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• Fitting of Front Curtains???
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Fri, 29 May 1998 00:23:28 EDT
  ...Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA '87 Vanagon GL
• Re: Wanted: composite headlights
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 May 1998 00:34:08 -0700
  ...I just >can't fork over the ludicrous $140 apiece the dealer wants! > >-David *************************************** If you think that's ludricrous, try buying them from...
• tranny replacement
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:24:38 +0000
  ...Tom Boldway If you come to a fork in the road, take it. -- Yogi Berra --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www...
• Pulled the Transmission................
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Mon, 12 May 2003 11:01:07 EDT
  ...assuming that it goes there? It would go between the springy forks on the pressure plate and the throw out bearing. Any input would...
• re; pulling the tranny yourself
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:13:10 -0600
  ...as all you have to do is drop it on the forks and then pull it out. My personal feeling is that it is...
• Re: Buzzing stick shift and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:48:04 -0800
  ...Rattling linkage from engine vibrations, and a poorly adjusted linkage that causes pressure on the transmission shift forks while in gear. The first problem...
• Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDE yourvan?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Ruffalo
  Tue, 8 May 2001 07:44:09 -0700
  ...Had it in a VW show the next day. > About 8 years ago, I had a pallet of data cable (40,000 ft) forklifted...
• Re: Highway Driving Vanagon Style?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:00:21 -0400
  ...take along 3 rolls of ducktape, and a whammy bar, or a pickle fork. and if you really feel the need, a 30aught 6...
• Ball joints are easy :)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:22:03 -0500
  ...I did the other side in about 15 minutes (it came right out with the pickle fork). I can't believe that the shop...
• Re: WestCoastTrip - Sat breakfast
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 16:30:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...How are we gonna make toast? Hold the bread in the flame with a fork, I guess... > ps. there are 40mph winds hitting the...
• RE:bike storage
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:40:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...A way to mount two bikes inside a Westie -get two fork mounts($30 each at a bike shop, or better, improvise) and attach...
• RE:bike storage
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Monday, December 18, 1995 4:40PM
  ...A way to mount two bikes inside a Westie -get two fork mounts($30 each at a bike shop, or better, improvise) and attach...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:32:13 -0800
  ...first, make a frame that > >attaches to the car, then a fork with a pivot and a bicycle wheel, a hatch > >strut > >to give...
• Re: Help removing clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:42:38 -0400
  ...I can't get the &#*$(# clutch lever off the clutch fork rod! I need to get this apart so I can replace the broken...
• Re: summer trips
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 07:34:06 -0700
  ...We had 4 fork mount bike attachments, and >used a cable lock. Worked like a charm. Also had a Yakima "space booster" >box on...
• Re: Fw: Re: E-Code Lights - another alternative
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:29:26 EST
  ...where the end of that curve was! BTDT - not a pretty sight! Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA '87 Vanagon GL '85 Audi 5000S Avant
• Bentley Starter?!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:20:03 -0700
  ...The next one is, the way the fork is moving the shaft. It is not at all like the one on the picture. Maybe...
• Re: Anyone got a bike rack or towing hitch?
  Historical mailing list - Chet Douglas
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:39:36 -0700
  ...Anyway, if the rack is for the sole purpose of bikes then bag the rack and bolt fork mounts at the top of the...
• Re: Towing with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:33:43 EST
  ...The real key here is DO NOT LUG THIS ENGINE - if you do it will not be kind to you! Sam Bateman Fork Union...
• Re: 87 GL Steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:09:28 -0600
  ...You will need a pickle fork to spread the clamp on the end of the steering unit. Be sure to get this done sooner...
• Re: clutch takeup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:54:45 -0400
  ...Options there include the disc lining separating, clutch fork bending or getting ready to break, pressure plate binding, broken engine to transmission studs, etc...
• Re: Mercedes van plant in Tuscaloosa?/f
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
  So Joel Walker says: > the funniest thing to all us locals is watching the germans eating > bar-b-cue with a knife and fork...
• Re: 84 westy front seal leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:04:46 -0700
  ...Actually, I now realize the clutch release forks were worn unevenly, which caused the input shaft to wobble, eating the pilot bearing and making...
• Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:49:26 -0700
  ...On ring and fork connections, and the battery etc, I use Dow stop cock grease. Almost out of the big old tube I’ve...
• Re: Interior Modifications, Bike carrier type (Request)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:22:07 -0700
  ...I know that I saw a > modification > > to carry a bike inside of the Vanagon. > > It consisted of a fork mount attached to the...
• Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 May 2016 14:15:24 -0700
  ...Dirty image of correct orientation of wheel http://tinyurl.com/zx9p3cq On 5/13/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > The rear fork...
• Re: [WetWesties] LVC Friday: Camp Fire Heat Damage Cell Phone?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:33:19 -0700
  ...101 around the top, PA & > down past Forks, maybe the coast & down a left at Oregon, then (roughly) > follow the Columbia river until it...
