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  • Re: mounting cb radio?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:24:07 -0500
    ...I have my Cobra (looks like the one in your link) mounted to the plastic heater duct that runs from the dash to the...
  • Re: best lube for sliding door
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:45:51 -0700
    ...saying it is nothing but aviation/military grade duct tape?;-) >> >> >> BenT >> > Some looks like duct tape, especially the stuff made for quick and > temporary...
  • Help deciphering German
    Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
    Wed, 6 Sep 1995 12:01:19 -0500 (CDT)
    ...Tizianrot L 555 Beigegrau L 472 Riveted to the right side of the air duct and reads Made in Germany: Typ 22 Fahrgest-Nr...
  • Clean Duct Tape Residue? (pop to canvas repair)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:21:25 -0700
    ...a plethora of duct tape covering big rips in the pop top canvas. I know there's stuff in the archives about tape residue...
  • Re: Floor Duct
    Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
    Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:50:05 -0700
    ...Remove the lower heater duct bezel from the dash. Then > lift and twist that floor duct assembly until it clears the parking > brake lever...
  • Re: Vanagon - warm air please!!
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:14:58 -0600
    ...Vanagon had various heater configurations and you need to decide which you got. #1) Left side blocked on the front door post air duct...
  • moving AC ducts?
    Historical mailing list - Andrea Zittel
    Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:06:01 -0400
    ...remove the center ceiling fixture for my Vanagon's air conditioning ducts. Eventually I would really like to add either a large sunroof, or...
  • Re: Safari windows for Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Thu, 17 May 2012 15:05:32 -0400
    ...Had to remove the duct tape from the foot well air ducts before the trip. Experienced 6" of snow overnight in Ashtabula Ohio and...
  • FS: 86 front AC duct no cracks
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:22:41 -0500
    So after installing the AC in my van I'm left with an extra front duct with little need for it. This is the...
  • It's not about scoops, really
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:10:19 -0500
    ...In the Vanagon, not only are the cooling-air intake duct diameters smaller, but the bottom duct area, where the air makes a 90...
  • Re: Recall notice: A/C ducting
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:14:56 -0700
    ...A/C ducting > > Too bad I already ripped all that useless stuff down. :-) > > I don't understand how you can describe the a/c...
  • Re: WTB headrest and visors
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:31:41 -0500
    ...Jim On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:19 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Be aware that 86+ overhead a/c front duct...
  • Re: outbound ducting on the average vanagon
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:20:09 -0500
    ...I'll bet there aren't many here who > > know where the outbound ducting is on the average vanagon. > > where does the air go...
  • Preliminary Tools List:addenda
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:08:14 -0500
    > >MISC The first thing after this heading should be: DUCT TAPE small guage uninsulated wire -- Ralf MacGrady an467@freenet.carleton.ca
  • Re: Air Cond Duct Recall - Part question
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:53:16 EST
    i have some of these a/c recall plates. simple sheetmetal plates. i'll get the dimensions.. chris
  • Re: Neil's motor..
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:06:54 -0700
    ...The ducting from air > intake plenum to air box may end up being a combination of hard and > flexible materials. This would enable me...
  • Re: And what should arrive in my inbox this morning from Banggood but this magnetic offer
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:57:40 +0000
    ...When all magnets are installed, place a > second strip of duct tape sticky side down over the first piece of duct > tape, thus capturing...
  • Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 9 Jun 2020 23:04:22 +0000
    ...Hopefully the Duct tape is not your final fix? ..." > There isn't enough duct tape in the world... > > In search of more leaks, I...
  • Re: Roof top Air conditioners
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:40:54 -0500
    ...Standard window unit mounted in the luggage tray with duct work going either through the roof for use with the roof popped or not...
  • Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:54:07 -0400
    ...Hopefully the Duct tape is not your final fix? ..." > There isn't enough duct tape in the world... > > In search of more leaks, I...
