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  • About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:14:40 -0500
    ...flue vent cover is not absolutely parallel to the face of the flue vent cover and perfectly aligned with the edge of the rubber...
  • Re: AFM photos update
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:30:47 -0700
    ...cover is held on with silicone caulk. > Tale a large flat-bladed screwdriver and VERY gently and SLOWLY pry up on the > edge of...
  • Re: Camper swivel seat ? Battery box?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 4 May 2004 17:51:26 -0400
    ...cover over the primary battery that won't work with the swivel in place. Westfalia put a flat plate over the battery that screws...
  • fuel sender repair
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Thu, 06 Oct 94 20:57:36 CDT
    ...should be lifted slightly around the edge. - Place the cover over the hole, mark off the screw hole positions on the floor plate and...
  • Re: About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:44:51 -0400
    ...flue vent cover is not absolutely > parallel to the face of the flue vent cover and perfectly aligned with the > edge of the rubber...
  • Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:12:52 EDT
    ...the screw without breaking something. > > the plastic cover simply pops off the base exposing the single phillips screw.. use a wide flathead screwdriver and...
  • Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
    Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
    Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:31 -0400
    ...the screw without breaking >> something. >> > > > the plastic cover simply pops off the base exposing the single > phillips screw.. use a wide flathead screwdriver and...
  • Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:42:52 -0700
    ...been re-covered -- it's covered with soft tan vinyl, and there is a white plastic channel along the top edge holding it in...
  • Re: reFUSES to move
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 8 May 2003 16:07:11 -0400
    ...As brittle as the plastic > seems to > be, forcing it puts my teeth on edge thinking I'm going to crack the > entire > cover...
  • Re: What speakers to get:
    Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
    Tue, 2 May 2000 08:21:51 -0700
    ...speakers with it). This created a flat speaker cover. Taped cover over our new speakers and then drilled four holes though the edges, used...
  • Re: AFM photos update
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:53:49 -0800
    The cover is held on with silicone caulk. Tale a large flat-bladed screwdriver and VERY gently and SLOWLY pry up on the edge...
  • Re: Fridge won't come out...
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:49:29 -0800
    ...The screws on the middle seam come out and then the face plate swings out starting with the middle edge. Mark BJ Feddish wrote...
  • Sliding door track cover and welting question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:29:59 -0400
    ...Well, it is no longer shredding or too short, but the darn thing doesn't stay up above the edge of the cover, and...
  • Re: removing interior door panels
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sun, 6 Apr 2008 00:38:35 -0700
    ...Woody, You can pry the screw covers from the edge closest to the center of the grab handle. There are two Phillips head screws...
  • Another cup holder
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 14 Oct 1996 11:27:59 -0400
    ...off the clip and screwed it onto the righthand outside edge of the instrument cluster cover using genuine VW screws removed from an old...
  • Re: Sliding door track cover and welting question
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 14 Jun 2014 05:57:51 -0700
    ...My old one had the edge of the metal cover in the fold. I did that to the new one. I slipped it in...
  • Re: hose clamps
    Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
    Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:45:39 PDT
    Dear list, With all this coversation about fuel hose replacement, I thought I ought to mention clamps. Some clamp manufacturers make screw type clamps...
  • Re: Replacing the flexible plastic strip in the AT box ...
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:29:18 -0700
    ...There is a small allen head set screw that holds it in place. 2) Pop the cover (the part with P-R-N-D...
  • Re: fuel tank update
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:42 EDT
    ...Use fuel injection style screw claps with the rounded edges. Discard the plastic pipe pieces in the run to the overflow tanks. Just make...
  • Re: Battery almost disaster
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:08:13 -0700
    ...cover is over the battery on your > Westy, but late model tin-tops generally have a steel cover hinged at the > back edge, with...
  • Re: hose clamps
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:29:59 EDT
    ...Dear list, > >With all this coversation about fuel hose replacement, I thought I >ought to mention clamps. Some clamp manufacturers make screw type clamps...
