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• Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:45:50 -0500
  Sorry, should have added "free" cup holder.
• Re: Post chrome strip rubber cleaning Q
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 May 2005 08:24:12 -0500
  ...even something like baby shampoo in water - and use the roller to roll the seal into the groove. This will tighten up the rubber...
• When is The Vanagon Rescue Tape not Rescue tape?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:49 -0600
  Having bought two rolls of the black rescue tape for my Vanagon travel kit at $10 each on ebay, I now see a 3...
• Re: 2 non vanagon links...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:35:48 -0400
  On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Chris S wrote: > The tires rolling up the ramp? Having watched the video, I think the tires were weighted...
• Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:39:34 -0700
  I'll add a testimonial for the Roll-a-Table. We've used ours for 12+ years, and it's still going strong. Many...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:47:15 -0400
  ...The advantage is that a rear a/r bar will shift the "roll-couple" or roll resistance to the rear wheels, causing the rear...
• To tint or not to tint that is.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:27:09 -0700
  ...The PO had simply installed that roll on tinting you buy at any old FLAPS. It works great, and keeps the temp down quite...
• screens for front doors
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:56:02 -0400
  ...this frame can slip into the window channels when the front window is rolled down. pop-riveted weather stripping on bottom screen frame (only...
• Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:33:01 -0400
  I am in need of a slider door roller bearing (the big one that goes on the channel under the cover, under the rear...
• Re: The best awning
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:32:28 -0700
  I roll it up with the poles in it, by myself and it works well. On Jul 14, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Kim...
• Re: RE: Generator access or engine acces
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 21:21:25, -0500
  ...Now it is easy to get to the top rear engine bolts, and just pull out the engine on the rollers. Easy with rear...
• Re: Added sleeping comfort & sliding door bug screens
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:08:05 -0800
  ...when n you roll them up. They used to make a really cool stadium cushion, too. Mattresses come in various lengths and thicknesses, comfort...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:39:23 -0700
  ...I put it on the bottom slide / roller, and also inside upper track and the rear track. Previously there was a "metal on metal...
• Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 1 Sep 2018 22:57:35 -0700
  ...be replaced by just rolling down the window, but does the full kit require more disassembly or just rolling down the window? Thanks much...
• Re: window does not roll up
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:39:40 -0800
  ...34 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET> wrote: > I went to roll up my window today, and it went up an inch, made some...
• VW ad in Rolling Stone
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 10:20:56 MST
  No, I don't read Rolling Stone on a regular basis, but I was lucky enough to find something of worth in it when...
• Re: VW porn
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:23:28 -0500
  ...Jones" wrote: > > Joel Walker wrote: > ........................................... > maybe a peek or two beneath an engine hatch!!! > ........................................... > > Joel--check: > http://coyote.Colorado.EDU/jones/Utah01/roll2-medium...
• Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:27:16 -0800
  ...I bet a regular sized OD roller would have been fine. Neil. Neil. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:23 AM, neil n...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:31:27 -0800
  ...The Duluth roll is better made in about six different ways. Worth the difference in price. Mark '82 Westy On Nov 13, 2010, at...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 14:29:19 EDT
  Try "Kaiser Roll". ---------------------------------- Joshua R. Poulson, Widener University Department of Computer Systems
• Re: Silicone "Rescue Tape" ... it works
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:25:15 -0700
  ...has it (Xtreme Tape), too, at $30 for 6 ten foot rolls. YMMV. I can't say if these are made in America. Rob...
• Re: Cooking the Roll----
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:15:20 -0800
  ...Cooking the Roll---- > > Now here is something I just was reminded of--and I want to know, if > anyone else has ever heard of...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:13:00 -0400
  ...I never worried, until after the >aftermath of Roger's rollover in Wyoming last winter. Then I >decided that I didn't want a...
• Re: Sound Deadener Installation Concerns
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:36:42 -0800
  ...BTDT, have a couple of rolls of that stuff stuffed insice the doors, sides, and slider of my Westy, also anywhere else that sounds...
• Re: [Syncro] Anybody wanna sell an awning?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lackner
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:45:47 -0700
  Chris - I'm selling an 81 Vanagon with a good rollup awning included - wanna buy an awning with a Westfalia camper attached? No, seriously...
• Re: sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:35:03 -0700
  ...Unbolt the top roller support... slide the seal over, put the roller support back on, tighten it as before. On the bottom, remove the...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 19:12:08 -0700
  ...On the post 85 set up I noticed, after modding the main rollers, that the rollers under the removable body part aft of the...
• Re: Cheapo CV Boot repair(emergency only)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:17:04 -0500
  ...The roll is maybe 7-8" in width. In > additon to that, I used part of a roll of 3M 33+ electrical tape and...
• Re: window does not roll up
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:40:53 -0800
  ...alistair On 2013-02-13, at 7:34 PM, Tom Carchrae wrote: > Dear List, > > I went to roll up my window today, and it...
• OT bug rolls on its own into another car
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 12:33:21 -0700
  Ok,, I don't own herbie, but my 66 rolled out of parking spot down a little hill into another car, ok this was...