  • Finding Air leaks was Re: Engine Temperature in Winter
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:06:06 -0800
    ...These > > are the ducts that supply fresh air to the outer dash vents. Tighten the > > ducts and secure the connections with duct tape (what...
  • oil? leak on #3 (but not quite)
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:10:34 EDT
    Hey all, I've recently noticed ('78, 2.0L) what seems to be oil appearing on the cooling air duct around the spark plug...
  • Re: 14" or 15" wheels?
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:26:56 -0800
    ...WD-40 and duct tape.| | If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. | | If it moves and shouldn't, use duct...
  • Re: speaker wires
    Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:02:54 -0700
    It's been a long, long time ago, but I think that I routed the wire through the rear vent ducts. Mike '84GL
  • Re: A/C Fan Blower Switch
    Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:48:18 EDT
    ...To get to it, you'll need to remove the front AC duct section above the windshield and the duct piece connected to it...
  • Re: AC duct sagging
    Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
    Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:31:51 -0600
    ...AC duct sagging I beleive the kit is $12 but hard to find at dealer. I would like a follow up on this one...
  • Re: Fwd: how to keep that annoying a.c. duct on the ceiling?
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Mon, 17 May 1999 22:59:11 -0400
    ...Joe Lucca wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: how to keep that annoying a.c. duct on the ceiling? > Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:56:38 EDT...
  • Re: Who has the duct tape?
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:06:35 -0700
    ...Who has the duct tape? > > > > on 8/31/2001 9:05 AM, Joseph Fortino at fortino1@onebox.com wrote: > > > > > this is why i keep...
  • Re: AC Duct Repair Part Number?
    Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
    Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:19:23 -0400
    On 6/17/05, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > Does the recall repair kit for the sagging center AC duct have a VW...
  • Re: Will someone please go KILL this guy!!!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:27:16 -0700
    ...Think duct tape! Would three Westy's tied together be a > triplex in San Jose? > > Mark in AK > > > > Hey Mark, you wanna come over...
  • Re: Sears Tools
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:11:53 -0500
    ...Jim On Jun 13, 2006, at 11:58 AM, bueses wrote: > What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? > > Tom-always the right...
  • Recall for A/C Duct on 91GL
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:40:34 -0600
    I noticed that my A/C duct was a little loose a few months ago and there is a recall for this. I only...
  • Vanagon on Budweiser Commercial
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:13:45 -0800
    Anyone else see the POS tin top on the new Bud commercial? I especially like the duct tape on the seat... Cheers, Jeff
  • Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
    Historical mailing list - University of Toronto Information Commons
    Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:17:31 -0500
    ...the transmission, > in-line on the ducting that runs from the heater boxes to the > steel duct pipe under the cockpit floor. > > Remember this...
  • re:heating ideas
    Historical mailing list - Ed.
    Tue, 3 Oct 1995 09:59:20 EDT
    why not just wrap the silencer and tail pipe in small internal diameter copper tubing, run the pipe through your existing ducts to the...
  • Re: Duct-less Westy A/C Query
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:24:44 -0400
    Nice. If only I could have got past all of that TK blather more easily. It's migrane fodder. Geo/ATL
  • Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:03:35 -0600
    I found half a dozen nudie playing cards in that slot beside the rear seat.
  • Re: AC to R134--more struggle, more cost, more questions
    Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
    Wed, 7 May 2008 23:13:06 -0400
    How did the kit work?? My ductwork is coming down.? I bought the kit but no instructions came with it.? The strap method would...
  • Re: Air scoops
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:19:16 -0700
    ...I got some heater duct, maybe it was brake duct... hose, flexible with an incorporated spiral wire to keep it open...and simply hose...
