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• jack under driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 25 May 1998 11:50:57 -0700
  To fit the jack under the front seat, just slide it all the way forward, lift up the hatch and slide the jack in...
• Re: broke down in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Doug Elledge
  Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:13:53 -0800
  ...Specialize in old porsches, vw, Ballard neighborhood of Seattle This next one has ALL GOOD reviews: Wagenschmitt University District Seattle, Washington 98107 Phone: 206...
• Re: Seat cover recommedations.. also Z beds
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:46:06 -0700
  If those seats aren't torn. I've cleaned very scroungy seats by spraying them with E-Z Off oven cleaner and giving them...
• Re: Jump Seat Levers
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:24:15 -0500
  This is the lever underneath the jump seat that releases the bottom of the seat so it can be folded up. Here is the...
• Re: Steel rod sticking out of side of rear seat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:48:32 -0400
  ...On our "91 Westy, two steel rods periodically work their way out of the rear seat toward the side cabinet. One rod is toward...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:31:09 -0400
  ...Owsianowski wrote: > Kim: > > Curious - what is the bulb by the driver's seat for? Looks like a > pump - > does the seat pump up? > > Pete...
• Re: Manual -> auto?
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:58:25 -0700
  ...I would usually buy privately >but Bilbo (the dealer) gave a 3 month warranty and part exchanged my >Citroen CX 25 (8 seater). I...
• Re: Clunks, not squeeks
  Historical mailing list - Westywoman
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:56:48 -0500
  ...The sound is very audible from the drivers seat, slightly > audible from the passenger seat and can not be heard at all from the...
• Re: 15" wheels with tires!! SNOW TIRES!! Not mine!!!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:32:57 -0800
  On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:01:24 +0000, Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com> wrote: > http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/54597476.html > > Found in...
• Re: bed problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:42:42 -0700
  ...Then check how well they line up with the latches on each end of the seat back. Look closely at the latches to make...
• Doka AC
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:55:12 -0700
  Well, I fianally got my Doka back from the AC guy and the install looks great! The set up is under the rear seat...
• Re: Slide-in seat accessories wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:26:53 -0400
  ...sorta like this http://www.extendobed.com/ C-ya Jonce >Last weekend I got a chance to install a set of seat rails in...
• Re: Adding a baby seat to my Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:58:51 -0400
  ...I considered mounting a stock front-seat 3-point belt backweads with the upper part mounted below the front seatbelt mount, but was unsure...
• Re: Trim Levels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:58:18 EST
  ...There is a a single rear facing non-removable seat with storage underneath just behind the driver's seat. The removable fridge resides just...
• Re: How to clean dirty seats ...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:10:30 -0500
  I used some stuff called Odo-Ban from Sam's and worked great to clean seats and carpets and nice fresh scent. Michael. On...
• Re: Seat Options
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:56:17 -0600
  Has anyone looked into any of the Audi seats? Being in the VW family? Possibly other options? Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy...
• Re: Seattle Craigslist ad
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:13:47 -0800
  I'm guessing its this ad? http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3579087842.html If it's the same owner, I saw ads for...
• Free: Rear seats for 69 VW bus-Palo Alto,CA (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 11:54:09 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Rear seats for 69 VW bus. - Palo Alto, Ca >Date: 2 Sep 1995 20:11:09 -0700 >Message-ID: <42b6ce$6bg@kzsu.Stanford.EDU...
• Battery Removal - '87 Camper
  Historical mailing list - Kathy Miller
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:50:31 -0000
  .... there must be an easier way!!!! Because the base for the captain's seat is so far back, the only way I was able...
• Re: Floor mats
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:14:26 -0200
  > bus depot has VW front mats for about $50, but no center > (b/w seats) mat (vw does not have the center mat either...
• Re: 89 Vanagon with airbags, tilt, leather,and automatic climate ...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 01:54:21 EST
  ...56146, VAN, airbags, passenger airbag, tilt wheel, recliner, leather seats, cruise > control, air conditioner, trip computer, automatic climate control, > electric seat warmer, power windows...
• Re: Looking for a good body shop in Seattle.
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:16:05 -0700
  ...Looking for a good body shop in Seattle. > > > Anybody know a good shop with fair rates? Thanks! -Scott > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at...
• Headrests for the backseat of a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:29:52 -0700
  I was wondering if anyone has had any success with installing headrests for the back seat on a Westy? Also, this past year, I...
• Re: Q about Weekender Rear Sofa/Bed
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Tue, 1 May 2001 13:14:18 -0700
  >>with Weekender rear seats that fold down - when >>folded, is the seat level with the rear floor of the >>bus, or it is raised...
• FS: Vanagon Syncro GL 1987 center seat
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 16:47:11 -0700
  I live about an hour south of Phoenix, Arizona (by Vanagon, not by Lear Jet) and have a center seat for sale. It's...
• 1981 Westfalia for sale in Austin TX
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 21 May 2002 17:01:24 -0500
  Hello folks, I'm selling my 81 Westfalia in order to upgrade to some sort of camper that has seat belts in the back...
• Re: washing seat and mattress covers
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:40:41 -0400
  ...It is easier, to remove the seats from but leave then intact. Then, hose them down, scrub them with soap , hose them off, and...
• 83 westy interior items offered
  Historical mailing list - bluetoast
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:53:55 -0400
  ...2 front seats in excellent condion without headreasts. almost perfect with the exception of a 1cm tear (wouldnt know it was there if not...
