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  • Re: buses in movies
    Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
    Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:15:43 -0500 (CDT)
    ...I am so proud. ;-) Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60 Double-Door Panel General Registry Of Ozarks' \\ \/ // '69 Bus (Sunroof) Volkswagen Enthusiasts \\ //\\ // '81 Vanagon...
  • Re: Insulation for a vanagon ...(f)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:26:51 -0400 (EDT)
    ...while cleaning my 86 syncro, managed to remove all the interior panels, the dash, and the headliner. One thing led to another... >> Jeez... It...
  • 80-83 Instrument cluster question
    Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
    Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:42:44 EST
    I would like to install a cylinder head temperature gauge in my instrument cluster, in the panel just below the warning lights (oil, turn...
  • Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
    Historical mailing list - sharks
    Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:46:37 -0800
    wait a second, who owns a vanagon that goes 80mph? On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Wade Ebert wrote: > the factory with exactly the same...
  • Glimpse of westy
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:13:56 -0400
    ...I saw a Gold Westy (Vanagon non-GL). 84-85, equipped with AC, but I suspect not working as the driver had his window...
  • Re: Stereo Suggestions
    Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
    Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:24:41 -0800
    I like the Pioneers for the Vanagon for four reasons: 1. Smallest length - they fit!!! In my '84, there isn't much space, so...
  • Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:21:52 -0400
    ...I mentioned a >couple of weeks again that my blue led on indicator panel was >starting to glow when fridge not running. This started...
  • Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:57:04 -0800
    ...scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Diehr" <md03@XOCHI.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:12...
  • Re: Vanagon crash article
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:30:17 +1300
    ...My wife's 93 Estima diesel was recently damaged by a vandal... My big 84 Hiace diesel 4WD van was sitting on the gently...
  • Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 24 May 2011 22:52:13 -0400
    ...The thermocouple signal is the only voltage in the van that drives negative to chassis ground, and the designers of the LED panel took...
  • Followup Re: 1991 Westy - Does Bentley describe relays on fuse panel?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:02:00 -0600
    ...running lights wiring for Canadian vans) and pulled all the > relays out along the top of the fuse panel. > > Of course, I didn't...
  • Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 6 Mar 2011 19:13:29 -0800
    I agree wholeheartedly Al - the slider, the fuse panel and the cast uprights of my '86 are a giant improvement over the equivalent parts...
  • Re: Vanagon autobody question
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:06:53 +1200
    >You will find those seams make the vehicle ease to build, because the >panels the length of the vando not have to be perfectly...
  • Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:59:38 -0600
    ...the fuse panel cover (assuming this is a 85 and up van) > and listen or feel each relay on the panel? > > alistair > > On 29...
  • Re: Mysterious short circuit
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:32:27 -0800
    ...Is it possible that something in the instrument panel is causing the problem? ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
  • Re: July 4th
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:10:39 -0700
    ...Jake >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel > today! http...
  • Re: Electrical question (non-starting)
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Sun, 24 May 2009 14:07:18 -0400
    Robert, I was starting to go through all this complicated measurement stuff and replacing switches and all when my van wouldn't start. It...
  • Re: insane AC idea
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:18:11 -0500
    ...I've seen > photos of a van with a solar panel on its roof; how much power can be gotten > from one of these...
  • Putting Accessories on aux battery (86-91)
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 3 Jun 2014 19:02:21 -0700
    ...For stock vans the interior lights, cig socket, and radio should all be running from fuse #3 of the main fuse/relay panel. First...
  • Re: Father's Day - New Radio/MP3 - front panel removable
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:40:18 -0700
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Father's Day - New Radio/MP3 - front panel removable The existing wiring may be the factory 3-wire...
  • 83 westy radio wiring question to aux. battery
    Historical mailing list - bluetoast
    Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:18:30 -0400
    hi all, first time posting but have been learning a ton about our van. 1983 2.0 westy i read a month or so...
