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front door felt channel
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:05:09 -0400
...Can anyone tell me if this felt insert/gasket is replaceable WITHOUT taking the window out. I'm not really worried about getting the...
Re: window winder thingio
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jul 95 10:50:39 bst
...There is a tiny screw buried in the felt channel at the top of the window, and a bolt at the bottom. Then I...
Front window guide channel installation questions
Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:21:22 -0400
I recently acquired the front felt/rubber window channels to replace the worn ones in my '81 van front doors. I pulled one old...
Front window guide channel installation questions
Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:38:06 -0400
...Front window guide channel installation questions > I recently acquired the front felt/rubber window channels to replace the > worn ones in my '81 van...
Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Fri, 3 May 2013 11:06:56 -0500
...the window with the mechanism to get at > pop > rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt > channel down to...
Westy felt channel strips...Agh!
Historical mailing list - Clark Carr
18 Mar 97 17:17:48 EST
Greetings listees, I've been hunting around for a week to replace the shredded felt channels that the front passenger door windows roll up...
Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 3 May 2013 09:04:30 -0700
...the window with the mechanism to get at pop rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt channel down to...
Re: front door felt channel
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:04:52 -0400
...gasket the windows rides in and fits into the vent > windows in both front doors. > > Can anyone tell me if this felt insert/gasket...
Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
Historical mailing list - David McCallum
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:56:57 -0600
...It turned out that the felt channel (where the top and back edge of the glass rest when the window is up) was missing...
Re: Drivers side vent window noise
Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:39:16 -0800
...Turned out my noise was coming from the forward window seal, called the "felt channel". Got a new one from Bus Depot. Nice and...
De-chromify windows?
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:29 -0700
I accidentally purchased top/rear felt channel strip 281-837-709 when it looks like I should have purchased 255-837-709 instead, as...
Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 3 May 2013 11:07:01 -0500
...the window with the mechanism to get at > pop > rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt > channel down to...
Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 3 May 2013 09:12:26 -0700
...the window with the mechanism to get at pop rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt channel down to...
Re: Seals
Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:19:24 -0500
The felt channels should be readily available at several places. I bought them for my 77 from RMMW. As I recall, the scrapers were...
Sliding window refurbish
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:49:42 -0700
Dear listmembers, the sliding windows on my 83 Westy need work. The guide pieces have fallen out, the felt seals are toast,and the...
Re: window trim question..
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:41:52 EDT
Dave, Replacing the window channels is very easy. The toughest part is to trim the new channel to the proper length. After that they...
Perishing rubber on window channels
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 21:16:08 -0800
Hi all, On the driver's and passenger's side windows of the T3 there is a rubber/felt channel that the window winds...
Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:02:50 -0700
...to scratch my window tint. What am I > overlooking? Thanks in advance! With the top/rear weather stripping felt channel and the inner and...
Sliding window glass removal
Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
Wed, 20 May 2015 08:39:12 -0400
...window guides and the tint can be done with the glass still in the frame. But no way to replace the felt channels without...
Window weatherstrip replace
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:03:35 -0800
Does anyone know if the forward vertical felt channel that lays in the rear of the wing window frame can be replaced without removing...
Re: De-chromify windows?
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Fri, 16 May 2008 13:21:09 -0700
...http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagonparts.jsp?pa=ip&ip=947385587 -john Michael Diehr wrote: > I accidentally purchased top/rear felt channel strip 281...
Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:12:18 +0200
...to scratch my window > > tint. What am I > > > overlooking? Thanks in advance! > > > With the top/rear weather stripping felt channel and > the inner and...
Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:50:37 -0700
...It turned out that the felt channel (where the top and back > edge of the glass rest when the window is up) was missing...
a trick to share... window..
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:00:42 -0800
...with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and the door...
Re: a trick to share... window..
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:13:09 -0500
...with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and the door...
Re: De-chromify windows?
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Sat, 17 May 2008 09:31:14 -0700
...felt channel strip 281-837-709 when >> it looks like I should have purchased 255-837-709 instead, as the >> latter has a channel...
Re: lubricating window regulators?
Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:42:07 -0700
...Gene said that one of the service points for a beetle was to dust the window channels with powdered graphite, and the lock cylinders...
Re: Wind Noise?
Historical mailing list - neil
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:33:36 -0500
...I simply pressed it into the channel, (you may need to cut width to fit) and carefully rolled window up and down a few...
Re: Sliding window refurbish
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:31:57 -0700
...are all set. > > > > > > Regarding the felt channel, I think I just > re-few > > it > > > through once the > > > window was back in place. I cant...
Re: Sliding window glass removal
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 20 May 2015 09:50:08 -0700
...window guides and the tint can be done with the glass still in the frame. But no way to replace the felt channels without...
Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:30:15 -0800
...It turned out that the felt channel (where the > top and back > > edge of the glass rest when the window is up) was missing...
Removing the sliding window from its track and disassembly of side window (long)
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:34:28 -0700
...Next I freed the felt channel the top of the glass rides in, by shutting the glass and pulling it down and opening the...
Re: Mildly-strong adhesive for slider window rubber?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:05:15 EDT
...I've pulled the sliding windows off both sides of Mellow Yellow in preparation to having the windows tinted* tomorrow morning. The rubber channel...