  • Re: din (whoops! VIN) numbers
    Historical mailing list - mike mulliganshaw
    21 Jun 95 10:39:08 EST
    ...802-241-3424 Without ductape, I would have floundered for years. By Jerry Dennis from In Praise of Ductape. *****************************************************
  • query: mexican vans
    Historical mailing list - mike mulliganshaw
    3 Jul 95 11:41:25 EST
    ...802-241-3424 Without ductape, I would have floundered for years. By Jerry Dennis from In Praise of Ductape. ***************************************************** wannacombi in vermont, 71 wood...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:55:32 -0400
    Does anyone know what the piece of plastic that covers the heat ducts under the center of the dash is called? Right behind the...
  • Re: A/C wirng on fire.
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:06:42 -0400
    ...To get to it, you'll need to remove the front AC > duct section above the windshield and the duct piece connected to it...
  • Re: Off to Germany
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:36:11 -0600
    Upper right radiator ducts 251121282B - '83 on? These are NLA right now, as far as I can tell. Alan Felder Austin TX 82 Diesel...
  • AC failure
    Historical mailing list - Schwendau
    Sat, 11 Apr 1998 02:31:52 -0400
    ...Any ideas on how to reassymble the ducting. have all the parts.... Please info Mike LOU ky 117k
  • Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
    Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
    Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:40:25 -0700
    RE Transparent Duct Tape Kim asked: Is there a website where I can see some? No, that's why they call it Transparent....
  • I need a heater guru
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:39:41 -0500
    ...I am trying, again, to make mine go for the winter here, and will be *building* a few of the duct parts. I have...
  • Re: Fw: [ev_update] 2003 evc camper snow tires
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:46:56 -0700
    ...WD-40 and duct tape.| | If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. | | If it moves and shouldn't, use duct...
  • Re: looking 4 bug screens front pass/driver window cheap
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:21:57 -0600
    ...2 yards of screen material, one roll of duct tape. Assume you already have scissors. If you want deluxe, swap the duct tape for...
  • Re: Fuel Saver ?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:48:31 -0600
    ...ever seen an NACA duct on the F1 race cars? sort of a swoopy triangle?? it's shaped very specifically to allow the boundary...
  • Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:43:18 -0400
    ...In the air cooled Vanagons, the heated air for passenger comforter is passed up to the front of the vehicle by duct work. The...
  • New ideas, new products
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:52:53 -0700
    ...A transparent duct tape they claim last 6 times longer than ordinary duct tape. I am not a fan of duct tape, but this...
  • Re: Demented power door lock?
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:15:53 -0700
    ...WD-40 and duct tape.| | If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. | | If it moves and shouldn't, use duct...
  • Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:57:43 -0700
    ...Roll of duct tape doubles as > cupholder > > My most recent westy had a German Coin (1 Mark I think - but I could > be wrong...
  • Free AC front overhead console and central "duct"
    Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
    Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:52:26 -0800
    Free. Taken from an 80's Vanagon (a weekender, I think) In Berkeley in front of 2535 Regent St. @ Parker St. Enjoy!
  • FREE vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:26:27 EDT
    free vanagon westy 2 person middle seats free vanagon GL passenger van a/c ducts and rear evap. must pick up in southeast pa...
  • Re: Air conditioning
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Mon, 25 May 1998 19:37:50 -0700
    ...lack the two bits of plastic affected (the center and rear ducts). They did not care about the driver: "If the plastic breaks where...
  • For Sale: Complete vanagon/bus auxillary Gas Heater -Ebersp�cher BA6
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 May 2004 07:20:03 EDT
    ...this is a complete unit, with all wiring harness, dash switches, timer, safety overheat switches, fusebox block, rear blower, ducting, ducting to front, gas...
  • Re: Air ducting for dusty conditions.
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 20 May 2008 23:46:53 -0600
    "To get clean and cool intake air, I ran a brake duct hose up into> the right hand corner engine bay vent hole." Syncro...
  • Re: canoes,sailboards and ductape
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 14 Sep 1996 01:06:47 -0400
    In a message dated 96-09-13 23:56:01 EDT, you write: << My sailboard and sails stay in my '87 >> Kudos to the...