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Re: Keeping Slop off rear window
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:56:07 -0600
Chris, Really!
Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 9 Apr 2016 20:25:40 -0700
Well, that’s just not true at all ! I have replaced many vent window seals with new ones from Germany, the ones with no...
Re: power window regulators
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:13:10 -0500
...Drivers side and passengers side are different regulators.Both with power and manual windows.The motors are easily interchangeable, and I beleive are identical...
Re: Rear Vents
Historical mailing list - John
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:12:48 -0400
...George, I have two 1986 Syncros so I guess I am unfamiliar with the vent arrangement on your later model rear windows. Also the...
Re: awk! -- speakers sound great but....
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:47:25 -0500
My window cranks hit my Blaput speaker grills but Its just a dragging action that scratches the speaker grills. I've learned to live...
Windshield trim question
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:43:18 -0500
Hi Listers, My vanagon has the window trim on all windows and it is in good condition. The only issue is that on the...
Re: Speaker Install Question
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 30 May 2013 10:34:14 -0700
...Best not to cut any metal though, there is a tube for the window regulator cable that runs behind the front edge. I'm...
Re: Bassackwards Bay Window
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:20:33 -0500
...is screening a new > > film about a volk driving a bay window bus across country: > > > > http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/bassackwards_sundance2010 > > > > The...
sliding door vent window
Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
Thu, 08 Feb 1996 13:59:56 EST
...OK, this is a '78 bus and the lower pivot for the sliding door vent window has rotted away and is now nonexistent. This...
Re: PowerWindows - Stuck Full Down
Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:11:17 -0700
I recently replaced the window regulator on the drivers' side, as the cable guides had worn out and given way. You may be able...
Re: vanagon rear hatch jailbars on ebay
Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:52:16 +1000
Also to simply stop luggage tall enough to make contact with the rear window glass from shifting backwards thru said glass when you roar...
Re: Any easy, low-cost way to replace power window lift with manual?
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:04:06 -0400
> I'm tired of screwing (diagnosing/repairing/replacing) with the > multiple failure modes of the power windows on our two Vanagons. Did this to...
Re: sliding window latches
Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:19:52 -0700
...sliding window latches Anyone know how to tighten the sliding window latches? Mine are a bit loose and I don't see an obvious...
Re: Van painting cost
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:01:34 -0700
...I do have some rust > around the rear window, and side windows, and in one of the rain gutters, > and one dent on the...
Re: rear window leak
Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:35:16 -0800
...The rear > > pad > > and insulating cover over the engine hatch is wet > by the right rear > > window each time it rains. Doesn't appear...
Re: Window Tint Asthetics / Nascar Angels Vanagon Show
Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:02:44 -0500
...Window Tint Asthetics > > > > I'll join the echo of folks recommending that you don't tint the rear > > window, or if you do a...
Re: Correct names for some items Shipping strangeness
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:09:27 -0400
...Then added the window glides. Shipping jumped to $28. I took out the dash cover and shipping for the glides dropped to $3.50...
Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:23:59 -0400
...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Air-Cooled-VW-Beetle-Custom-Window-Cranks -Pair-68-79-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem483fb23fcbQQitemZ310306291659QQp tZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories Very strong and a little longer so...
Re: Vanagons in hot climates
Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:10:12 EDT
...darkness ) as well as which windows can be tinted, As for hot climates, I go to arizona often and do not like to take...
Re: What is that strip?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Wood
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:05:10 -0400
...I did purchase the straight black window rubber (no trim) from one of the list vendors (Bus Depot?). I was in the painting process...
Window locking strip trim
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:05:10 -0400
Hi Vanagon folks, Can the locking strip around the windshield be removed without affecting the integrity of the window seal or safety. Mine is...
Re: Power Window, disfunctional
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:54:10 -0800
I have 2 vanagons with power windows... most problems are on the driver's side.. it's normal because more usage than the passenger...
Fwd: Window Cranks
Historical mailing list - Gene P
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:55:00 -0700
...On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Dean S <predsmaniac@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I am on my second set of window...
Modern Japanese Vans with Retro Faux Split / Bay Window Looking Front Facades
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:26:28 -0400
...I recall seeing some modern Japanese vans with retro faux split / bay window looking front facades. I'm assuming these are kits, does anyone...
Front Door Window Crank Replacement
Historical mailing list - Zach Hale
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:56:11 -0700
I just ordered a new (black) window crank replacement for my 85 vanagon's passenger side front door, but can't for the life...
Re: Broken Window - Angry...
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:51:15 +0000
...bob BTDT where broken-into-through-the-wing-window goes.... and the replacement still whistles when I'm driving at highway speeds! ;-(
'86 owner's manual
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:12:17 -0400
...http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_5G_0907
Re: window cranks
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:17:10 +0200
"Henning, Eric" wrote: > I've replaced my cracked window crank handles several times from junkyard > vanagons only to have them crack shortly after. You...
Window Louvers(Side sliding windows)
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:09:00 -0700
They keep out rain, sun, and provide great ventilation, and HEY! they also keep thieves hands out! I have been looking to make a...
Re: Chrome Window Strips (again)
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:33:43 -0500
...Track Auto 1/16th vacuum hose and glue it in them window channel's, with some yellow 3-M super weatherstrip adhesive, just so...
Signing Off - Thanks Everyone
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:22:07 +0000
...http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_5G_0907
7mm or 8mm fuel line?