  • Batteries and solar panels!
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Sat, 4 Jul 2015 16:11:21 -0700
    ...For the past few days, I had the van plugged in and was testing the fridge. I might have accidentally had it on the...
  • Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:11:46 -0400
    ...By dim I'm presuming you mean the LCD digits fade and become unreadable, not that the panel light gets dim (because all the...
  • Re: Question on body panel "filler"
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 13 Apr 1995 08:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Its great for filling the void betwixt panels though. The other stuff is bright white, and is much thinner. Its a lot more manueverable...
  • Re: where does power to the fuel pump come from?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:39:38 -0700
    ...Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 >
  • Re: Window Sticker
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:31:33 -0400
    ...bus, not a vanagon. cute sticker, seen it before on various buses.. the artist even drew in a sheetmetal patch panel for the rockers...
  • Front seat/upholstery
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:40:50 -0500
    I am looking for front seat upholstery for a 1983 Brown Vanagon GL. The seats are Beige velour (cloth) with a houndstooth insert panel...
  • Re: new Listee
    Historical mailing list - dogsbody
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:04:36 -0700
    ...by the window arches, rust in side body panel seams and under window seals. My van has a bit of corrosion in all of...
  • Another Bus on the Web
    Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
    Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:05:47 -0600 (CST)
    ...The Ugly General Registry Of Ozarks' \\ \/ // '60 Double-Door Panel Volkswagen Enthusiasts \\ //\\ // '81 Vanagon (Sunroof) bhufford@mail.orion.org \\/ \\/ '61,'63,'67,'72 Bus...
  • Re: POSSUM/COON/SKUNK/SQUIRREL SKIN REUPHOLSTERY KITS!/F!/ROADKILL CRABS
    Historical mailing list - ddawson
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:31:06 -0800
    ...didn't bother me much as I was driving a (no Vanagon content) rental car. I didn't see any Re-upholstering going on...
  • freebies
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:51:36 -0800
    ...2 sliding doors, one early and one late Vanagon. both need inside panel. Both are in good shape and just need to be painted...
  • Improvement or desecration?
    Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
    Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:54:21 -0600
    ...What do you think when you see a Vanagon with scores of modifications, cut door panels, tack-on gauges, add-on doo-dads? Would...
  • Wanted Parts for '85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:10:53 -0400
    ...Brown front curtain (the one that snaps in around the windshield) Brown sliding door panel Rear hatch screen (brown) I will pay anything reasonable...
  • Re: rear defroster
    Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
    Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:37:03 -0700
    ...panel with BIG numbers that even a sixty year old (like me) could read without trouble.... Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado '81 Vanagon Mr...
  • 1981 window dropped inside door
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:15:02 -0700
    ...How do I remove the door panel to fix this and what do I do when inside ? Please reply pmail Sean Garrett 81 Westy...
  • Re: Missing jack & lugwrench
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:03:25 -0400
    ...Does not work on later-model Vanagons that have the plastic moldings over the rocker panels. <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=237011031> - Ron...
  • Re: Body work question
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:05:14 -0500
    ...For instance, if i had a vanagon front clip in front of me, it would get evey ounce of rust blasted off it and...
  • Heute ist Freitag. Schtats again. :)
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Fri, 04 Nov 94 08:28:00 CST
    ...91 Vanagon 5 Microbus 34 - Camper 8, Panel 3, Pickup 4, Kombi 11 Bus 86 - Camper 48, Panel 0, Pickup 1 Vanagon 108 - Camper...
  • Re: Norcold refrigerator + modest solar rig, a report [LVC]
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Sat, 8 Jul 2006 15:38:08 -0700
    ...The two 45-watt BP solar panels had brought the battery back to fully-charged in about 2 hours. The panels are wired to...
  • Re: Friday Question
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:06:04 -0700
    ...Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Stone" <tstone8359@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:07 AM Subject: Re...
