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• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Apr 2005 (#2005-314)
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:28:08 -0600
  ...if the panel charged the battery or not. How can you tell? Tom Buese- solar is good, except if the van is in the...
• Re: Recycling gear oil
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 02:11:41 -0400
  ...use it on door panels. I might consider pouring it into my lower control arms, though. I've seen vans where those were rusted...
• Re: Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:25:38 -0500
  ...only need one set of leads >running back to the van from the panels. > >Also---can anyone recommend a good PVM solar charge controller...
• Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:30:14 -0500
  ...Fuse Panel and wiring from under dash Indicator light/wiper arms and mechanism (from steering colum) 1985 original manuals for vanagon and for westy...
• Re: Insulation
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:33:09 -0800
  ...I know I don't want a lot of fibers flying around inside my van, but once the wall panels are back in place...
• Re: material for new rear hatch panel?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:14:48 -0400
  Many moons ago my brother and I redid some door panels for his old dodge truck. Like the rear hatch panel on the vanagon...
• Re: me too (solar)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:15:24 -0700
  A number of folk seem to be perfectly satisfied having the panels on the roof. I figure these people either live in a far...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:09:39 -0700
  ...you might also wash and wax that channel before replacing the panel. � �mike ________________________________ From: Tom Boldway <jboldway@HOTMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 3 Nov 2018 09:32:01 -0700
  ...On a vanagon they put some sort of sound barrier on the roof but why not inside the door and side panels? The doors...
• Re: Interior panel removal/81 transporter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:05:11 -0700
  ...The outside handle loosens sometimes, and you can tighten it from the inside of the van, but I don't remember whether the panel...
• Solar Panels and a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Thu, 13 May 2010 17:11:59 -0700
  Anyone know anything about solar panals and a vanagon? I think I want to install a 75 watt panel and need to talk to...
• interior
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:38:53 -0700
  Hey there has anybody got sh#tkicked interior panels in their vanagon? I've got great replacements, cedar, oak, mahogany etc... light or dark...
• Re: They're FREE was: Re: VW Solar Battery Panels
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:59:10 -0600
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: They're FREE was: Re: VW Solar Battery Panels > > I can see it now: The entire roof of...
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:48:17 -0500
  ...Hung wrote: > Dear fellow listees, > > Does anyone out there know how to remove the interior fiberboard panels in > the back of the Vanagon? I...
• Re: They're FREE was: Re: VW Solar Battery Panels
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:18:11 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: They're FREE was: Re: VW Solar Battery Panels Guys and gals, Be nice to your local VW dealer...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:05:49 EDT
  ...Better than the Tire threads hands down !!!! There is now a wealth of Solar Panel info in the Vanagon archives !!! Good on ya all...
• Brown Sliding Door Interior Panels, FS
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:28:59 -0500
  ...sliding door interior panels for sale. This is the same color light brown that you would see in a Vanagon sold between 84-86...
• Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:54:16 -0400
  ...The wiring diagram was completely >wrong, and finally I found the spade connector had fallen off the fuse >panel, which is what I should...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 10:17:42 -0400
  ...kenneth wilford (Van-Again) Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:30 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy...
• Re: Possible Solar Charge Controller Warning ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 May 2015 13:49:35 -0700
  ...battery(ies) tied to a > solar panel, disconnect your solar panel from its' controller. Solar > panel power to an unloaded controller can damage the...
• Re: Replacing front upper body panel?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:54:41 -0800
  ...Replacing front upper body panel? > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > Yes, I have done this. Not easy. I found one the same color at...
• Re: Looking for 82 Diesel Vanagon Kick Panel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:53:30 -0800
  ...Looking for 82 Diesel Vanagon Kick Panel >I am looking for a good used center kick panel for an 82 diesel Vanagon > in brown...
• Re: Instrument Panel Lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sun, 20 May 2001 21:53:48 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:20 PM Subject: Instrument Panel Lights I recently replaced the panel light over the...
• Re: Rustproof rear left panel?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:24:04 -0300
  ...of the panels and take out the fibreglass insulation - that way they have access to everything from the inside of the van. IMPORTANT - one...
• Electrical Math Check Please? (Westy Solar Panel)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 8 Aug 2013 11:44:49 -0700
  ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
• Re: Repair/refurbishment 1982 westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:57:42 -0700
  ...great shape of the rest of the van, > I'd like to somehow > make the panel situation better. Perhaps someone > else on this list...
• Re: Solar Panels in Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:31:48 -0400
  ...I can plug the unit into my van's aux battery or use > it plugged into the solar panel. RadioShack sells a good one...
• WTB: 85 Vangon GL interior Panels (blue)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:20:02 -0400
  ...the paint code yet, sorry) 85 Vanagon GL (yes, rear seat folds). Both of the interior panels in the middle of the bus are...
• Re: Humidity-pressboard-slider door
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 05:00:03 -0400
  ...That's all anyone can do to prevent the original hardboard door panels from warping. The ABS panels are taking to the next step...
• Re: How are body seams constructed--spot weld or ??
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 01:27:03 -0400
  ...Vanagons flex very little, but if they don't flex at all seams and other body panels would crack, as we may have seen...
