Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 9+: 60 results shown for Sliding Window.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:17:59 -0400
  I found some of that at Home hardware when I rebuilt my windows. I just saw same thing at Home Depot today. Look in...
• Re: How to replace vent window on '75 sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:36:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...thanks, brandy > > How do you replace the vent window in the sliding door on a 75 bus? > Looks like it had a peg at...
• FS: Sliding window locks, door handles, fuel pump, rear wiper motor, upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:31:24 -0700
  ...sliding window locks (used) - $10 door handles (used) - $8 fuel pump (used) - $45 rear wiper motor (used) - $45 upper control arm bushings (new) - $15...
• Re: Nagging Gremlins: Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:00:40 -0400
  ...Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door Hello, check the wiper fuse;check your timing;check your expansion tank coolant level. Pray...
• Re: FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:12:08 -0400
  ...It has a bent sliding window frame, with no window, and the locks and handle would have to be replaced. It also doesn't...
• Re: How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:38:02 +0100
  ...How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy > > > > Ummm - The oproblem i'm trying to solve is that the sliding door window...
• Re: Best Tint?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:04:34 -0400
  ...The only spots that have a few minor scratches are from sliding the screens and not from sliding the windows open or closed. Mike...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencers!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 22:24:23 +0000
  > > "Out the vent window"?? Just what position are you IN? (Brings a lot of > gymnastics to mind :-) > Maybe that's why the vent windows...
• sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 17:00:49 -0400
  ...on the side windows of my Westy, the "action" seems to be a little stiff when I latch and unlatch them . Does anyone know...
• Thermos windows, brbrbrbrbr!
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Bernier
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:18:54 -0500
  Hi gang I am looking for 2 thermal windows for my 84. One for the sliding door and one for the rear hatch. If...
• Re: window installations
  Historical mailing list - dieselwesty
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:59:47 -0400
  I need some tips on this too as I need to take my sliding window out on the sink side to stop it from...
• Re: small sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:36:07 -0600
  >I was wondering if these would fit the rear window of a Vanagon style > crewcab? > I tried emailing them for dimensions but have received...
• Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:06:43 EST
  yes - unless you want the knob on the outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! andy 85 westy
• Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 22:23:54 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the sliding door quieter and it got focused on the wrong problem. Ask about lubricants and get: 1. Pee out the window 2. Use...
• Re: Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:20:49 -0800
  ...I need to remove the latch on the Sliding Window on the Sliding Door. There is a problem with the way it locks(or...
• Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:09:34 -0400
  The drivers side middle window is a direct swap with the sliding door on early model westies. Apart from not being stock, would there...
• Re: Sliding Window Vent Covers
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:52:01 -0700
  "> and click on:AIRVENT LOUVERED WINDOW INSERTS in the > midle." Yeah these are nice but they are NOT for the SLIDING WINDOWS. Plus they...
• side sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:33:45 -0400
  i'm interested in fellow listmembers ideas on locking/securing these windows from being opened from the outside. joe 86 vgon gl sunny buffalo...
• Sliding widow spacers (Was: sliding window latches)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:36:43 -0700
  ...sliding window latches > > > Anyone know how to tighten the sliding window latches? > Mine are a bit loose and I don't see an obvious...
• Re: Body upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 8 May 2009 22:47:46 +1200
  ...But the one > area that really bothers me is the middle window in the sliding door and > on the driver side opposite the sliding...
• Re: Ripoff on Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:25:08 -0400
  The sliding door windows are a different size on the '80 through '84s, too (Westy or not). They changed in '85 and were the...
• Re: Any Sliding Window Screens Out There?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:14:09 -0500
  on 8/29/05 7:17 PM, James Benthall at Taobythesea@AOL.COM wrote: > Hi all, > Go Westy is out of the sliding window...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:09:57 -0600
  ...is the fix for that: > > > http://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/3990/sliding-window-screen-lh-rh-?v= > > > > Stuart > > > > > On Jun 20, 2018, at...
• Re: need sliding glass for 85 westfalia sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:59:24 -0400
  ...Anyone have a source for the sliding glass on the sliding door for an 85 Westfalia? About five years ago someone tried to break...
• Re: Rear Side window slider now at GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:17:03 -0700
  ...They did mention there may have to be a fix to keep the sliding door from being opened when the >> the rear sliding window...
• Re: Louvered camper windows
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:31:00 EDT
  ...an 87 Westie with louvered windows (like the 68-79 campers had) instead of the poor ventilation stock sliding type?? >> yes you can, just...
• FS: side windows w/ screens, complete poptop section (add to any van)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:33:50 EST
  ...sliding side windows w/ screens, fit ALL 80-84 vanagons.. from a westy. also, complete poptop roof from vanagon westy, w/ luggage rack, poptop...
• Sliding side window locks (1984)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:21:55 -0400
  ...Looks like the channel in the window frame underneath the glass is worn too much or is missing a shim. In any case, I...
• small sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:51:58 -0500
  I was wondering if these would fit the rear window of a Vanagon style crewcab? I tried emailing them for dimensions but have received...
• Screensaver
  Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:37:09 EST
  ...Can you purchase the sliding windows w/frame for the back windows here in the States and if so, where? My second question: Does...
