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• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:31:07 -0700
  ...This is what you want instead. > > L--- > L--- > ---R > ---R No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings, a mild updraft...
• Re: LOTSA NEW Stuff- curtains, carpet, air cond, bras, propane ta
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:49:08 EDT
  ...They are available for aircooled (one screened opening) or > >watercooled (a second screened opening for the radiator grille). Hmm, well now that I have...
• Propex installation question
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 09:28:24 -0700
  ...The instructions that came with the heater say to keep the inlet and outlet openings 0.5 meters apart and that the openings should...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:45:21 -0700
  ...Mark Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" wrote: > You guys are nuts. > > No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings, > a mild updraft...
• transmission woes
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:39:02 -0500
  ...There seems to be some type of bleeder screw below the opening. The opening is about the size of a loonie. On my tranny...
• Air Deflector
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jun 97 10:56:07 PDT
  ...9/79 has flat tabs and 2 openings 12/79 has flat tabs and 3 openings 11/80 has ribbed tabs and 2 openings...
• Clean your washer jets and don't remove them.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:42:12 -0700
  ...The deposits which are constricting the openings are calcium carbonates which precipitate over time when minute amounts of washer fluid evaporates at the opening...
• Clean your washer jets and don't remove them.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:33:18 -0700
  ...The deposits which are constricting the openings are calcium carbonates which precipitate over time when minute amounts of washer fluid evaporates at the opening...
• Re: Video Players for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:09:22 -0500
  FWIW, I've found that with the rear heater removed (which many of us have done), a VHS cassette fits perfectly through the opening...
• Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:44:16 -0500
  ...Can someone out there with a van like this measure the inside width of the rear opening? I measured an earlier van without this...
• Re: WAS: Purpose... "Voltage Stabilizer" NOW: quick REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:06:55 -0400
  ...That is, as you said, the _opening_ temperature. i.e. the temperature at which the thermostat just starts to open. It has to get...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 21:01:14 -0400
  ...Specs for opening point and full opening are in Bentley. You'll have to use a glycol mix to reach the higher temperatures. Yrs...
• Re: Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:22:50 -0600
  ...Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon Hi everyone. I'm still learning about the Vanagon and all its iterations, and I just learned that...
• Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:55:37 -0400
  ...the Westy opening? Can you put a bed up top without making the opening in the roof larger than a sunroof opening? Thanks! Regards...
• Dimensions of rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:06:15 -0400
  Hi, Does anyone know the dimensions of the rear hatch/opening of the Vanagon. I don't have my Vanagon handy so I can...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:23:45 -0400
  ...Minimum opening stroke 8 mm/.35 in. Yrs, d
• Re: LOTSA NEW Stuff- curtains, carpet, air cond, bras, propan
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:05:39 EDT
  ...I'd be interested in a bra with fog lamp openings (in addition to the standard openings for a waterboxer.) >> cut the holes out...
• Re: ebay Vanagon with extra headroom - poptop only - no roof.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:00:26 -0700
  ...Consider the box sections around the openings to be transfer beams that transfer the torsional loads around the opening instead of thru it. Rule...
• Ideas for removed rear heater opening
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:12:19 -0400
  ...But, what have people done with the opening? Are there some creative ideas out there? I think Uniwerks makes a plate. I could also...
• Burning Man Gate on Opening Day
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:13:44 -0700
  Interesting time-lapse shot of the gate at BM on opening day. Four hours rolled into 2:41 minutes. http://tinyurl.com/3mjdes8 There...
• Re: Coolant Pipe Around Engine Bay Opening
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:33:09 -0700
  ...Coolant Pipe Around Engine Bay Opening I saw someone had posted a link where to get the Coolant Pipe Around Engine Bay Opening quite...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:03:22 -1000
  ...I would expect start of opening to be a bit above 170 F or so. and why not use water ? that's what the...
• Coolant Pipe Around Engine Bay Opening
  Historical mailing list - Greg McKinney
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:40:27 -0500
  I saw someone had posted a link where to get the Coolant Pipe Around Engine Bay Opening quite a while back. Mine's leaking...
• Re: Thermostats...question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:02:01 -0700
  ...Minimum opening stroke 8 mm/.35 in. > > Yrs, > d >
• Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Mike and Mary Baker
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:50:20 -0800
  Does anyone have any idea how to get the battery out of a 91 Westfalia? The opening is so tight and the battery is...
• Sunroof opening?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:16:18 -0400
  ...It looks to be the same size opening as a Westy conversion. If this is the case, would a westy top bolted to my...
• Re: Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:23:48 -0600
  ...The picture makes it look like the ducts shrink the > opening by a good 4". Can anyone take a quick measurement for me? If...
• Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:03:42 -0700
  ...Thanks > > > > Mike and Mary If it's in there, the opening IS big enough for the battery to fit in, then out. You may...
• Re: NAIAS Detroit Opening
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:49:16 -0800
  ...NAIAS Detroit Opening Hi, Waitaminnit ... Isn't "Airstream" about camping? Where are the camping facilities in this beast? -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• 85' Westy Power Steering Boot SNAFU
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:23:12 -0400
  ...So we order them from the local VW shop and are given the wrong (manual steering) ones...2nd try..wrong ones again...both openings...
