Side vent wing to jalousie conversion, pics and tips

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[dames]

[quote="wagohn"]Realize this is an old thread, but just did this on my Transporter. We're slowly converting to a Westy Weekender. Easy fit.

Looks great. I see those inner seals mentioned further back in the thread are available repro. Would look good with your headliner.

[otiswesty]

Looks great nice job. I think the hardest part of building the weekender is finding a headbanger cabinet that fits the headliner tintop ceiling. Keep an eye on the classifieds, they pop up every now and then.
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1988 T3 Syncro Single cab

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[wagohn]

Realize this is an old thread, but just did this on my Transporter. We're slowly converting to a Westy Weekender. Easy fit.

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[Tcash]

Have a screen shop make them for you.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7575703#7575703

Good Luck
Tcash

[Chillaxer]

I'm trying to find screens or how to install some screen on our jalousie windows on a 74 campmobile. I see people who have replaced the windows, but not the screens. Any advice? Thanks!

[cdennisg]

Glad I found this thread in my searching for how to install jalousie windows. I am putting one in the driver's side of my 70, and since I removed it from a donor 68 about 6 years ago, I could not recall how it was held into place. I also have the rubber interior trim piece to finish off the install.

On the jalousie/slider debate, I will use a slider on the sliding door, and a jalousie on the other side. Jalousie windows tend to rattle too much, and the slider seems to exacerbate that issue. I like sliders, and I have one with a screen, but being able to have an open window during a rainstorm is a good thing for camping.
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[PicklePickle]

I was so happy to ditch the Jalousies from my bus.

Here's what I've learned. Jalousies are much louder going down the road. They allow way more air in while driving (hence a good portion of the noise) and that sucks when it is really cold out. What little good the heater does is completely annihilated by the air leakage from Jalousies. They are generally impractical to use on a regular bus. No one wants to take the time to crank them out and back in constantly when using the bus as a daily driver. In fact, cranking them in and out incessantly wears on the gearing. They were meant for occasional cranking, not in and out several times a day.

If you are thinking about DRIVING with them out, then get ready for even more noise. They are anything but aerodynamic.

Jalousies were designed to be used with the camper for camping. They make very little sense on a regular bus unless you intend to use your standard bus as a camper, and plan to put them out while camping.

If you just need a screen while camping, then there are a few people who make magnetic screens. A quick google search turned up these right here on thesamba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=623907 You can get screens for the front and side windows.

It's just my two cents. I'm sure you'll see every argument why they're the best thing since sliced bread, but as I said, I've had both and the sliders are WAY more appropriate for a standard bus--so much so that I paid over $300 to change them over and that was with me doing all the work!
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[MOX]

awesome thread, i am going to put jalousies in my transporter soon and this answered everything!

[thewalrus]

As promised:

My bottom curles in too like everyone elses
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'73 Transporter 1.7L Dual Carb

[thewalrus]

It actually came to me. I have a big mouth and was talking at a car show and the right person heard me and just HAPPEN to be a fellow bus owner and had and extra seal. I knew this was probably my only oppertunity to get one locally, so $40 later I had one! Beats the $100+ price tag on Samba. It really cleans up the look of the window and (in my opinion) finishes off the interior. Through lots of Samba searching I found out they only came on '68, '69 and MAYBE '70 camper models but then for whatever reason Westfalia stopped producing them. Shame really...

I'll post some Picts of mine this weekend when I'm out working on her


EDIT: Here's a few topic on them:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2...p;start=20

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2...mp;start=0
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[vw-traveller]

Oh my god you found an inner seal. So you say these only came on the early westys?
How did you find it?

[thewalrus]

Dish soap works better and isn't as hard to clean up after.

I say that the Jalousie inner seal on the real early campers should of been standard for the entire Westy run:

(Not mine but I hunted one down and WOW does it finish off the look of the whole window!)
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[vw-traveller]

yeah grease!
Otherwsie the rubber is really sticky and will most likely get pulled out of the grove

[Desertbusman]

Another consideration is that sliders can only open to half of the window opening. But the jalousie's fully open. Or at least 90% worth.
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[silverside61]

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

[busdaddy]

[Desertbusman]

Grease???????
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71 Westy

[vw-traveller]

Just got my louvered windows in.
My Tip:
Put a boatload of grease on both the Seal and the Frame of the bus.
Use the rope trick to avoid the seal's corners getting stuck.