  • Re: 1989 Fog light wiring in harness?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:52 -0500
    In US spec Vanagons, the foglight wiring in the rear does not exist (the taillights are slightly different in European Vanagons to accomodate the...
  • Re: Anyone making custom curtains?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:17:17 -0700
    ...line up the new panel by >> feel on curtains installed with upper and lower rods -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil...
  • Re: Slider closing helper
    Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
    Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:21:55 -0800
    ...On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Closing the slider on vanagons is usually a noisy...
  • Re: Vanagon Digest - 25 Aug 1998 to 26 Aug 1998 - Special issue
    Historical mailing list - Bill Fryer
    Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:40:33 -0700
    ...I'll have to pull off the panel and check the relay while the A/C is running. I checked the drain line where...
  • Re: Aesthetically correct but non-functioning dash clock
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:39:07 -0500
    ...Like for example your panel lights don't work. They have the same ground as the clock, should be pin 5 on the panel...
  • Re: Part request interior panel
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Wed, 28 Dec 2022 01:44:27 +0000
    Funny story....so I am out on Thanksgiving weekend with my San Diego Vanagon friends.  I was at tail end of the entourage of...
  • Re: Rapture Texture Coating-Go Westy
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:02:56 -0500
    ...I haven't paid much attention to the rocker panels on gowesty vans in person but defintiely plan to take a closer look at...
  • Re: was solar panels, now gen. noise
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:19:02 -0700
    ...uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: solar panels > > >>> Sounds like a Honda...
  • Re: need used part
    Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
    Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:57:51 -0400
    ...The local VW shop told me you have to take the front panel off the van and put it in from outside, and they...
  • Behr Air Conditioning
    Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
    Mon, 4 Jan 1999 11:36:43 -0700
    ...On my Vanagon, this fuseblock is located on the "tunnel" behind the heater duct panel. When the radio is moved onto this panel, the...
  • Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:51:13 -0800
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating > lights... > >> I too would like to know how to get that...
  • yes, friends, it's friday. no, it's not a song.
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 12 Aug 94 10:16:36 CDT
    ...91 Vanagon 6 Microbus 21 - Camper 8, Panel 3, Pickup 1, Kombi 9 Bus 61 - Camper 29, Panel 0, Pickup 0 Vanagon 77 - Camper...
  • Re: What's the strangest think you've found in a "new" Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:58:23 -0700
    "...1965 Chevy Panel Truck..." Hooray for old Chevy panel trucks!� I had a '55 that came with an unopened pack of Doublemint in the...
  • Re: gluing bodypanels on - BAD IDEA
    Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
    Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:38:26 -0800
    I agree, the big 3 are using body panel adhesives now, and with all due respect, if they are using them, they must be...
  • Re: Fwd: Slider Quietening
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:41:48 -0400
    ...door inside surfaces now, and the large > body panels, and it has made a very > noticeable difference in the "sound" of the van. > bob >
  • Re: Volksibus is mine!!!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:53:38 +1100
    ...A base model T3 transporter, either in panel van or window van form is empty in the back with hardboard linings for delivery work...
  • Vanagon Body Construction
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
    Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:12:55 -0500
    ...If you compare the Vanagon to my Chevy van, which has much larger panels with no seams, it is obvious it is possible to...
  • Re: SewFine Products inquiry
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:38:51 -0800
    ...VANAGON.COM > Subject: SewFine Products inquiry > > Folks, > > Is anyone familiar with the Company Sew Fine ( www.sewfineproducts.com ) and > their Seat and Door panel...
  • Re: Hot engine
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:47:35 -0700
    ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Hot engine > Can't say for sure if warm body panels after...
  • Re: VW Fox question (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
    Fri, 1 May 2009 22:03:53 -0400
    ...I would suspect that body panels, glass and fox especific parts will be the hardest to find. Also you can only use panels from...