  • Re: Using American hose clamps on fuel injector hoses ok?
    Historical mailing list - Mike B
    Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:40:45 -0500
    ...No screw-thread holes to cut into hose soft outer rubber covering -Rounded side edges to prevent cutting of hose The American screw-type...
  • Siding-door bug screen: A new idea
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:10:48 -0300
    ...the outer edge of the carpet (where the door closes) the screws seemed striped and I was thinking about how (with what) to use...
  • two power drivers side mirrors for sale
    Historical mailing list - W Monk
    Tue, 1 Jun 2010 20:20:26 -0400
    ...covers the bottom or any harware (you can reuse your old screws and then add one sheet metal at the bottom). The one with...
  • Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:51:44 -0500
    ...quickley! The good point is that this wear can be covered up with the rubber gasket.Use as many people as possiable to remove...
  • Re: Westy roof
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:17:27 -0700
    ...the upper bunk completely, cover the area with thin indoor/outdoor carpet, put some screw-eyes around the edges and use it for storage...
  • 88 Vanagon - how to remove side door track cover?
    Historical mailing list - John Graham
    Wed, 23 May 2007 08:42:36 -0400
    ...I've removed the two phillips head screws that hold the cover on from the bottom and I think that's all there is...
  • Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:13:35 -0600
    ...been > re-covered -- it's covered with soft tan vinyl, and there is a white > plastic channel along the top edge holding it in...
  • Re: Making a Bed--any advise?
    Historical mailing list - walt spak
    Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:45:40 -0700
    ...edge of 3 more pieces of 2 X 6 and screwed them to the front piece. They extended backwards across the engine cover, one...
  • Re: Replacement Prodcedure for Kitchen Light
    Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
    Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:24:16 -0800
    ...cover caps where the metal back of the shelf wraps over the edge of the roof opening. Remove the caps and the screws underneath...
  • Re: Using American hose clamps on fuel injector hoses ok?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:23:16 -0800
    ...No screw-thread holes to cut into hose soft outer rubber covering > -Rounded side edges to prevent cutting of hose > > The American screw-type...
  • Psychedelic Westy Cargo Subfloor
    Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
    Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:07:39 -0700
    ...It appeared to be the original '83.5 dark brown, with stock Westy doorsill sheet metal edge strip, and the carpet extending slightly under...
  • Re: Sliding door track cover and welting question
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:35:33 -0700
    ...Sliding door track cover and welting question Hi folks, Another possibly too simple question but one I'd love some help with. The black...
  • Re: nut mm rear wheel
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Wed, 5 May 2004 14:31:08 -0400
    ...the little hole ( that might be covered with >a rubber plug ) on the back with a little screwdriver .... >You�ll pretty soon feel weather...
  • EV mudflaps (long)
    Historical mailing list - W Li
    Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:58:55 -0800
    ...the flap so it clears the front edge of the bumper) -attach the flap with SS screws as you did for the fronts 4...
  • Re: Today is a Holy day...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 03 May 94 22:07:58 CDT
    ...with the phillips screw in the middle. IMPORTANT: use the correct 'size' phillips head screwdriver!!! using the 'wrong' size can bugger the screw up...
  • Cup holder
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:35:07 -0700
    ...Basically, a shelf with two proper size holes to take some of those thermal long bodied cups with the screw on lids. The cup...
  • Where to get metal edging strip?
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Thu, 24 May 2007 12:15:44 -0700
    ...covering, and then attempt to hide the top of it with wooden molding? The flooring doesn't get fastened with glue of screws, so...
  • Eurovan mudflaps
    Historical mailing list - W Li
    Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:34:44 -0800
    ...the flap so it clears the front edge of the bumper) -attach the flap with SS screws as you did for the fronts 4...
  • Re: Using American hose clamps on fuel injector hoses ok?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:49:06 -0600
    ...No screw-thread holes to cut into hose soft outer rubber covering > > -Rounded side edges to prevent cutting of hose > > > > The American screw-type...