• Re: opening rear windows?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:14:47 -0400
  ...Is there a way to >get an opening rear side window for these things? >thanks >matthew > > >Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting...
• Re: OT: New Guitar Store opening in Mpls, MN
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 00:36:13 -0700
  ...New Guitar Store opening in Mpls, MN > Hello listers, > For all the Guitar playing folks on the list...I > am opening a new guitar...
• Westfaila Tent Question ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 05:48:26 -0400
  ...This window opening is not screened as the other two window openings are. I can see no evidence of this opening ever haveing been...
• Tie rod and Pitman arm puller part number
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 22 May 2003 12:51:16 EDT
  ...Tie rod end and Pitman rod puller P-36861 Opening size 1 1/16" AmPro Pitman arm puller T72069 opening size: 1 5/16...
• Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:35:15 -0800
  ...Does anyone know of an easy way to jump start a Vanagon without opening up the battery compartment? Has anyone added external battery connections...
• Re: Heli stories NVC
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:20:47 -0500
  At 01:45 PM 3/1/2002, Al Knoll wrote: >HELO, Hi exit, Low opening. Used to describe airborne parachute maneuvers. Don't most...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:08:26 -0600
  ...Squirrel" wrote: >> You guys are nuts. >> >> No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg >> openings, >> a mild updraft from the defrost openings. >>
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:38:07 -0700
  re "No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings, > a mild updraft from the defrost openings." Outboard vents should flow well...
• Re: Q on converting bus to a camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 13:42:43 PST
  ...It might leak, and I > think the roof around the opening is different than if you just cut a hole > in it. Eg. I...
• Re: Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:27:36 -0700
  ...The sunroof opening does not quite go far enough forward to allow normal use of the poptop release handle. The roof of the passenger...
• Re: Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:21:31 -0500
  ...The picture makes it look like the ducts shrink the opening by a good 4". Can anyone take a quick measurement for me? If...
• Re: opening rear hatch from inside van
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:26:55 -0700
  ...William Polowniak 1989 Vanagon GL 1988 Mercedes 300 SE Subject: Re: opening rear hatch from inside van > I would also like to know how...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:07:54 -0700
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > re > "No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings, >> a mild updraft from the defrost openings." > > Outboard...
• '59 Pickup Windshield Rubber Installation!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 23:28:04 -0700
  ...On the fronts, I was able to push them into the openings (with rubber on) fairly easily, and then use the soap and string...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:29:13 -0400
  ...At small throttle openings the engine has to work to pull air through a relatively small opening...that manifold vacuum represents a force trying...
• opening rear windows?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:25:52 -0700
  ...Is there a way to get an opening rear side window for these things? thanks matthew Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:41:42 -0400
  ...These openings (one on each side of where the blower sits) allow ram air to pass from the air inlet in the upper flap...
• Spreading the damaged hatch opening?
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:37:02 -0700
  ...I am thinking of fabricating two wooden braces, fitted to the shape of the opening on each side and using a bottle jack to...
• Re: Westfaila Tent Question ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 22:44:31 -0400
  ...This window opening is not screened as the other two >window openings are. I can see no evidence of this opening ever haveing >been...
• port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:02 -0400
  ...My intake manifold openings are smaller than the gasket openings (gasket between the intake manifolds and the heads) which have openings that are slightly...
• vanagon ventilation
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jul 95 10:55:28 EDT
  ...On my last excursion to West Virginia I tied hanging mosquito netting across the sliding door opening with magnets. This worked pretty well. The...
• rear hatch bug screen for sale
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:57:41 -0700
  ...They are, I was told, shorter than the box van openings. So if anyone needs it $15, including shipping. No holes, looks almost unused...
• Re: base model '90-'91 NON-GL's
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:10:43 -0800
  ...what did that save them in production costs? probably cost > >them more > >to NOT put the opening vent windows in.. > > No doubt. They were...
• Re: [GEN] Bra for SA Grill?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:07:05 EDT
  ...The PR355 for the newer Vanagons has a 7" x 12" opening. How wide is the headlamp area on the SA grille? You could...
• Re: Westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - janetda
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:43:40 -0700
  ...Not sure what you mean by the other openings. Mine looks like any other Westfallia (87) on the road....at least in terms of...
• Re: Pathetic airflow from dash vents
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:52:47 -0600
  ...at the top of the front opening on the van (aircooled) the top of the top opening on watercooled. The duct can come loose...
• Re: WAS: lower rad grill size. NOW: D-OH! and question (PIC included!)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:52:53 EST
  vw wasnt the only company who extended the opening in the sheetmetal below the actual grille.. ford vans do the same thing. my E250...
• Re: base model '90-'91 NON-GL's
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:58:09 +1000
  Actually, I don't think it had anything to do with a preference by tradesmen although I do concur that non-opening windows are...
• Re: Friday Trivia: was: Now: why is there a gap at bottom of lower grill?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:40:29 -0800
  ...With that thought in mind though, it bugged me that their solution to increasing air flow may have been to make the opening larger...
• Bad "New" Thermoswitch
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:03:56 -0600
  ...Place the end of switch in water at the proper opening temperature- should read 0 resistance at opening temperature and beyond for the low...