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Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:25:29 -0800
Dave, It might be that you need to adjust door (Bentley) as my door needs no slamming. I'd go as far as to...
Re: Doors slam too hard
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:06:06 -0700
...Doors slam too hard > Hi All -- > > Does anyone have a solution for fixing aging door seals that prevent the > front doors from slamming so...
Doors slam too hard
Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:44:33 EDT
Hi All -- Does anyone have a solution for fixing aging door seals that prevent the front doors from slamming so hard? If it were...
Re: Air Vents on Rear Windows
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:15:01 EST
...The doors won't close without a window open or a determined slam, >> it's a VW...you have to SLAM the doors.. chris
Re: Air Vents on Rear Windows
Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:21:47 -0600
...without a window open or a determined slam, >> > > >it's a VW...you have to SLAM the doors.. > >chris Not our '91! You can...
Re: Canadian exportation of Vanagon to the USA
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 06:51:06 EST
...Went down the line opening doors "<click>nope,<slam> <click>nope,<slam> <click> nope,<slam> Yup! I'll take this one! steve "Hey! nice...
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:55:49 -0700
...Study the position of your latching mechanism internals closely after gently closing, without slamming, then do the same after slamming. You should see the...
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 19:13:29 -0800
...But, >> it slams shut, and if I try to close it without a slam, it fails to >> latch. mcneely >> > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1...
Re: Spare tire question
Historical mailing list
Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:41:19 -0400 (AST)
...Since changing to 195 75R14 tires (including spare) always had this size on, just slam the spare tire carrier and it latches. Some folks...
Re: <.F> Westy Appearance Package aka help for the sedate
Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:46:57 EDT
...discard their own hubcaps ' I'm confused? Is this a slam?>> No slams here -- just smiles! :-) Actually, I figured I would take more heat...
NVC-Spam Slam
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:43:02 -0600
Sorry Volks, for the spam slamming of this morning. Not my doing. Something has invaded (through my firewall) my hotmail system ... but then we...
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:35:10 -0800
...COM> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:32 AM Subject: Re: Slam! that slider....can you not? > At 02:12 PM 3/5/2011...
Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:49:48 -0800
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
Re: Sliding door opens by itself
Historical mailing list - Eric Small
Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:30:28 EDT
Tim, Mine did the same thing for a long time after the door got slammed (need to control my temper). The door would open...
Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:30:52 +0000
I've been so slammed lately I've had no time for my '87 Westy but just now dropped everything and ran out to...
Auto tranny with hard downshift into 1
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:45:37 -0800
...When you do that, no slamming. BUT...when you stop and then manually shifts back up to 2, THEN you get the slam. Tranny...
Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:13:27 -0800
...No slamming ! if slamming is needed.. something is not lubed well enough. I have never had a vanagon come into my shop with a...
Re: Air Vents on Rear Windows
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:27:26 EST
> > > >it's a VW...you have to SLAM the doors.. > > > >chris > > Not our '91! You can see a puff of air out those vents...
Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:21:55 -0800
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where > it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
Re: Hard shutting front doors
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sat, 3 Mar 2012 22:30:43 -0800
...Open a window or wait to close your door until the passenger has already closed theirs then you only have to slam one door...
Re: Vent windows past 90 degrees -- nope
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:48:07 -0400
At 07:14 PM 7/15/2009, RICHARD KOERNER wrote: >on my torso, but then sure enough at 50 MPH the vent slams shut...
Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:51:05 -0800
...I think it's sort of rude, slamming my slider, when someone is camped close or in a tent..or sitting close by...Early...
Fwd: Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:09:44 -0500
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where > it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
Re: Photo Thread
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:20:17 -0500
Oops! Trailer, I meant trailer! Thought I would get that straightened out before I got slammed by someone I corrected..... Miguel
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:12:32 -0800
...Slam! that slider....can you not? > I've always been able to tell when someone nearby is camping in a VW > Vanagon...I hear...
Re: NVC-Spam Slam
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:29:56 -0700
...Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@hotmail.com> wrote: > Sorry Volks, for the spam slamming of this morning. Not my doing. > Something has invaded (through my firewall...
Fwd: Re: Vent Question
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sun, 7 Mar 2010 07:32:54 -0500
...My wife hates that >every time she gets in she slams the door like on her honda and it >doesn't shut. Now. I...
Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:26:56 -0600
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where > > it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
Sprung driver side door--80 vanagon.
Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
Wed, 06 Nov 96 14:12:52 -0500
...I have to slam it hard to get the latch to catch. Everybody knows you don't slam VW door and it's making...
Re: Auto tranny with hard downshift into 1
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:14:36 -0800
...Was the full throttle downshift hard? It should be noticable, but not a slam. Valve body issues if it still slams, most likely. Zoran...
