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• Re: M-code puzzlement
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 22:58:48 +0100
  ...Damn, I want one! Oh yeah! (Drool, sigh, hubba hubba) Think about that interior instead of the "C" benches in the rear of my...
• Fluid leaking from underdash
  Historical mailing list - BillM
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:04:25 -0500
  ...First the rear of the 91 gets soaked from water leaking in. Then the rear brakes started squealing real bad. Now I just noticed...
• Re: Rear seat removal
  Historical mailing list - Milt Schullian
  Fri, 14 May 2010 22:54:08 -0400
  ...and need to get at the rear quarter anel which is blocked by the rear seat. The bench seat is a fold-out bed...
• Re: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:57:34 -0400
  ...Then > along the front of the area under the rear bench to the heater > (installed on the passenger side compartment under the rear bench...
• Re: Westy fifth seat Headrests??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:50:44 EDT
  ...EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << I put 3 headrests on my westy rear bench seat. There is a middle seat belt there now too... fits...
• Re: Jump Seat in an'85
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:59:46 EST
  ...The tracks run parallel to the bench. Is a 5 seater rare? I've seen the rearward facing jumpseat behind the passenger seat, but...
• Re: Carat Question/seating arrangements
  Historical mailing list
  05 Jan 1996 16:43:13 GMT
  ...should be possible for someone w/ rear facing theater seats to put in the middle forward facing bench and vice versa. You just need...
• Re: Copy of: Bench seats for the front
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 17:52:26 -0800
  ...Nice bus, they have removed the rear seats (making it into an almost Kombi) and use it as a delivery vehicle. They also have...
• 110 AC arrangement
  Historical mailing list - Budding Rose
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:29:02 -0400
  ...He had a small unit installed under the rear bench seat ( had to do some cutting in order to vent it out the bottom...
• Re: rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:35:15 -0800
  ...Philips remove the rear seat back (4 screws) and then with a 13mm remove the seat part of the bench seat (4 ?12?mm...
• FREE jazzy seats, FREE GL rearmost bench seat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:54:37 EST
  ...also free is a blue velour rear seat bottom and rear seatback from a GL. nice shape, has armrests. this is the non-sofabed...
• Re: Installing carpet
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:19:08 -0400
  ...wrote: > On passenger vans, the carpet is tucked under the rear seat bench, > you might need to unbolt the lower portion (else you might...
• Re: Rear facing seats, & large sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Vince So
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:36:51 -0700
  ...have a great view of the heavens. > the people on the rear bench catch a lot of wind when driving at highway > speeds. The...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:22:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...I put in all the cabinets and kitchenette, so the rear bench seats two, but I still have the middle "loveseat", which I can...
• Re: '84 Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:34:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...Weekender? Does that version have all of this > stuff? The weekender has the pop top with bed, rear bench bed and fold out table...
• Re: A/C to be or not to be
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:43:09 +0100
  ...My diesel heater only blows from the rear under-bench cabinet, and the heat hardly gets to the driver's cab, especially when driving...
• Re: Anyone install 3 point rear seat belts in camper??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:53:04 -0800
  ...06, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Any breakage of the rear bench seat belt was most likely due to damage > that occurred to...
• Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:22:04 -0700
  ...I keep in under the rear bench & set it beside the turned around passenger seat unless I'm doing some fancy cooking inside & need...
• Auxiliary heater
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Sat, 4 Jan 1997 02:44:28 -0000
  Well I am going to order a new radiator matrix for the rear bench auxiliary heater. What else should I renew while I'm...
• captains seats FS, more
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:53:19 -0700
  ...Pair- Grey Captains, adjustable armrests, $50 for one, $90 for two Bed/bench- Blue, GL, with large rear cushion, $80 Jump seat- grey, with...
• Re: Camper to 7 passenger..why? just install a 2 person middle seat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:54:53 EDT
  ...the 2 person middle seat will slide into a westy either facing rear or front with equal ease. chris
• Interesting T4 seating (was RE: 9-pass vanagons)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Jul 1996 12:29:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...the full bench seat in the front OR a full width third seat in the version with the three rows of rear seats. Hmmmmm...
• Re: Westy qvestions
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:14:32 -0500
  ...There is a serial number on the Westfalia nameplate attached to the bottom of some of the rear benches. Do these numbers signify the...
• Re: want to adopt '88 -- '91 vanagon carrat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:41:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...children want the two rear facing jump seats with the fold down table > and front facing rear convertible bench. You can expand the limits...
• Re: Westfalia - 4 Passenger to 7
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:11:39 +0100
  ...It was a full width seat in the back and the 2-passenger > middle bench. > > I removed the rear side cabinet, AC enclosure, rear...
• Re: Trim Levels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:58:18 EST
  ...The rear seat folds into a bed but is narrower than the GL folding bench. There is a narrow closet to the rear similar...
• wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:05:42 -0700
  ...This was done because this type of plastic side panel needs a special narrower rear bench/bed and they did not have one and...
• Re: Propex heater and rear heater removal pros/cons
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Sat, 7 May 2016 16:34:19 +0000
  ...of leaving the rear heater connected, in an installation that has a Propex heater also installed under the rear bench seat?=C2=A0 I...
• Re: Reimo Bed Hinges
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kostreva
  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 15:21:29 -0500
  ...Are there hinges available for this seat, or do I need to retrofit a Westfalia rear bench? Mark. >Sorry I don't have a...
• WTB Sliding Door and Panel for 86 Syncro (Any '86 Really)
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 17:39:03 -0000
  ...Ash tray that goes in the panel on the passenger side rear bench. Thanks Leif Paulsen '91 Westy '86 Syncro '70 Transporter Take a...