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:22:41 -0400
...Thanks, Ed in CT _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM...
Re: Installing ETKA 5.3
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:20:40 -0500
...In order to get ETKA 5.3 or ETKA 5.6 to run under Windows XP, do a full install on drive C: then...
Re: urban stealth camping..
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:15:13 -0600
...When you would look in from the front windows you would just see blackness, much better than the VW front window curtains. Dark tinted...
westy insights (may only interest old westy nutz)
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Fri, 5 May 1995 09:40:43 -0500 (CDT)
...As the van changed from the split window to the bubble window the westy interior changed just enuf (sic) to make it infuriatingly *not...
Power window switch frame replacement, '91 GL.
Historical mailing list - T-rev Reynolds
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:21:54 -0600
For anyone with power windows and switches that tend to hang around more than stay in place where they are meant to be: My...
Re: window seal needs - BD ones are from Germany
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:59:41 -0700
...Maybe they are needed when the rubber is > new but 20-year-old window seals seem like they would hold pretty good > w/o...
Re: 90 Westfalia - sticking power window switches - interior cleaning - jumpseat mounting
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:35:05 -0700
...I use window clenaer on windows. tire cleaner on tires. armor-all on plastic trim, like bumper parts. one step cleaner wax on the...
Plexiglass, was: Tinted windows, longish
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Thu, 18 May 2000 11:08:05 +0200
Hi Larry, Mike, Tom AND the rest of you all ! I got some p-mail as a reaction on my "tinted windows" letter with...
Re: ETKA 7 -- available for download via BitTorrent (instructions within)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:36:09 -0800
...On 1/9/07, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote: > > windows 98 only runs on 32bit computers. therefore, the only version > of xp...
Re: subject Re: Door window scrapers
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:43:42 -0700
...know the part number for the window scrapers [? Rubber strips > at > >>> the bottom of the front door windows that seal the water out, kind...
window cable noise
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Sat, 28 Oct 2000 06:27:39 -0400
...Repairing the power window mechanism in the driver side door, after a PO front end collision bent everything in there also. The door frame...
Re: Frustrated in Minnesota
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:11:44 -0700
Hey Larry, I don't think there is an easy way to get the trim in while the windows are still in. If you...
Re: washers
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 06:35:52 -0400
...When I took the vent window glass out on one side two o= > f the pressure washers crumbled. The only supplier I have found...
Re: Rear Window Seal Backorder
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:22:04 -0400
...I received my rear window seal that I ordered from RMMW when it was on sale for $9.95. That was a great price...
Re: Sliding windows
Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
Mon, 11 May 1998 21:02:21 -0700
...I do know that a few years earlier I was told by the VW dealer that one needed to buy a replacement window to...
Re: Its not a Wety, what is it?
Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:37:45 -0700
...It has long screen windows along either side, and a front open window for accessing the luggage rack. Also has the dual-burner, sink...
Re: window seals
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:37:51 -0700
...05, 2014 3:38 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: window seals Cool, I will buy the NON Westy seals for the 87...
Re: Stickers, plaid and prunes
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 Mar 1995 17:11:59 -0700
...Rusty VanBondo (As Irreverent As I Can Be) Phoenix, Arizona USA \\\ ///\\\ /// '57 Single Cab (European) \\\ /// \\\ /// '57 Oval Window (73,900 miles) \\\ /// \\\ //\ /// '63 15 Window...
Auxiliary A/C?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 08 May 1996 19:46:00 -0500 (EST)
...the front luggage rack cavity or put a window unit in the rear drivers side window, in front of closet. I am seriously considering...
weird bus sighting
Historical mailing list - Dave Black
Fri, 21 Oct 1994 09:39:59 -0700 (MST)
...you are about eye level with the Beetle rear window! The Beetle side windows are in place, also. I wonder if they roll down...
'61 23-Window Deluxe for Sale
Historical mailing list - Turbo
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:46:25 -0800
1961 23-Window deluxe. Has some dents, has some rust, needs motor and tranny. Located in Northern California. I've never actually seen it...
23-Win Walkthru
Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:59:24 -0500
...a similar vein does anyone know if walkthru 23 or 21 windows were > offered? If they were I see no > > reason that a walk...
66 volkwagen bus (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:05:32 -0700 (PDT)
...66 volkwagen bus I have a 66 vw bus for sale, It's not the 21 window version.It has 13 window's. It...
K2 EV.
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Sun, 2 Feb 97 18:07:43 PST
...Fine example of interesting see through mountain scenes on the windows done with a mesh of tiny holes. The scene flows across the windows...
fan aux switch how to?
Historical mailing list - Dan Belick
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:09:12 -0500
...This would be used when stuck in traffic, using a drive thru window, etc. Can you tell me how to wire it in, what...
Re: Light switches
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 01:08:20 +0100
...wipers die #The heater fans die #Heated rear window dies #Power mirrors die #Power windows die All of these are connected to the X...
Stove Vent cap---
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:34:21 -0600
...Threw that in tonight--looks good, and now it matches the rest of the window's. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://community.webtv...
Fwd: Foglight switch
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:42:13 -0400
...Heated rear window (that also heats the side mirrors) is what I > have in the other position on the right side switches. >
Re: ? Power Window Switches?
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:32:34 -0400
>I only need replacement power window switches for a Vanagon; I do not need >the pleasure of passing a thick wad of greenbacks over...