Door Alignment???
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 21:45:11 -0400
...t do the latch any good staying this way...have to slam it pretty good. Anyway, since then I managed to drift the van...
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Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:09:18 -0800
...I've seen people run their slammed VW Jettas on donut spares to bring them lower to the ground. (VW Content!) One notable individual...
Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:21:39 -0500
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
clutch fork
Historical mailing list - John Hurley
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:21:18 -0400
...I can not get my westy started on any incline without it slamming away. The same thing happens if you try to take off...
Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:53:52 -0600
...I located it when the door was at it's "resting" place, where > it ends up after a failed slam-attempt. Now it's...
Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:19:15 -0400
...Been awhile since I heard the words Slammed, dropped, and tunes. mike
Re: Door handles
Historical mailing list - ucbcplw
Fri, 01 Jul 94 16:13:03 +0100
...In other words you would need a key to open the slam door from outside. Does this make sense? Cheers Paul. :-)
Can't close door after body work!
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:46:14 -0700
...Now I can't slam my doors without rolling down a window! -- Gnarlie
Re: Syncro Camper upgrade
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:34:06 -0700
...No "slam" intended. Bob Stevens '87 Westy Syncro http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico Salt Lake City ��`��`��`��`��
Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:28:11 -0500
...No slamming ! > if slamming is needed.. > something is not lubed well enough. > I have never had a vanagon come into my shop with a...
Re: Hard shutting front doors
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 01:16:42 -0800
...Open a window or wait to close > your door until the passenger has already closed theirs then you only > have to slam one door...
RE: Carat table problems
Historical mailing list - Erik O
Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:33:30 -0700
...another van and a tow rope and... Really, these things are hard to open and close. Pull hard. Slam hard. Erik 87' Syncro Westy
Part/part nos. needed
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:23:26 -0400
I need to get the "hook" and coil spirng the keep the side door from slaming shut when the van is parked facing downhill...
Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:49:39 -0500
<snip> does anyone know the age of the autobahn? i bet the old bug and busses would get slammed on it? just wondering. <snip...
Re: Canadian exportation of Vanagon to the USA
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:17:14 -0800
...Went down the line opening doors "<click>nope,<slam> <click>nope,<slam> <click> nope,<slam> Yup! I'll take this one! steve "Hey! nice...
Re: Aircooled lifter noise
Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:05:40 -0800
...Yes. > > Jake has asserted that un-adjusted valves are a cause of valve seat > failure because the valve "slams against the seat". 'un-adjusted...
Re: sliding door... please help
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:19:05 -0800
If you are closing the slider from inside, a second handle mounted near the rear of the door makes it unnecessary to slam it...
trans sometimes grinds going into 1st.
Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
...shifting into first while taking off I get a nasty SLAM SALM SLAM out of the back some where. Bouncing clutch? Any ideas? thanks...
Re: Hard shutting front doors
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:13:43 -0800
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:31 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > For some reason, they only shut if they are slammed...
Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:23:39 -0800
...Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:51 AM Subject: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not? I've always been able to tell when someone...
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:50:21 -0800
Didn't realize until now that the second handle on my '82 was a special feature. I'll think about that the next time...
Re: Donut spare�the tuner� s art (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:15:36 -0800
...the rear wheels too? who knows.. > > > I've seen people run their slammed VW Jettas on donut spares to bring them > lower to the...
klez
Historical mailing list - Data Services
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:22:03 -0400
...My virus protection caught it and slammed the brakes on the system until it was quarantined. Dave B 83 Tiico Westy 83 WBX Westy
Odd Intermittent Source
Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 06:33:17 -0400
...It turned-out that the problem was related to the natural slamming of the rear hatch, whereas the primary coil wire was being jolted...
Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:54:00 -0400
...a positive spam filter as it gets the >"boy racer" crowd. >Been awhile since I heard the words Slammed, dropped, and tunes. :) Yrs, d
Handle Straps
Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 10:44:57 -0500
...from the Bus Depot after numerous attempts for information over a one month period. (Not a slam against the BD, just a fact.) -steve-
Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:32:56 -0500
At 02:12 PM 3/5/2011, HotelWestfalia wrote: >The earlier models had a rear door handle inside, next to the rear seat, >horizontally...
closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:27:03 -0700
...Just slide door slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than slamming it. From the outside you...
Free Parts Exchange Forum
Historical mailing list - Doug
Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:12:32 -0400
Robert and Others, I've tried to create a Wiki site, or edit Robert's, but was immediately slammed as being a form of...
Hard shutting front doors
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:31:42 -0800
For some reason, they only shut if they are slammed real hard. The doors are level with the body I tried to adjust the...