removing a wood headliner on a 71 westfalia bus

dreamycat1

I'm 17 and a girl and this is my first car and it's a 71 Volkswagen bus westfalia the headliner sheds on me,cause it's original and I'm wondering how I can't take it down to spray a seal on it and put in back up I took the screws off now what thanks in advance

babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7107

If it is supported by the channels above the windows and not some hack, you should be able to push upwards on the sides about 1/4" to 1/2" to get it to pop out of the channel. Don't rush, and have someone to help you.

Bret2094 · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:49 pm Post subject:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621972&highlight=

There's how i did my 77 headliner like a week ago, lol hope it helps. If it's been humid in the bus, the wood may have swelled and seized in the channel like mine did.

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Lionhart94010 · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:53 pm Post subject:

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Tcash · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:06 pm Post subject:

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FlatfourFrenchy · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:34 pm Post subject:

Mine had the falling white powder syndrome also. I pulled mine down carefully marking where the seams were with a sharpie on the side rails. I sanded mine down just to the wood under whitewash finish and put a coat or two of urethane on them making them have a nice warm color. I also glued and clamped any delaminated egdes while they were down.

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dreamycat1 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:21 am Post subject: Headliner pics

I can't figure it how to remove the rivets from the light and how I'd put em back in if I move this will it mess up light light works thanks btw

Tcash · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:45 am Post subject:

I think the light pops out the rivets are holding the bracket.
Gently try and pry the light out. If it will not come out. Drop the panel and unplug it.

Good Luck
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Lionhart94010 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:23 pm Post subject:

Gently push on one of the short side of the light, you might have to wigged it a bit, try to slip a credit card under the rim/edge of the light, pull down gently, if it does not work try wiggling it a bit to the other side(long ways) try pulling down gently with the credit card… you may have to play with it until you get the feel for it, if in the end if you break it, you can always get a replacement… we all have had to learn the hard way sometimes; you break things while learning sometimes ;0)
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Supertramp · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:35 am Post subject:

Looks exactly like my headliner, which I removed from a 71 Westfalia a few days ago. I'm replacing the ply however and wrapping it in vinyl.
If you push the edges of the headliner, starting at one side, then move to the other, I found it just eventually 'popped' out.
As for the light I disconnected it from above and took it out with the headliner.

Cutting the ply and reinstalling this weekend.

dreamycat1 · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:34 pm Post subject: Headliner light help

Here's how the lights connected pulled down wood a tad to see what was under and how to disconnect it there's a whole bunch of insulation And I can't figure out how to unplug light the wires look like there soldered soldered on hmmm

borninabus · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:52 pm Post subject:

just pull them straight off.

use caution as the red wire has 12V at all times and if it touches the body bad things can happen.
unhook your battery to negate this problem.
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dreamycat1 · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:54 pm Post subject:

And then I can just plug em back in? sweet ,thanks everyone!

busdaddy · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 5:59 pm Post subject:

Careful pulling them off, they tend to stick on the terminals and the plastic holding that up is brittle, supporting the metal part of it you are pulling it off of with needlenose pliers saves all sorts of trouble later.
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Tcash · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:34 pm Post subject:

Spray the connectors with some WD-40 and give a little wiggle as you are pulling them off. As busdaddy posted needle nose pliers work well.
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drakonis · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:02 pm Post subject:

You allready have the pic if you cant remember when re installing the wires. taking pics while removing things is a huge plus!
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