• Ticking ECU again..
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:22:20 -0800
  ...Ya see, I've had my rear bench out for the last couple of days while I do some interior work, and I've...
• Re: speaker wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:46:04 -0800
  Eric, From the dash down under the front and down the center until it reaches the rear bench seat. On the driver's side...
• Re: swapping middle seat for rear-facing seats
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:54:48 -0400
  ...for rear-facing seats As I feared. Anybody got any thoughts on how much they prefer the jumpseats over the middle bench or vice...
• Re: 85 Brochure
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:37:32 EST
  ...This includes a folding rear bench seat, engine compartment cushion and center seat with folding backrest." BenT San Francisco
• Re: Nice 2WD Westy on eBay.co.UK
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:40:59 -0400
  Did you check out that rear z-bench? It has headrests! Chris On 9/23/05, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote: > NOT MINE...
• Re: I Need Bass
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 16 May 2001 18:08:50 -0400
  ...to replace the rear speakes with 6" speakers? I don't want >to have to put big speakers under the bench seat like some...
• Re: Rear Facing seats in EV-MV
  Historical mailing list
  11 Apr 1996 16:59:18 GMT
  ...Our current arrangement has one seat in the front passenger and another in the middle of the rear bench. It seems to work out...
• Re: rear bed seat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:52:14 EST
  ...you must have the plastic side panels to use this seat, as the carat rear sofabed is narrower than the regular rear sofabed, to...
• For sale
  Historical mailing list - james dunne
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 05:41:24 -0800
  ...1984 Vanagon, 133K, blue with blue check interior, rear bench seats (not a Weekender). Very nice shape; began its life in CA. Virtually no...
• Re: FS: '87 Westy w/ 2.0L golf inline motor conversion from Fast Forward on e...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:51:51 EDT
  ...that > rear sofabed you win the prize.. > >> > > what's the price? it's just a revised hinge for the westy bed/bench. sold by...
• Re: Wire harness grommet at Firewall
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:22:10 -0700
  ...The new ECU is located where the old one was, underneath the > rear bench. I was not able to reuse the old grommet. .... I...
• Re: Rear bench seat pad
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 23:29:49 EST
  Hah! Success. I found a great letter in the archives which had the solution I needed. First I had to realize that AOL (for...
• Air matress in a 7-pass.?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:09:38 -0800
  ...Has anyone removed the rear bench back and stuffed a queen sized air matress or something similar back there? Suggestions? -john '85 Silver Sunroof...
• Re: Rear bench seat: Weekender?
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:23:40 EST
  ...of the rear bench seat. I can lift the front edge of the seat up about 6" to access the rear heater control (and...
• Re: Full Width Z-Bed installation struggle.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:03:30 -0400
  Had an '84 Wolfsburg with fold flat rear seat and rectangular foam pad over engine. Larry A. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10...
• Re: That '87 for sale in Los Banos
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 19:07:22 -0400
  ...real nice. >> >Westfalia Weekender?? If this has a poptop, rear bed/bench and two rear >> >facing single seats it's a Multivan. Excellent choice...
• Re: rear seat hinges
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:21:01 -0700
  ...bench seat hinges but place the seat higher so that when folded out the bench and seat back are level with the raised rear...
• Re: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:10:07 -0700
  ...Then along the front of the area under the rear bench to the heater (installed on the passenger side compartment under the rear bench...
• Re: Bench Seat, Reasons, Child Seats, other things.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:18:54 +0000
  Regarding the rear facing jump seats, one thing to consider, they have a bit of a rep for making people carsick if you are...
• For Sale
  Historical mailing list - james dunne
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:04:46 -0800
  ...1984 Vanagon, 133K, blue with blue check interior, rear bench seats (not a Weekender). Very nice shape; began its life in CA. Virtually no...
• Re: Battery size to fit under bench seat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:52:36 -0400
  ...I've already removed the heater from > under the rear bench seat and have plenty of room there. What's a good > Group size...
• Re: Looking for front 2 person bench from 9 passenger vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:12 -0700
  ...As for finding a 2-person front bench, you may want to post on the SyncroDoublecabs List as some of the listmembers had gone...
• Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:00 -0700
  ...the rear seat up two inches would require some 2x4" pieces of wood >to go on the floor to raise the bench part up...
• Re: FREE 1985 VANAGON * (with eberspacher gas heater)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:01 EDT
  ...writes: > I have a blue, 1985 Vanbagon five seater (two front, bench rear) that has > a gas heater, the gas heater is worth it...
• newbie goof
  Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:21:37 EDT
  ...I found & turned off the heat exchanger valve under the rear bench, but it still emits some heat. Is this normal or do I...
• WTB: Seats for double cab
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 25 May 2001 03:50:34 EDT
  ...I actually only need the framework on the 2-person front seats & the 3-person rear bench. Complete and partial interiors considered. I'm...
• Re: Question about rear seat operation/removal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:20:39 -0500
  ...However, the Owner Manual for the car says "The rear seat bench is secured with one bolt on each sidewall underneath the seat covering...
• seatbelts and airbags
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:06:49 -0800
  ...and one front seat, I added >>anther front seat, and a rear bench including seat belts. > >My dad's '60 Sunbeam Alpine came from...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 15 May 2020 14:57:59 -0400
  ...coolant seeping around > under the back bench - seems to me the floor of the box around the rear > heater is concealed by thin particle...
• Re: Solar charger question
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:35:05 -0600
  Through the roof on each side, GE silicone II sealed, straight down to right where the front of the rear internal roof/upper bed...