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• Drivers seatbelt on west
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:56:33 +0000
  Is there any way to remove the driver's seatbelt for cleaning or replacement without having to remove the cabinets? Sent from Xfinity Mobile...
• Final Drive for 80 vw auto trans same as 85?
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 21:19:47 -0400
  Will the final drive from a 1980 automatic transmission vanagon fit an 85? Any help is much appreciated. Bill
• ct/mass vanagon drive-in nights??
  Historical mailing list - mike barker
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:37:31 -0400
  -I saw a mention of my two favorite things-Vanagons and Drive-ins. Does anyone have info on CT/MA get togethers? -Mike
• Re: 82 aircooled power
  Historical mailing list - Mel Stireman
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:24:14 EDT
  My daily driver is about the same . I would rather drive Ely than my ford pickup. Mel 82 Westy Air Ely Van Blau [text...
• Driver from Shreveport to Houston?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:51:07 -0400
  Need to get a nice Westy from Shreveport to Houston. Anyone interested in a drive? Compensation negotiable. P-mail me if interested? Warren C.
• Towing a Syncro with no driveshaft?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:39:23 -0500
  Can a Syncro be towed with the front wheels on the ground if the driveshaft has been removed? Thanks! tabe johnson/87 westy
• Re: Syncro vibrations... I think it's time for a mechanic!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:39:14 -0700
  ...The u-joints > > were in sorry shape - binding and sticking - so I had them rebuilt by a > > local driveline shop. Reinstalled the driveshaft - the...
• Re: Starter Woes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:30:34 -0400
  ...The Bendix drive is a thoroughly ingenious device which uses the inertia of the pinion to drive it up a helical channel on the...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:29:39 -0400
  ...i don't care about others, i just drive in the left lane at 55-60... i have seen something shoking in the states...
• Re: Automatic not shifting into high gear
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:32:46 -0600
  ...The transmission can be removed from the final drive with the final drive and engine remaining in the vehicle. I've only found the...
• Re: Why new tires should go on the rear.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:26:28 -0700
  ...but what if you have a 4 wheel drive or an all wheel drive..? On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Loren...
• Re: daily driver Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
  Wed, 1 May 2013 10:39:15 -0400
  ...forum@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I wish its more like > Fixed Daily! > Driven Weekly! > Fueled Monthly! > !!! > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:50 AM...
• drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:35:06 -0400
  Terry Kay wrote: > The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent...
• NM to or from DC, Driver or Van Wanted or Offered
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:05:23 -0400
  ...He wants to drive somebody' van from Albuquerque to Washington DC from Albuquerque. Another option is that somebody wants to drive a van from...
• NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or NE US?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:53:16 +0000
  ...We'd like to drive from Virginia in late March to a spot where we'd have a good chance to see the Aurora...
• Automatic transmission & final drive
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Wed, 20 May 1998 15:58:36 -0400
  I am having the automatic tranmission and final drive on my 90 Westfalia checked for problems early next week here in Toronto Canada. I...
• Re: drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:46:18 -0700
  ...drivers door lock > Terry Kay wrote: > > The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > > door. > > It's a saftey...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Gardner
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:26:11 PDT
  ...Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft? > > >> Hello, >> >> I would say that driving w/o the driveshaft is fine...I did for...
• Re: Syncro as a daily driver?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:29:18 -0800
  I used my hard top Syncro as a daily driver during much of last summer and fall.� While it ran fine, it was a...
• Re: Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:23 -0400
  ...That four inch long little shaft with a gear on it's end that goes down to meet the crank to be driven and...
• Re: I need help! I'm about to shoot the syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:34:54 -0800
  ...I removed the drive shaft, It checked out O.K. Without drive shaft >| installed, there is no vibration. HMMM? Sounds like you need a...
• Re: Driveline noise under load ??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:37:04 -0500
  ...Then in a big parking lot, pull the steering wheel to the stops and drive in a tight circle, first one way, then the...
• idiot DC drivers (was RE: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 21:31:34 -0500
  ...sucks in snow! ::: :::I'll toss in one minor caveat that has not been addressed. ::: :::Driver education. ::: :::Down here in the Washington DC area...
• Re: You know you're a Vanagon driver when . . .
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:51:23 -0800
  ...You know you're a Vanagon driver when . . . > > You know you're a Vanagon driver when . . . > > - you've got 60 emails in your inbox...
• N. NE Mechanic advice (was: Syncro vibrations... I think it's tim e for a mechanic!)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:34:49 -0400
  ...The u-joints were in sorry shape - binding and sticking - so I had them rebuilt by a local driveline shop. Reinstalled the driveshaft - the...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:06:29 -0600
  ...Have to think about the Inboard End Being Driven & the Outboard End Being the Driver ~ When Flipped & the Rotation Reverses the Face of the...
• Re: Syncro Estasy, spins, ABS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 10:06:10 -0400
  >I remember reading that a Synchro cannot be towed, since the >drive train can't be disconnected and the system doesn't like to...
• Driver side door from 81 GL for sale cheap
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 00:06:00 -0400
  ...I secured a brown driver's side door from the junkyard for 30 bucks. Then, a local resident parted his 85 white van. My...
• Re: Running syncro without driveshaft?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:55:49 -0700
  ...Neal" wrote: > > With driveshaft on, my front tires resist tight turns. > During tight turns is also when the CV joints decide to self destruct...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:32:11 -0400
  ...do you remove the driveshaft when > towing? Or do you have a decoupler? IIRC, removing the driveshaft is unnecessary when towing with all four...