Re: Window Seals, scrapers, etc, etc
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:15:33 -0800
> > Anything I need to watch out for when I install all new seal components > for the front doors and windows?? > The "felt channel" type...
Re: Sliding window refurbish
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:29:09 -0700
...are all set. > > Regarding the felt channel, I think I just re-few it > through once the > window was back in place. I cant...
How to Remove '69 bus window
Historical mailing list - John Grunkemeier
Mon, 8 Aug 1994 16:59:47 -0700 (PDT)
...After I removed the small screw in the upper window channel felt and one bolt down below in the door the wing window still...
Re: Door seal replacement
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:30:48 -0700
...http://www.busdepot.com/details/vanagonrubber/ I'm not doing all of the seals�just the felt channel "Top & Rear Of Door Window". http...
Re: Sliding window refurbish
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:35:34 -0700
...Dear listmembers, > the sliding windows on my 83 Westy need work. The > guide pieces have fallen out, the felt seals are > toast,and the...
Re: a trick to share... window..
Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:45 -0800
...with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off, lube the window mechanism with white grease and the door...
Re: De-chromify windows?
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Sun, 18 May 2008 21:04:40 -0700
...felt channel strip 281-837-709 when >>> it looks like I should have purchased 255-837-709 instead, as the >>> latter has a channel...
Re: Wind Noise?
Historical mailing list - Mark C
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:42:18 -0800
...I > simply pressed it into the channel, (you may need to > cut width to fit) and carefully rolled window up and > down a few...
Front door weatherstrips for Vanagons at standard auto parts stores? So Cal?
Historical mailing list - Birdy Jane
Thu, 31 May 2007 16:34:45 -0700
...store? What i need is the top felt channel for the passenger and driver side windows. I've seen the part i need at...
Re: now, how do I get the window out?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 8 Aug 94 10:42:41 bst
...by removing a tiny screw at the top, hidden in the felt channel. It'll probaly be rusty as hell and take a bit...
Re: Sliding window refurbish
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:32:11 -0700
...I then removed the rubber window channel > so that I could lift the > sliding window up and then supposedly out. This is > where it...
Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:59:50 -0700
...It also helps to have to felt channels CLEAN and a spot of silicone spray so they glide just right. Channels that are ragged...
Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:57:43 +0000
...The sliding window replacement was very difficult, physically. You have to put the seal on the window, wrap a clothesline through the channel in...
Re: Replaced driver's side front window seals. Report...
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sun, 7 Jun 2015 21:13:23 -0700
...felt seal to seat. That said, > they tended to line up ok. > I used 3M trim adhesive to cover up a few "sins" > (window...
Re: Wind Noise
Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
Mon, 20 May 2002 18:40:15 -0700
For me it was from the windows, the window seals were bad on the outside, the channel felt. I replaced those and no more...
Re: sliding window removal question
Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
Mon, 24 May 1999 00:12:09 -0500
...sliding window removal question >Everytime I have fiddled with the glass in the sliding windows I have had to >remove the entire unit from...
Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:13:19 -0800
...The window felt channel makes up for it. Since you are cutting the top and bottom frame to make the conversion the frame will...
Re: Door seal replacement
Historical mailing list - James
Mon, 9 Mar 2015 22:50:02 -0400
...http://www.busdepot.com/details/vanagonrubber/ > > > I'm not doing all of the seals�just the felt channel "Top & Rear Of Door Window". http...
Re: Wind noise?
Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
Tue, 27 May 2008 06:35:34 -0700
...1/8" x 3/8" weatherstrip felt from the hardware store in the bottom of the window channel. I have done this and seems...
Re: need stereo-KISS
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:34:13 -0800
...insulation, new fabric on all > the interior panels, new rubber/window scrubber felt > stuff, basically total > overkill) and want a basic stereo system. I...
Re: Teardrop Trailer Camping
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:36:12 -0500
...This makes the vehicle very practical as a second car for the family and I've always felt that the westfalia kitchen was designed...
Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:56:57 EDT
Just finished installing the chrome trim strips in my windows all around and thought I share the details. Mine looked like hell and really...
Re: Wind noise?
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:40 -0400
...1/8" x 3/8" weatherstrip felt from the > hardware store in the bottom of the window channel. I have done this and > seems...
Re: Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:23:23 -0700
...I went up to several > Vanagons and pushed (vigorously) on windshield, rear window and side windows. > The glass withstood my efforts admirably. I then...
21 Win/SingleCab Pt Deux.. (longish)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Jul 1995 22:19:24 -0400
...Richard on the other hand already had three busses (21 window, his Rainbow 67, and a later model breadloaf) and felt the need for...
Re: VW-'71 BUS and '80? BUS-INTERSPECIES TRANSPLANTS OF EQUIPMENT
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Apr 95 18:52:46 EDT
...Front window winders will probably work though the later bus lacks the rear window felt channel deleted in '73 or '74, if its got...
Re: more heating ideas
Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
Wed, 04 Oct 95 00:14 CDT
...I had the amazing insight to install an auxiliary fan at the junction of the heater tube and the upright channel leading to the...