• Battery size to fit under bench seat?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:41:24 -0700
  ...I presently have an Optima installed under the driver's seat. It was a mighty job modifying the battery to fit with the lid...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:54:40 -0500
  ...There is no such thing as the seats "hammering back" into the heads or "slamming" on the seats. When you observe the seat declined...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:13:12 -0400
  ...and he was in a rear facing car seat at the time. He's not a very loud little fellow, so during the first...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:49:50 -0700
  ...I suppose when you say, "dual batteries under the >>> seats," that you mean the starter battery under the passenger seat, and the >>> "house" battery...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:34:39 -0700
  ...side of the rear seat, just at the door. The earlier west rear seats have a curved profile that matches the side of the...
• Re: Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:24:31 -0500
  ...Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant? > > > > > > Hey All, > > I just purchased some 86 vanagon seats to put in my 83. I�m going to > clean...
• Re: Help ..
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:34:34 -0500
  ...Help .. >>I just purchased a 1988 Vanagon GL , 7 seater and the middle >>seat slides from side to side on the rails, I've...
• Re: Auto Transmission service advice
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 7 May 2019 12:49:12 -0400
  ...Auto Tranny Service > If in the Seattle area there is a grest auto transmission shop in North > Seattle, 105th and Aurora. Ed's Transmission...
• Black knobs on B (?) pillars
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 11:58:20 -0700
  What are the black, bakelite looking knobs on the pillars (B?) above the seat belt 'pulley's' beside and outboard of the cockpit seats...
• Re: vanagon camper seating capacity
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 May 2010 13:37:39 -0400
  At 01:32 PM 5/13/2010, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >Do you have a camper with 3 rear seat belts? I did ('84...
• Sheepskin seatcover source?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:00:30 -0500
  ...I want to put good sheepskin seatcovers in my '80 vanagon westy. Anyone have these on their vans? Pros and cons? Most important, any...
• Annoying Vanagon Seats. Why don't they recline?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:13:09 -0700
  Is anyone else bothered by the lack of recline-ability of their Vanagon seats (mainly passenger) ? Why would VW make them so limited? Anyway...
• weekender interiors for sale
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 1 May 1998 17:25:49 EDT
  ...have sidepanels, middle seat that folds forward, and rear seat/ sofabed that folds down into a full size bed w/ cushion over the engine...
• for sale '83.5 NINE Passenger Sunroof Vanagon 700 bucks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 May 1998 15:15:32 EDT
  ...4spd 1.9 waterboxer white over blue huge 3.5 foot square factory sliding sunroof bench front seat, full length middle seat 700 bucks...
• Re: 1995 Eurovan front seat question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:55:20 EDT
  ...Maroon, with grey interior. > > not without some modification to seat track, drilling, cutting etc. chris
• Re: Seat covers
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 23:10:32 -0500
  > Who's got a good source for seat covers? > I need front and middle (with armrests) > and the usual westy back bench. Hold that...
• Re: Where is the best place for battery cut-out relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:21:34 -0700
  ...In my Syncro I have one battery under the drivers seat and another one under the passenger seat. I installed a manual switch ("nightswitch...
• Re: Port-a-Potty
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:28:46 -0800
  ...Anybody have one? Web sites or picts? > >My two cents -- ours (Thetford 135) lives behind the passenger front >seat. We all the time move...
• Re: FS: 89 Middle seat, air cond. tunnel, front vents...
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:00:45 -0700
  ...89 Middle seat, air cond. tunnel, front vents, rear seat part ition On 25 Oct 2001 at 18:53, JOHNSON,DAVID (HP-Vancouver,e...
• Under the rear folding seat
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:03:19 -0700
  ...Pulled out the rear seat today and found 27 years of accumulated crud, mostly on the sides. Pens, pencils, crayons, playing cards, game cards...
• Re: seat back organizer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:21:03 -0800
  I'm looking for something like that to go on the back of the driver's seat to hold the Windex, umbrella, sunshade, etc...
• Re: Rear seat removal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 May 2010 02:56:36 EDT
  ...The bench seat is a fold-out bed. > Is this an easy job, or a spring loaded nightmare to put back in place? It...
• Charles: Seat catalog?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Michael Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:57:59 EDT
  According to Armstrong, Charles L.: > The only catalog I have handy shows $13.95 for a foam bottom seat pad for a > '79 > Bus...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Update Part Deux!
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 15:33:21 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have the above two plus M114 - Six Hinged Side Windows. > Stump the Professor! Ok, I will. :-P With seat mounts gone from my...
• 'FS: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 22:09:02 -0400
  ...Velour interior with two-seater bench seat and rear bench seat that folds into a bed. Custom floor mats for driver, passenger and rear...
• Lumbar pads? Headrest pads?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:11:29 -0500
  ...Has anyone been successful in adding a section of fitted foam into the Vanagon's seat, under the covering? If so, what foam density...
• Re: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 20:54:47 -0700
  ...in the late 80s which had a read bench seat and two removable jump seats which faced backwards. Always my dream, but still $$$. > While...
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:25:28 -0800
  ...The seat tracks are the same and they can easily be swapped, but the control levers are different. On mine, the levers for the...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:20:54 -0400
  ...I just installed the relay setup, and wiring, but the battery I have will not fit under the seat. Therefore I removed the stupid...
• Re: Any tips for getting the aux battery in? Seat in the way!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:40:03 -0700
  BTDT, remove the seat completely. You will thank yourself later. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burdett, Jean-Pierre" <jp.burdett@SPOTWAVE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: retro-fitting retractable rear seatbelts, '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:49:30 -0500
  ...There is a seatbelt mounting point on the d column that you can use to redirect the belt forward. I mounted the seatbelt mechanism...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:35:22 -0700
  I bet the arm rests on both sides were planned to be universal so that you can rotate the seats & anyone could leave the...