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• Sway bar link?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:48:11 -0400
  Anyone parting out a front suspension? I'm in need of an '80-early '85 sway bar link (251 411 051) and the washers...
• Re: another victim - pop top lifting assembly weak spot
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:22:43 -0400
  Hello List, I can confirm the weakness in the pop-top cross bar joints from my own experiences with it on different vanagon westies...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:34:41 -0800
  if i get jail bars i want them all the away around.. hehe -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM> Sent: Mar 12...
• Re: Question about Thule Load bars for 7passenger vanagons
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:21:45 -0400
  ...and also the 48" load bars. I saw some 52" bars for a decent price so maybe I'll buy them. Any other input...
• boat shipments
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:18:49 -1000
  ...Well, several years ago a line broke between one barge and the next, sending the last barge ashore on the rocky Hamakua coast near...
• Re: Funny Bus Story
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 01:00:43 -0700
  ...I love you You love me, we're a hap-py fam-ily then a shot rang out and barney hit the floor! no...
• Re: South African Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 13:23:11 -0600
  ...South African Bull Bars > ? US-made at http://www.msdsinc.com/vanagon_pbg.htm one word of caution here: i met a guy at...
• axle nut
  Historical mailing list - John Grunkemeier
  Wed, 20 Jul 1994 09:46:05 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Then you attach your 1/2" breaker bar to the tool and have your friend stand on the end of the breaker bar. Meanwhile...
• sway bar bushings
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:08:27 -0600
  I've notices some discussion about sway bars recently. I assume that both the Addco and Empi (and others) will improve handling. However, I...
• Re: RE- nicknames for generatio
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 10:51:01 CDT
  ...the earliest buses were called "Barn-doors" because of that huge rear engine hatch. now the eurovans have an even bigger 'barn-door' in...
• Re: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
  Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:33:12 -0700
  Ok - here is where I lose all sense of reason- I really like barn doors! Almost any old car for that matter. I would...
• Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:59:39 -0400
  > I've got the "oil light flicker at idle" problem and would > like to try the 0.25 bar pressure sender, but I can...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to $2 16!
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:33:00 -0700
  ...We've purchased many bare heads, and the "bare" implied that no valves, springs, caps, etc were included. The bare prices are not much...
• Re: How you will blow your motor using Bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:39:45 -0600
  many of us faced w/ a leaking head gasket (143,000 miles) have figured there is not much to lose by putting bars leak...
• Re: where to find a good rear swaybar for 85' Westy?
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 22:03:08 -0600
  ...One important consideration seems to be that if you add a rear sway bar, you must upgrade the front bar to a heavier 1...
• Re: Go Westy Pet Barrier.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:31:35 -0700
  That looks like the same barrier I purchased on...you guessed it, ebay. It fits both my Mercedes wagon and my non-Westy Van...
• Friday humor
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:32:16 -0700
  A local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1,000 bet. The bartender...
• Re: Possible split oval find!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 13 May 1996 09:07:35 -0700 (PDT)
  And Jim Ellis thus wrote: > > on my route that has this old beetle bug that has "T" bar in the rear > window. It's...
• help- syncro part no:link bar
  Historical mailing list - Cpt Curl
  Fri, 17 May 2002 06:39:10 EDT
  I have a '88 Caravelle GL Syncro and the "link bar" from the anti roll bar to theradius rod has snapped. I have tried...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:06:19 -0800
  ...Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: 11/11/2015 03:03 PM Subject: Re: black plastic clips for...
• oil pressure problem, '86
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Mackenzie
  Fri, 12 May 1995 13:39:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...M1 said " Oil switch 0.45 bar goes out. ok. 1.8 bar stays open after the engine is warmed up. Changed 1.8...
• stabilizer link repair? advice?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:06:58 -0400
  ...or 2.) sliding the bushing onto the bar and persuading it into the eye while on the bar...before reinstalling the bolt end. Either...
• WTB Needed Front suspension Part for early 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:28:36 -0400
  ...This is the piece that connects the stabilizer bar to the strut bar. more or less a sway bar link. I could also use...
• Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:49:50 EDT
  ...Springs or sway bar front then add a rear bar or all. Well, I decided to go with springs the H & R lowering springs...
• Re: Santa Barbara shop or..
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:39:46 -0700
  ...Montecito Street >> Santa Barbara, California 93101 >> Phone: 805.965.4581 >> >> Der Volks Werks >> 626 E. Gutierrez St. >> Santa Barbara, California 93103 >> Phone: 805.965...
• Re: milky white antifreeze since adding bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:11:20 -0800
  ...milky white antifreeze since adding bar's leaks >I should note that I added the bar's leak to the non presurized coolant >bottle...
• .3 BAR oil pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:14:50 -0500
  ...The switch I pulled out of there was the WRONG switch----a 1.8 BAR pressure sender. Since installing the .3 BAR switch, no...
• Re: Anti-Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:34:43 -0700
  Sorry, is this this a stock bar or t3 techniques custom bar? If latter then I'm not familiar. Chris should, of listening, chime...
• Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:23:54 -0800
  Cory, My guess about why a bar type torque wrench is required is because of that snotty sealer that you put on the headbolt...
• V6anagon/ Route 66, Day 3, part B
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 07 Dec 95 19:19 CST
  ...BTDT, bought the barbed wire. DeKalb, Illinois is where the Glidden folk lived. The High School team is the "Barbs". There's Barb City...
