that stick out of the side of our Vanagon like my 54 Bug Had. Like...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:16:22 -0700
...Been there and broke that. >>> >>> I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. >>> There was no way...
Re: CB antenna
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 14 May 1999 14:50:30 -0400
...I use a Radio Shack *folding* gutter-mount antenna, located so that I can reach out the window and fold it while driving. (Unfortunately...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:59:06 -0600
...He would even drop his hand out the window and give a slow or stop signal that way. For those who don't know...
Frydaye Phollees - Klassikal Po'try :
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:45:29 -0500
...and in Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 6, we have a situation most familiar to the old split-window hippie generations, trying to avoid the...
Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:08:47 -0800
...you 'could' get power for the valve in the back, and put the push button on the ground side of the circuit..... but that...
Chrysler Wordsmithing
Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
Mon, 11 May 1998 11:38:04 -0700
...On the front it has an illustration of the Morris Mini wagon without rear side windows and they called it the "Revolutionary New Morris...
Re: Fire starter Fitting Strikes Again!
Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:17:57 -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...
I finally got a VW Thing ('74)!
Historical mailing list
Sun, 9 Jul 1995 13:16:49 -0700
...All of a sudden great puffs of smoke start to emerge from the air scoops on the rear sides and from the engine compartment...
Re: Kelley Park, and other stuff
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 11:10:21 -0700
...At least the rear one looked more square than I thought it should for a bus. Jan Peters drove his "last Syncro Westie" (I...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 22:11:00 -0500
...that allows me to actually see down the road through the rear > window. To me that's a lot more worthwhile than the AC...
Re: Vanagon Woes
Historical mailing list - Doug
Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:09 -0700
...IF maybe from the first ever cars they had sideways front engines they would be easier to work on, but all sideways front engine...
New AC Compressor for sale for '86 Westy
Historical mailing list - Dale B
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:27:13 -0700
...want a carat table in your van? then you have > to use the carat rear > sofab... > 6. how do you test and a/c...
Dometic fire alert (at least for the 182B)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 07 Jul 1997 08:16 -0600 (MDT)
...I then installed a new wire from the terminal block to the "in" side of the fuse, a wire from the "out" side of...
Re: almost got syncro confiscated very long
Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:14:19 -0500
...sure enough he spotted my friends mushrooms in the rear hatch window, came up back to my window and said "pull on up by...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size) - Now Hand Signals
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:16:25 -0600
...He would even drop his hand out the window and give a slow or stop signal that way. For those who don't know...
Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:07:22 -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: Frydaye Phollees - Klassikal Po'try :
Historical mailing list - Inua
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:09:28 -0500
...were powered > by smallish poor (but strong!) folks hiding under the rear of the bus. > :) > > don't belief it? check out All's Well...
Re: Heat inside the camper.. No
Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
Sat, 3 Jan 2015 10:47:17 -0700
...The sliding windows on both sides and the roof vent are opened about an inch each. You have to be careful but we haven...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size) - Now Hand Signals
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:48:41 -0800
...He would even drop his hand out the window and give a slow or stop signal that way. For those who don't know...
Re: diagnosis--blown piston ring?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:59 -0500
...up to tahoe sunday night when i noticed > oil on my rear window. pulled over and saw that at least a quart of > oil...
Re: LED backup lights update
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:53:35 -0500
...I >>>> had >>>>> done one side a few weeks ago and did the other side today. >>>>> >>>>> Everything was easy until the very end today. As...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Fri, 3 Jul 2015 08:53:52 -0700
...I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. There was no way I was going to take...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:10:28 -0700
...Been there and broke that. > > I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. > There was no way...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:20:08 -0500
...Been there and broke that. >>>> >>>> I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. >>>> There was no way...
Moderator Re: Vanagon Woes
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 21 May 2010 20:35:36 -0400
...Both rear door grommets are gone. >>Germans must learn how to chrome plate plastics. I am positive that >>everybody, except living in a rain...
Re: rare restored vanagon on CL, this one is a cream puff
Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
Thu, 3 Jan 2008 07:11:35 -0800
...The lock > is broken on the drivers side. Not that big of deal as the window won't > close anyway. The dog is usually...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size) - Now Hand Signals
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:23:35 -0600
...He would even drop his hand out the window and give a slow or stop signal that way. For those who don't know...
Re: Free battery and Fridge For Sale
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 08:22:59 -0700
...is parked > with the driver side to the west--full Colorado sun in the afternoon. > It has windows slightly open--more like "locked up...
Re: !!!URGENT!!!-NEED HELP/ADVICE!!
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:42:48 -0600
...thing can't move, and slide under the side in front of the passenger side rear wheel, and give that solenoid a few gentle...
Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 12 May 2001 18:11:44 +1200
...If engine is inline it's an Audi; if rear beam axle, again, Audi. In the most recent models the distinction may have begun...
battery location, was battery compartment.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:34:12 -0700
...the interior fire was so fierce it popped out or shattered all the windows except on vent window. with o fire extinguisher or way...
Re: TPMS (was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size)
Historical mailing list - Mike B.
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:14:36 -0500
...He would even drop his hand out the >>> window and give a slow or stop signal that way. For those who don't >>> know...
Re: New windshield
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:21:10 -0700
...Been there and broke that. >>>>> >>>>> I have done rear and side glass by myself and with my wife helping me. >>>>> There was no way...
Re: TPMS - Now Hand Signals
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 11:20:07 -0800
...I think we should all have manually deployed semaphores that stick out of the side of our Vanagon� like my 54 Bug Had. Like...
FFFFriday Follies: A Old Tale of the Deep South
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 21 Jul 95 00:00:33 CDT
...The voice was behind me, on the other side of the fire. I looked at the windows of the camper, to see any reflection...
Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:45:17 -0700
...With my traveling all over, my Rear Seat Box is packed with all kinds of spares some of which has been utilized on various...
Re: Sound deadening material
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:12:42 -0500
...It helped for sleeping when windows up.. I had also insulated inside panels. Thank you for the details and your impressions. I’m looking...
Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:44 -0600
...and 3) ECU - an electronic box located under the left side of the rear seat, and 4) Power Steering Pressure Switch on the power...
Big Trip Report [part 10, long]
Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
Fri, 22 Sep 1995 18:02:56 -0700 (PDT)
...camper sideways in a ditch. We parked in our spot outside the hotel, and I stuffed plastic grocery bags into the rear air vents...