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:57:40 -0800
  ...Well, it will stop vertical rain anyway :) > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ > > alistair >
• Re: Hatch mosquito net
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:27:23 EST
  ...Sliding door openin screen kit Rear Hatch Screen kit Screens for Cab Windows Screens for side sliding windows. For Vanagon: Sliding door opening screen...
• Re: Removing Sliding glass locks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 14:11:32 -0500
  ...have a person wanting > to buy > > the two sliding glass locks from the side windows. > > > > Anyone know how to get the locks off without...
• Looking for window glass
  Historical mailing list - Joe Kearns
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:16:01 -0400
  I am looking for the sliding portion of the glass for the passenger side slider for my 1991 Syncro. Checked on the Samba and...
• Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole heck of a lot like one?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 1 Jan 2015 00:53:03 -0600
  ...Window Seal Center Sliding Window; 80-84 left or right, 85-91 left only. Finest quality German/European made. (Euro look; no 'chrome' trim...
• Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole heck of a lot like one?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 1 Jan 2015 12:50:19 -0600
  ...What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a >> whole heck of a lot like one? >> >> >> Here's a picture...
• Re: Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Piero Padroni
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:17:52 +0200
  Yes, very unusuals! I have seen a pair of sliding rear windows mounted on an ambulance of the Italian Red Cross (prepared on a...
• Re: sliding window latch loose
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:00:40 -0500
  ...At 06:13 PM 1/1/2007, Jonathan Chasteen wrote... >my sliding window latch is evtremely loose and wont allow the window >to latch...
• Re: easiest way to break into a vanagon ;<) was Re: HELP...keys locked in
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:02:56 -0500
  On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, JordanVw wrote: > B) pry out those little plastic thingies the side sliding windows slide on in > the tracks, otherwise...
• Some more------
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 15:58:52 -0500
  Hey all, Today as I was dimanteling the 87 Wolfsburg, I discovered that it has one black framed sliding window, on the driver's...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:49:09 -0400
  ...Actuallt I have every window except a pre 85 sliding door window. Chris On 9/12/06, roger sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello...
• '89 GL sliding side window...can they come off while on van???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:57:26 -0400
  Howdy, just kickin the idea of removing the side sliding glass (the glass that actually does the sliding). Can this be removed while glass...
• Re: Air scopes for sliding windows?
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:02:57 -0800
  ...has someone tried this things in the side sliding window > (obviously, shifting them from horizontal to vertical position). I suppose > this will allow to...
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:08:57 -0500
  That is a great design. Bravo! I will be making some of those. Edward
• 1988-1991 Westy passenger window wanted.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:18:13 -0600
  Anyone have or know of a '88 - '91 Westy passenger side sliding window for sale? I do not need the plastic screen, just the...
• Re: Sliding window latch
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:31:39 -0700
  ...Sliding window latch > Hi volks, > > Does anyone know (before I take me right angle, standard driver and do some > damage) if the screw accessed...
• How to remove window latch?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 12 May 2013 22:00:56 -0600
  ...How do I remove the interior latch on the sliding glass window inside of a 1985 Westfalia? Thanks,Geneva and Mike85 Bostig (now with...
• Re: Source Sliding Window Guides?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:05:41 -0700
  ...sbw@sbw.org> wrote: > Does anyone have a source for the sliding window track > guides/plugs? Or a couple of pairs I can buy...
• insane a/c project
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:35:45 -0400
  ...Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame installed over the aluminum window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding glass is removed (stationary...
• Re: reversing sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:45:13 +0100
  ...but are the sliding door windows the same size as those across from them?? It would be too good to be true if they...
• Re: Warmer bus talk
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:30:39 -0500
  ...I've got a spare rear hatch glass >> which would make a cool window, just use a window rubber out of a >> bread-loaf...
• "Kicking Out Window" Removal Technique
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:00:09 +0200
  ...Has anyone tried this technique on the sliding side windows (either the 50/50 or Westy type), or the large rear hatch window? If...
• Re: reversing sliding side windows
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:20:07 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, leaving the ever secure > sliding window open an inch allows it to be opened the rest of the way with > nothing more than...
• Sliding Door Busses - Real Life
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 21:12:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In my bus book, there is a picture of a 21 window with a sliding door, and another of a '66 panel slider. Any...
• Middle window, Reversing sides
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:16:19 -0700
  I noticed that a person could reach through the sliding windows and unlock the van so wondered if the windows could be removed, and...
• Re: HELP! Sliding window removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 4 May 2002 20:39:06 -0700
  ...HELP! Sliding window removal <DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 16:37:23 +0000 <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt;If any...
• Re: How to replace vent window on '75 sliding door?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:03:28 -0500
  ...rather >easily. > >thanks, > brandy > > >> >> How do you replace the vent window in the sliding door on a 75 bus? >> Looks like it had a...
• Re: FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:57:12 -0700
  ...It > has a bent sliding window frame, with no window, and the locks and handle > would have to be replaced. It also doesn't...
• Re: Tinting Westy Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:59:43 -0700
  ...After looking at my westy and the sliding windows, he turned down the job. This guy was such a perfectionist, and he said the...
• Screen for non-camper
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:44:16 -0700
  ...I understand that there are aftermarket screens which can be locked in place for the non-camper sliding windows, and then there are improved...