• Cladding to Panel Clip Bolt Size?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 7 Nov 2014 08:57:40 -0800
  ...Thanks very much, Brent -- Brent Weide Portland, Oregon www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/
• Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Robert J. Schreiner
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:42:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ... have I got one for you! With the recent westy purchase draining the checkbook I've decided to sell my panel. Heres the info...
• Syncro panel van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:54:12 -0800
  Interesting syncro panel van on ebay. <http://tinyurl.com/yrptou> No mention of how it ended up with no windows, no side marker lights...
• Syncro Double Slider Panel Van
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:30:06 -0800
  It's finally here! I've been searching for over 5 years and I've finally got my double slider panel van. Needs some...
• Rocker Panels for 87 Wolfs.
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 14:37:14 -0800
  I really like the look of the 89-91 Vanagons with the 'rocker panels'. What would the VW dealer price be for them? What...
• Re-covering interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:30:25 -0400
  I wonder if anyone has found a suitable wood grain covering to recover the paperboard panels in an old Vanagon Westy. Someone attempted to...
• Re: Inside panel removal & insulation?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 00:15:55 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Inside panel removal & insulation? Hi, How do you remove the inside panel behind the sink, stove, fridge, water tank...
• sink...getting frustrating now
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 13:49:40 EST
  ...amounts of super glue and silicone (BTW, Vanagoners, if you have the problem of the instrument panel deteriation thing, use super glue! I found...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:52:34 -0600
  ...Jockeying the > van around as the sun traverses the sky seems like way more trouble than > it's worth. So my panels are stand...
• Re: body panel sections availability
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:50:41 -0000
  ...alcock@HEWITT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: body panel sections availability > >Anyone on...
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:30:09 EST
  ...to remove the interior fiberboard >panels in >the back of the Vanagon? I'm trying to remove the panel on the back >hatch. >Do...
• <FS> '87 Panel vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:52:15 -0300
  Hi all again, posting for a friend, 2nd owner 1987 panel van autobox Grey ext/grey int with 2 seater front walkthrough. Usual seam...
• Re: Instrument Panel Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 20 May 2001 22:07:04 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:20 PM Subject: Instrument Panel Lights I recently replaced the panel light over the...
• sink problem identified...but not yet solved :(
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 17:54:32 EST
  > > > Hey all, > The latest chapter in "Sean's Sink Saga." > > I think I've finally identified the culprit as the LED panel. On MY...
• Re: Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:22:30 -0800
  ...only need one set of leads > running back to the van from the panels. > > Also---can anyone recommend a good PVM solar charge controller...
• FS: 83 Door Panels & Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:48:21 -0500
  Set of brown door panels with the factory cutout for speakers. They are in perfect condition with no tears $40obo Also a white plastic...
• Re: Warmer bus talk
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 10:40:14 -0800 (PST)
  > With all this talk of partitions between cab and back area, I've gotta > tell you about my mates panel van. It's a...
• Re: REMOVING plastic SIDE PANAL ON WOLFSBURG/carat
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:27:56 EDT
  ...basically to remove this panel you have to gut the whole rear part of your van's interior. chris
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - jdd
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:14:07 -0400
  ...Solar panels for your Vanagon.. Solar is the way to go. I agree with Rocket J. Squirrel about having them "remote" from the van...
• Re: T3 Panelvan
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:17:42 EST
  ...Standard Time, vw.doka@gmail.com writes: > I wonder how many panel vans with ps & auto trans were made... > > Perhaps you'd like a...
• Re: solar charge controller any suggestions THANKS and more ??
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Tue, 25 Dec 2018 11:48:34 -0800
  ...The solar panel is aprox 15 years old and on a quick look can see spots that are kinda muddled so am assuming that...
• Re: instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:23:29 -0700
  ...To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:55 PM Subject: instrument panel > Anyone know if a 1985 instrument panel with...
• Re: 84 with sunroof problem
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:59:05 EDT
  ...Instead, pop the fasteners and slide the headliner to the rear of the van. The front of the panel has guides which are shimmed...
• Map Pocket
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:03:59 -0400
  ...I noticed that the junked van had the driver's side map pocket so I took off the panel and unscrewed the map pocket...
• Re: solar panels .. article in magazine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Cullen
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:20:55 -0700
  Joel Walker wrote: > for those of you entertaining the idea of putting solar panels on top of > your camper, <snip> but i've traveled...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 06:06:14 -0400
  ...I installed one of their 100w panels on Karl Wolz's van while there and you could ask him how that's working. On...
• Re: Westy water tank level indicator fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:14:12 -0500
  ...A green wire comes from this box to the LED panel. The panel supplies current to this wire through a large (1 megohm) resistor...
• Re: VW Dealer Mechanic for a day (a little long)/now solar panel NVC
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:48:46 -0700
  ...07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > >> I also noticed the cool solar panels that come with all of the new...
• Re: sliding door lock, 82 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 13 Jul 95 14:48:31 CDT
  ...Joerg writes: > Does anybody know how to fix the sliding door lock on an 82 vanagon? In > my van (name: turtle, what else could...
• Re: Folding Table from Carat/wolfy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:17:45 EDT
  ...s side plastic panel with folding table that was supplied with the Carats and some of the Wolfsburg Edition passenger Vanagons. Is anyone parting...