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• Re: Sliding door pops open while driving
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:48:10 -0800
  The sliding door on my �87 Vanagon keeps opening > while I�m driving....................................................................................................... Sounds like your rear latch adjustment needs to be moved out...
• What is up with this syncro??
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:43:02 -0800
  ...The pictures show that it has two gas tanks openings - one where the syncro one belongs and another where the 2WD gas tank belongs...
• Re: how NOT to instal your poptop tent
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:06:03 -0400
  ...Busesbythebeach.com On 10/24/07, Geza Polony <gezapolony@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > So Ben, when are you opening your West Coast store? > --
• busdepot gas tank
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:53:11 -0700
  ...Most vendors seem to sell two types of tanks, the 68 mm opening and the 48 mm opening. I measured my old tank and...
• Triangle vent window question
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 13:06:25 -0400
  ...When opening the vent window, it will open about 90 degrees in relation to the door. I seem to recall my 85 Westy (no...
• Re: Middle Seat Removal from Passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 05:24:57 -0800
  First remove the metal trim holding down the carpet along the sliding door opening. Then pull the carpet up, starting in front of the...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:23:06 -0800
  ...Just for completeness sake, many/some European models have a shelf and not a opening glove box. ________________________________ From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:35:34 -0700
  Go fold the seats down and measure the width of the back opening at the seat height. On the last one we had I...
• Re: Westfalia courtesy light question.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:21:20 -0700
  ...I would like to >> install one above the sliding door in place of one of the vent openings. >> How >> would I go about getting...
• Re: Oil pump removal question
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:57:30 -0700
  ...oil pump on a 2.1 be removed and replaced without removing the water > pump crossover pipe and avoiding opening the cooling system? > > > > Stuart
• re:Maxwell Smart's car (was VWs in Hollywood....)
  Historical mailing list
  18 Dec 95 16:39:00 -0600
  Yodal@gnn.com wrote: >Didn't Maxwell Smart drive up in a Karmen(SP) Ghia during the >opening shot of "Get Smart"? I think...
• Re: Vanagon Archives
  Historical mailing list - Edward Berlett
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:09:19 -0400
  ...When I went to the dates listed on the opening screen everything worked fine, but was unable to search. Ed
• Re: snow whit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:54:04 -0600
  ...I don't know how to read the header to see where it's coming from without opening it, though. I just deleted it...
• Re: Re; Missing a hole in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:43:37 -0600
  Steve , This socket was along side the back seat, just inside the rear door opening---this is why I thought this was strange----- I...
• Pop-top installation
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:12:12 -0800
  Hello all, Can one take a pop-top unit off a wrecked van & put it on a non-pop-top & cutout the opening & end...
• Re: Hard start relay- NAPA p/n
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:26:33 -0500
  ...Bring the wires in thru the openings with the rear heater hoses. Larry A.
• Re: Grey Water tank ideas and upstairs water storage.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 23 May 2006 19:00:35 -0700
  ...I've used my Solar Shower bag, placed in the luggage rack, hose through the screen opening, to provide hot water at the sink...
• Loaded for Behr: need tube opening template
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:44:48 -0500
  On page 7, figure 2 of the Behr underdash installation instructions for vanagons, a template is shown that locates a hole through the firewall...
• Re: Fuel sending unit question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:12:49 -0400
  ...There are an amazing number of openings in a vanagon fuel tank. You need a very large rubber stopper for the filler pipe opening...
• Re: Windows are not the same long
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:25:07 -0700
  ...Only the window opening in the sliding door changed, not any other window openings. The entire door is different in various ways, 80-84...
• Skylight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:21:02 +0000
  ...Now I don't know if this has ever been posted before, but one surprise was the seal around the opening in the pop...
• Re: vanagon ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 17:14:11 -0500
  ...12 > > > On the subject of ventilation... > > On my last excursion to West Virginia I tied hanging mosquito > netting across the sliding door opening with...
• Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:49:09 -0400
  ...These > >things can only be hammered thru the water pump opening on one side and thru > >some other opening on the other side. Had...
• Re: Wood Flooring
  Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:26:56 -0700
  ...An aluminum roll-over trim piece is across the sliding door opening, held down my four screws -- I don't know where you could...
• Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Thu, 13 May 1999 13:06:42 -0600
  ...Many openings and closings of the door later (three of four years worth), the flexing of the sheetmetal caused the thin layer of body...
• Different coolant outlet housing on Jetta head? PICS (Vanagon Conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:24:14 -0700
  ...I'd have to reduce to connect to 5/8" heater hose and plug one of the openings. The thought was to reduce the...
• Westy sighting on NCIS Tuesday
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:16:59 -0700
  About 12 minutes in, the opening scene of the Amsterdam 1991 flashback shows a tan or yellow Westy parked at the curb in a...
• Re: Distinguishing _among_ 68-70 busses (was 'between' :^)
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
  ...that VW had a continuous product improvement Great, give Sergio another opening. Clark L 80 vngn 81 rbt dsl (used to drive a_Ford...
• Re: outbound ducting on the average vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:43:01 -0500
  ...but i love the sound of the secondaries opening under full throttle :) Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6...
• Any tricks to keep fridge lit while driving?
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:12:54 -0400
  ...Any tips on keeping the fridge lit while driving? Does opening the drain (at the bottom of the fridge) help? Is this dangerous? Thanks.