• Re: New VW Commercials
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:18:16 -0600
  ...The driver got out and crawled into a large truck with a snow-blade. The copy was something like, "What the snowplow driver, drives...
• Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:09:34 -0400
  The drivers side middle window is a direct swap with the sliding door on early model westies. Apart from not being stock, would there...
• Sun Valley, California Test Driver Needed
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:31:02 -0600
  Please, if you live in, or near Sun Valley, CA., pmail me off list. I need a test driver......... Compensation, of course. Thanks, Miguel
• Re: Beckys' Drive In
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:17:28
  ...Where is Becky's drive in? If it is near Allentown, it sounds like a good idea to me. Ron Salmon
• Re: ?Syncro-Full Locking Drivetrain?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:38:50 EST
  Does anyone have any information regarding modifying a Syncro to have a fully locking drivetrain, i.e., at the front, rear and center? Rg...
• Re: WANTED - Drivers side turn signal/parking lamp assembly
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:24:32 -0400
  I need everything but the wires and lens (and bulb :) ) Sorry... Should be FRONT drivers side turn signal/parking lamp assembly...
• Punishment:must drive VW now
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:55:39 -0400
  Berlin cops wreck 22 BMW squad cars, as punishment now have to drive VW vans. http://tinyurl.com/bdjet Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m...
• Re: Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:19:28 -0400
  ...Hi to all, I am having trouble to take out the distributor's drive shaft. That four inch long little shaft with a gear...
• Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 08:54:06 -1000
  I use my 89 syncro westy as a daily driver as I have for every van I've ever owned (61 splittie, 76 loaf...
• Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:26:14 -0700
  excellent points Tom, and I'm a volvo driver and loverof my 88 turbo 740 sedan. and back then ..Volvo worked 'really hard' on...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:40:31 -0600
  ...I was going to mention don't think of using a 1/2 inch drive, but I see it has already been done. Years...
• Re: It happens every 100k
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 00:00:05 -0800
  ...Has anyone really driven 200k in the same vehicle? I suppose a few have, but I bet not many. - David ('87 Wolfsburg - driven 25k...
• Re: Power door locks, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:13:54 -0800
  ...The passenger >side >motor works as expected, unless I plug in the drivers side motor. Then, >unlocking the drivers door causes nothing to happen...
• Re: Viscous Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 May 2016 17:50:34 -0400
  ...You can remove the center drive shaft and drive with just the 2 wheel drive. Many folks install the drive shaft decoupler as it...
• Driver seat charging station ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:55:12 -0400
  82 diesel Camper I want to use the 2nd battery compartment under driver, now empty, to charge and run digital gadgets, phone and laptop...
• Re: Can anyone spare a Carfax report?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:40 -0600
  Ok Ben, just what do you do w/ these dokas if you don't drive them? YMMV, Mr. BZ-drive all of mine when...
• Horn Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:22:59 -0500
  ...So, Volks, what say you? Ideas?? Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL...
• RE:Friday Follies....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jun 1995 14:41:01 -0400 (EDT)
  In regard to the following: >Oh, there are no Eurovans here in the States, >They are off on foriegn shores, >Driven round by high...
• Disconnecting Syncro Drive Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 15:04:56 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
  Hi Syncronauts, I have a friend with a Syncro Vanagon but is having problems with his driveshaft. He would like to disconnect it for...
• projzto
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:37:15 -0600
  ...headlights and i'll get pummeled by irate drivers at stop lights? i have already upgraded to a relay switch and slightly higher watt...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:24:56 -0400
  ...Most belt drives are designed around the belt > having a 180 degree wrap around the drive and driven pulleys. On the > waterboxer the belt...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:00:38 -0400
  ...It used to creep up to 90 sometimes > when > > I wasn't looking. > > > > I don't drive that fast any more. I drive the...
• Re: [Syncro] drivetrain vibration
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:38:29 -0800
  Remove the drive shaft and see if it goes away. If so, mystery solved. Be sure to rend Bently on reinstallation (reassemble exactly the...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:23:56 -0400
  ...Dennis writes, "The water boxer engine cannot reliably drive a larger alternator due to the drive belt set. Most belt drives are designed around...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:09:28 -0800
  ...6mm-21mm 3/8" drive > > Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm > > Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm > > Torque...
• Re: Frydaye - Chinese VW Jetta gets flattened......
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:07:58 -0700
  ...Some drivers on the right lane will > go across the intersection then right turn into the gas station. > The drivers on the middle lane...
• Re: VWs in Hollywood [Get Smart!]]
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:08:00 -0800 (PST)
  >>>Didn't Maxwell Smart drive up in a Karmen(SP) Ghia during the >>>opening shot of "Get Smart"? >> >> >>Nope-- that was a Sunbeam Tiger...
• Re: Question about using magnets to hold back table in place
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:01:16 -0700
  ...But I¹m worried about using my laptop so >>> near a magnet couldn¹t it screw up my hard drive? > >>> Katherine & Vanita > > No problem............... > > Your hard...
• Re: Vanagon speedo marked '1000'?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:02:07 -0700
  ...Once upon a time, you could purchase speedo drives gears from VW to compensate for different tire sizes. Keeping in mind that VW speedometers...
• Racing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:13:22 -0500
  A driverless Audi RS7 is set to match the speed of the pace car at Hockenheim track on October 19. Audi ran its first...