  • Re: 88 Vanagon - how to remove side door track cover?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 24 May 2007 09:25:02 -0500
    ...I've removed the two phillips head screws that hold > the cover on from the bottom and I think that's all there is...
  • Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:11:35 -0800
    ...quickley! The good > point is that this wear can be covered up with the rubber gasket.Use as > many people as possiable to remove...
  • Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:04:17 -0800
    ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? > The length of the screws in not the only thing VW changed. The replacement > screws have a larger...
  • Re: Westys w/ bunkbed removed for extra storage(Question)
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:07:33 -0700
    I covered the plywood base with thin indoor/outdoor carpet and put an L-shaped aluminum trim strip across the front to hold it...
  • Re: Need advice for stripping parts
    Historical mailing list - hunnam
    Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:07:46 +1000
    ...I am assuming that behind these little black buttons are screws that fasten the panel, which is that fiberboard stuff covered with a thin...
  • Re: Dashtop revamping
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:51:34 +1300
    ...8 screws holding it in and about a dozen or so little >Screw type clips holding it on along the passenger compartment edge. > >I...
  • ShadyBoy Awning: Acid Test Report
    Historical mailing list - PSavage
    Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:54:53 -0700
    ...have mounted it to my van with thru-body screw holes), I intend working with this gear & with Wolfgang, the designer, to see if...
  • Re: Carrier Bars?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:50:39 -0800
    ...for an engine cover I'd just use fiberglass, or even a cover with flange edge ad screws or rivets though holes.. but fbr...
  • Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:29:09 -0700
    ...been >> re-covered -- it's covered with soft tan vinyl, and there is a white >> plastic channel along the top edge holding it in...
  • Re: 88 Vanagon - how to remove side door track cover?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 23 May 2007 06:48:33 -0700
    ...I've removed the two phillips head screws that hold > the cover on from the bottom and I think that's all there is...
  • '56 Kombi Progress Update
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Fri, 14 Oct 1994 09:34:43 -0700 (PDT)
    ...edge of the cover. So I did that, making small slits in the bottom piece, slipping the bows in and putting the screws back...
  • Re: floor tracks for single captain's chair
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
    Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:17:26 -0700
    ...by two tracks/covers, i have one single piece of flooring with the grey crosshatched vinyl. where you might have screws coming up from...
  • Re: Need advice for stripping parts
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:30:40 -0400
    ...I am >assuming that behind these little black buttons are screws that fasten >the panel, which is that fiberboard stuff covered with a thin...
  • Re: 88 Vanagon - how to remove side door track cover?
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 23 May 2007 08:55:09 -0400
    ...I usually hit it with a hammer. Well, not exactly. What I do is place a softwood 1x6 under the cover and then hit...
  • Re: Psychedelic Westy Cargo Subfloor
    Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
    Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:13:07 -0700
    ...It appeared to be the original '83.5 dark brown, with stock Westy doorsill sheet metal edge strip, and the carpet extending slightly under...
  • Re: [Syncro] looking for some shade !!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:49:46 -0400
    ...I particularly like that the awning, when hanging from the drip edge mounting without the rods attached, drops to within a few inches of...
  • Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:06:11 -0500
    ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? > The length of the screws in not the only thing VW changed. The replacement > screws have a larger...
  • Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Fri, 11 May 2018 20:06:36 -0400
    ...All intact with bracket. I suspect many more westies are missing the cover being screwed down. > > Jason > > On May 11, 2018 15:56, "Tom...
  • Re: new pop top canvas installed
    Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
    Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:56:09 -0700
    ...Line up the lower edge canvas midpoint marks with the roof midpoint marks. Put the screws closest to the midpoint marks thru the metal...
  • Re: � � � Re: Frank G.'s TDI cluster, and V6 advertising
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:47:57 EST
    ...the white-scaled A6 cluster in my Vanagon. > > Pictures (now with another cover, but no photos of it yet): > > http://www.vwbus-online.de...