• roll call
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 04 May 1994 00:10:25 -0400 (EDT)
  Damn, this is a busy list! Sorry so late... Wolf, in Albany, NY 1970 camper van
• Re: reefer lighting & led display - Westfalian (F)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:30:58 -0700
  Roll up the windows... ;-) >Part of my recent reefer lighting problem...
• Rolling up E Windows with Ignition off...
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:23:46 -0700
  How can I have my vanagon rewired to do this??? Thanks...
• round cylindrical pin
  Historical mailing list - Robert MacDowell
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:02:31 -0500
  It's called a roll pin and can be found at any good hardware store
• On the Road Again....
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:59:22 -0500
  Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep those Wagons Rolling, After all the van and tire issues I've had of late - I finally got Ol' Red...
• Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 21 May 2009 22:27:08 -0600
  ...9. *Make sure that the cam and lifters are matched, (solid/solid, hydraulic/hydraulic, roller hydraulic/roller hydraulic, solid roller/solid roller), etc. Strange...
• Re: ug back bumper-foiled
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:40:11 -0600
  I'm sure this won't be considered a popular solution but, I'm using rolls of Safeway Aluminum Foil, stabilized by inserting the...
• Re: How to access exterior slider track
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:13:40 -0700
  ...now VW owns Bentley, and BMW owns Rolls, or it's the other way around. and they come with VW or BMW engines too...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:03:06 -0500
  ...Drive the van up onto the rollers, the tires spin the >> rollers, and the rollers are hooked to the margarita mixer. > > Which begs the...
• How do you carry your cargo?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:14:17 -0800
  ...Because our vans have such large flat areas, unsecured items tend to roll around while driving. I wonder how everyone else deals with it...
• Re: all twos
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:11:00 -0400
  ...Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote: > > I saw one of my odometers roll over 100,00 miles. But pretty much missed every other neat occasion...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:48:22 -0800
  ...while ago someone -- Joel Cort I think? -- highly praised the tool > roll that Duluth Trading Post sell. �I foolishly believed him and got > one...
• Re: Bentley EV manual - updated release date
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:42:03
  >Called this morning, saying "is it time?" They said >yup, we have a firm date now (drum roll) > >September 1st! (cymbal crash) > >Seems they...
• Re: shocks
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:46:38 EST
  ...They solved a lot of the body roll and nose dive problem but they are some pretty stiff SOB's. If money is not...
• transmission problem?
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:46:20 -0800
  ...I'll be driving and come to a full stop or even a rolling stop. When I step on the accelerator, the van doesn...
• Re: Battery acid in roll over
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:40:34 -0500
  ...If your really concerned, I'd be pondering a roll cage design first. I think the gas pouring out of the tank would be...
• Need modulator for power windows...
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:21:29 -0700
  ...and of course, rolling up the windows upon 'locking' ... but they said that they couldn't get their particular modulator to work with my...
• Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 18 May 2007 05:35:59 -0500
  ...Transporting this car to his trailer seems to be the big deal killer right now since it doesn't roll and would take more...
• VW in trouble over SAP roll-out
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:37:13 EST
  news about VW from across the pond... scroll down.. chris [message/rfc822]
• Re: Repair/refurbishment 1982 westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:54:29 -0500
  ...You're going to need some good contact cement and some small rollers and trays to roll on both surfaces. Don't be fooled...
• Bus autocross?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 21 Nov 95 23:40:02 EST
  ...I imagine these anti roll skids attached to the jack points like outriggers to keep anyone from rolling, and a standard sort of autocross...
• Re: Floppy armrest - success!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:10:02 -0700
  ...Made for pushing roll pins around. http://a.co/9q9kiCB Jim
• Re: Repainting Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:46:17 -0400
  ...Then I used silver steel wheel paint from a paint shop (in a spray can)and sprayed a small paint roller. I rolled the...
• Re: Tire observation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:46:07 -0500
  In general a low traction-rolling resistance tire will also require less steering effort. The two attributes do work together. There are exceptions especially...
• Re: Cheap and easy fuel pressure gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:07:11 -0400
  ...This is a roller pump, incidentally (not the peristaltic kind of roller pump, this is related to vane pumps). About 50 seconds into this...
• Re: When is The Vanagon Rescue Tape not Rescue tape?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:06:16 -0600
  iIm sending a roll of the yellow to David for "testing" in his secret laboratory. Results to be confirmed or denied eventually.At 01...
• Re: Interior color/The Brownest Westy EVER
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:16:51 -0800
  And for the majority of vanagon lovers who prefer brown, I have THE brownest Westy on the planet for sale-CHEAP!(rolling Chassis) Its...
• Re: Value of a Rolling Chasis to a scrap yard
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:01 -0800
  ...What do you suppose is a decent dollar > amount for a "rolling Chasis" Vanagon is I were sending one (or two) to a > scrap...
• Re: eurovan recall
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 17:02:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...roll the dice...yep, the chicks dig that sorta stuff...gonna get me a t-shirt, roll up a pack of butts in the...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:00:43 -0500
  Cool, Mon! Nothing like converting a rolling turd into something elegant! Vanagons on good tires roll like they are on rails. Mine does anyway...