• Re: how to get 360ft-lbs torque?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:59:12 -0500
  ...how to get 360ft-lbs torque? uh, put a 360 lb guy on a one foot bar? OR put a 150 pound guy on...
• Re: Bush Bars from South Afrika-Vendors?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:55:33 -0700
  Ken has the super heavy duty Projektzwo bull bars, but $1259 for the front bar is a bit too steep for me! Not that...
• Re: RE: VW magazines
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:10:34 -0500
  They have Volksworld in the local Barnes & Noble, I was perusing it last week and agree that it looks great and they have a...
• swaybar/torsion bar
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:30:56 EST
  Torsion bars serve as springs, look under any chevy S-10 4x4 up front, or any standard beetle all around. Swaybars limit body roll...
• Re: Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:48:22 +1300
  >Has anyone ever heard of Bars Leak, > >if so .. do u think that will seal up the gases that >are gettin into the cooling...
• Re: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:00:08 -0800
  It's a great idea, not the least of which is you'll really understand what the front bar does for the handling! On...
• FS VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:19:28 -0500
  ...oil temp, oil pressure, volts (gages read in Bar and Celsius) Oil Temp to 150 celsius. Oil pressure to 5 bar. from 90 VW...
• Re: Anybody made a bull bar?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:52:23 +1000
  ...Anybody made a bull bar? > >I'm getting ready to buy some steel and make a bumper/bull bar for the = >front of my...
• Re: Removing CV from axle shaft?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:43:14 -0500
  Shawn, I use a 1/2 inch steel bar and a hammer to drive the CV inner race off the shaft. Use at least...
• Re: Suspension parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:45:10 -0800
  ...No, they don't come with VINs attached but hey, bargains are bargains. How's your barrio spanish? IIRC you're putting an eg33...
• Re: Bars Leak?
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:59:00 -0400
  ...Bars claims it prevents leaks and conditions the water pump. >> What is the opinion of listmembers on using Bars Leaks in a Vanagon to...
• Re: Anybody using after mkt front && rear anti sway bars ??
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:43:27 -0800
  I have used Addco sway bars front and year on a couple of Vanagons I have owned with improved results, especially when using using...
• Vanagon repairs completed, S.A. bull bar installed
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:38:59 -0500
  ...bull bar from Tiico; The bar mounted very easily, considering it weighs about 70 lbs. After managing to lift up high enough to bolt...
• CATs in CA in 2009 = more expen$ive ??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:16:50 -0400
  ...If vendors have to sell CATS with guaranteed 5 year life and BAR certifications they will no doubt be more expensive. http://www.bar...
• Re: RECOMENTATIONS ON LP AND CARBON MONNOXIDE DETECTORS
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:41:40 -0600
  ...advance > > ed > > > Edward V Barger > edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com> > BARGER LITE > ed@barger-lite.com > BARGER-LITE.COM > 310 401 0633 >
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:03:13 -0800
  UP the coast on the beach Santa Barbara county 20 minutes off highway 1 Jalama with body work $4K lots more with all the...
• Re: Bike carrier
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:48:30 -0800
  ...Yakima have round cross bars - which I like, you can flip the attachments down and the bars are quite strong. I do find the...
• Re: another victim - pop top lifting assembly weak spot
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:23:23 -0400
  ...I guess the worst thing is that this means that even though my top bar was rattling up and down a ton that it...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Chris Higgins
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:50:10 -0500
  ...Soap-up the new stabilizer bar bushing, and twist it into the new stab link. Slide the upper strut bar washer and bushing onto...
• Help The List!!!!! Who can find out the part #'s and availability for the rear links for the rear swaybar
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:04:00 -0400
  ...1x 251 411 025 C for the bar itself, 2x 253 511 049 for the linking bars between the sway-bar and the trailing...
• sway bars
  Historical mailing list - peter cobb
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:15:14 -0700
  a couple of months ago some one on the list was talking about sway bars for the westy, I have a 89 and want...
• Addco anti-sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:42:24 -0700
  Just curious if anybody has put a set of Addco anti-sway bars on their vanagon and what their thoughts are ... any other brand...
• Re: Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:55:30 -0700
  ...I see in ETKA even when VW offered the bars their note is bars com XXmm long > then "cut to size." > > Thanks, > Jeff > 83...
• Re: Barndoors in Dumb Blondes and Hokey VW's
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 11 May 1996 09:37:06 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• CA, WTD, BARNDOOR, PROGRESS, 1954, DELUXE, BUS
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:11:13 -0700
  ...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: Oil pressure switch rating....2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:03:07 -0500
  .9 bar is the correct switch. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Steve Cotsford Sent...
• Shift bar seperation and part # question
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:21:18 -0500
  Hi Everyone, Found out my shifter problem (I think) whole bar is sagging some because the gromet at the gas tank is quite worn...
• Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:27:25 -0500
  Been poking around on the net, I had seen some sites where they had " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars. Now I am searching...
• Re: Campers noisier than hardtops?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:12:45 EST
  At highway speeds combined with wind conditions my fiberglass top will flux and rhythmically hit on the metal cross bar that would be used...
• Re: 86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:56:34 -0700
  ...86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release Morning all, So this am, I locked my slider from the outside. When I pulled the...