• Bus Depot Now Hiring (again)!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:00:11 -0500
  Just a note that we have an opening for a full or part time counterperson. Philadelphia/Reading/Allentown PA area. Please pmail if interested...
• Re: Sources - No V-gon Content
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 26 May 2003 20:11:08 -0400
  ...We all know this is for your super-secret power-opening Westy top experiment. ;)
• Re: Cheap rebuilt AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:04:27 -0500
  ...Is it worth opening a rebuilt AFM up and doing the capacitor fix before installing? Or just presume it's got a good wiper...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:24:23 -0700
  ...Yes the opening is larger than a fuel can opening, but only by about 50% or so. alistair On 2012-10-12, at 8...
• 'The death of a mouse' in Vanagon not an Arthur Miller tale
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Jorud
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 08:04:26 -0600
  ...I had never noticed the openings at the ends of the intake openingnor around the battery cable. I will definitely check them out and...
• Re: Q on converting bus to a camper
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 18:48:45 EST
  > I think the way Westfalia did those pre-74 pop-top openings was to use a > sunroof body, without the sunroof. My '72 Westfalia...
• Re: shakedown trip with infant
  Historical mailing list
  21 May 97 11:18:09 PDT
  ...We added a curtain across the opening from an old bus to shade the kids from our card playing lights. Another option for a...
• Re: Side Vent window retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:30:31 -0500
  ...45 degrees further forward in >order to get air flow? My 72 Westy has the fully opening windows, which >are sorely missed on the...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:54:20 -0700
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > When opening the door, does the handle go nearly to the end of it's...
• Looking For...
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Fri, 5 May 1995 15:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Also trying to find a replacement opening mecganism for roof vent. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Lewis Horn z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl...
• Re: Air Cooled to Subaru Conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 10 May 2002 22:30:40 +1200
  And the lower grill opening can easily be added to a luftboxer front panel with a nibbler or sawzall. >Impossible? >I don't think...
• Re: propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:18:27 -0600
  ...You can buy the correct propane tank with the valve for appoximatly $115.00 to $125.00, without opening your wallet to the end...
• Luggage rack air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:22:22 -0400
  ...conditioner in their luggage rack with soft ducting to the front opening in the pop top canvas. I must not have saved the link...
• Re: guess this part!! anyone know what this thing is??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:35:59 -0400
  Isn't that the key for opening up the stove burners on a Westy? Mike JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > can anyone guess what this...
• Re: Looking for part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:58:22 EDT
  ...Front or Rear wheel opening? What do you mean by molding? Fiberglass Body cladding? Syncro fender flare? Best, Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA...
• Re: Camper Top Transplant
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 18:14:12 -0500
  ...apart - I think (but not sure) that camper openings may have come from sunroof openings - hence the 2 sheets of meta = separation to hide...
• Re: Need to Replace Vent Window... Use Non-Vent Window?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:30:15 -0600
  ...The noise level will be the same with the none opening and opening window. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional...
• Removing and Re-affixing Water Pump Pulley Bolts (was: trip'n)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:29:30 -0700
  ...It works for opening and closing too. I use two wrenches to loosen (a box and a socket). Once the first is loose, I...
• Re: Westy height ? Garage door openings
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:15:48 EST
  ...Westy height ? Garage door openings How about a parking garage with 6'7" clearance? Doesn't sound like that will make it, though I...
• Re: WTB: door for westy above-bed storage
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 18:20:57 -0500
  The AC cabinet on my '86 weekender has an opening not anything like the storage cabinet on the '85 full westy parts mobile I...
• Re: 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:31:40 -0700
  ...Thanks for the links. > > Now if we could get Bell Labs and/or Felder Industries to engineer a > remotely opening > hatch and remotely opening...
• Re: Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - C. Blakeley Burgess
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 21:59:01 PDT
  ...I used "compression switches" to activate them upon opening a door. The under-dash ones made finding dropped keys at night a breeze as...
• Re: Ron's Subliminal and not so subliminal msgs WAS: busdepot.com Beep ???
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:21:51 -0600
  ...Does anyone else not hear the >> >BEEP when they go to busdepot.com?? > > >BEEP?? What BEEP?? > >All I ever hear on the opening page...
• Re: what do you have in it
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:04:53 EST
  ...Even if an odd-ject was short enough to fit into the cargo bay without opening the roof, opening the roof and being able...
• Re: heckklappen aufsteller (hatch prop) made
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 19:32:46 -0700
  ...6:16 PM, george jannini wrote: > Can a cat squeeze through that opening? He can get past mine. <G> > > Geo/ATL > in Almonte, ON
• I was wrong -- how the AFM *really* responds...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:07:23 -0500
  ...The real surprise to me was how rapidly it responds to both opening and closing throttle. http://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/VanagonAFMSuddenThrottleResponse# Yours, David...
• Re: HasenWerk 2010 Grand Opening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:07:40 -0800
  --snip-- I sensed some dissatisfaction and occasional disgust with some unruly customers. --snip-- Anybody that's ever been in business has been through that...
• Re: urban stealth camping..
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Dean G
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:07:56 -0400
  ...Nice wide opening and it seals well when done. Dean '90 Westy
• Re: Rear Hatch Screen
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:04:19 -0700
  My reference to the OEM Bus Depot screen was in reference to the sliding door opening screen. That comes with everything but you have...
• Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:01:31 -0500
  We would like to announce the opening of our engine conversion shop specializing in Subaru-Vanagon conversions. We are located 1 hour west of...