• Re: tranny suggestion Q
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 13:14:27 -0400
  ...He thought clutch, i'm thinking shift fork. Now let's assume i'm right :-)... He went to the dealer, and they quoted him...
• Re: Top Ball Joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:18:24 -0400
  Best case scenario is that after all the unbolting/disassembly, you take a pickle-fork and a big hammer and whack real hard a...
• Re: clutch pedal problems on my '86
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 07:29:05 -0400
  ...I suspect that the fork to the hydraulic cylinder is bad. I have seen a few of them with big slots worn in them...
• Re: Stuck in 4th gear !
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:42:52 -0700
  ...The method of operation fo the slider/hub/shift fork is pretty much the same in all trannys with just the minor design issues...
• Stuck in 4th gear !
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:29:56 -0700
  ...It also could be the shift fork, but that is rarer than a slider problem. Call if you have any questions. Daryl of AA...
• Re: bike racks and stickers
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:50:18 -0500
  ...I believe that if one did not need the luggage rack space that more fork mount carriers could be mounted "backwards", rear wheel forward...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:13:16 -0700
  ...88 and found the a 4 digit number on the little > fork that attaches to the end of the tumbler. That's the only...
• BUSES BY THE ARCH 7, WSSFHALIA WANDERERSWV-OH chapter Meet
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Aug 94 21:10:43 EDT
  ...WESTFALIA WANDERERS WV-OH CHAPTER will meet at Beech Fork State Park Campground, 10 miles south of Huntington, WV on September 30 to October...
• Re: swapping r&p
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:27:21 -0700
  ...since this would be in an automatic tranny, > i don't need to deal with shift forks, but what about > special jigs and alignment...
• Re: Whistle sound--Gland nut??f
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 20:52:01 -0800 (PST)
  ...in turn, pulls the lever attached to the T/O bearing forks, which, in turn, > presses the T/O bearing against the pressure plate...
• Re: auto vs. manual
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:35:33 -0500
  ...It is better designed it the shifting rods and forks than the 091 and seems to not develop excess wear in the differential side...
• Re: 5sp trans woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:55:25 -0700
  ...Usually means a >> slider >> is hanging up and stressing the fork and its guides..May just be a bad >> guide >> too, as they do...
• Re: subject Re: Bread Loaf citing
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 09:20:31 -0400
  ...hmm maybe the writer means that violent fork -- is different from other >>>> forks -- >>>> cause most forks have a purpose driven life -- >>>> arrgggg --- >>>> ;) >>>> yours >>>> >>>> >>>> On...
• My clutch failed , hard, today
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 May 2021 17:53:52 -0700
  ...It’s either fork inside broken or clutch springs themselves hooped. Got back home at end of work day with my wife running interference...
• Re: Web Site
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 08:27:40 -0700
  ...also sell the plug setup, although I think this is a forklift-type item that might be available elsewhere, like Harbor Freight or Tractor...
• Thanks, Portland Mechs
  Historical mailing list - Lee Tucker
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:32:50 -0700
  ...YeeHah!!!!! We were prepared (mentally not fiscally) to fork over the $2500 and instead we will get out of there for around $600 (that...
• Re: Evil Front Bilstien Shock--Lower mounting bolt froze
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:10:30 -0700
  How about a pickle fork? Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 24...
• Vanagon's Strange Noises
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:59:39 -0500
  ...Imagine if you will, you are on a bicycle, and you have attached a rectangular piece of card board to the front wheel fork...
• Re: motorcyles
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 18:41:22 -0400
  ...i didn't try to get the fork between the front seats (don't remember why) but i found it would get in there...
• clutch recomendations
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:57:27 -0400
  ...or is it 200mm.? I would also like a brand recomendation for a pressure plate, throw out bearing, fork, O ring, mail seal, spring...
• Re: 3rd Gear Grind.....
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 10 May 2001 13:28:20 -0700
  Probably a combination of tired syncro and small cracks in the 3/4 slider hub...The hub puts the 2 gears and forks slightly...
• Re: Gas Tanks.......sealant
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:29:07 EDT
  ...will enable you to keep your original tank and not have fork out for a new one and deal with different filler sizes etc...
• Re: EVERYONE READ THIS..Correction re:hatch strut supports
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:57:42 -0500
  ...I have to admit that I like the struts on my Syncro a little better, but not enough to fork out the $$ for struts...
• Re: Clutch Cross-shaft Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:26:39 -0700
  ...No marks on >> forks. It's better. But.... >> >> I used an open end wrench and judicious hammer blows to knock the >> "better" cross shaft...
• EV's and bikes-was EV'ers raid BR31
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 01:43:48 -0400
  ...I plan on making some type of frame with bike tight fork mounts for the floor so I could sit up a few bikes...
• Re: couple of q's
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 17:26:21 PST
  ...my tailpipe split between the part where it forks and the catalytic >converter. What is that part, it's the small piece that has...
• Hatch Bike Mounting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:56:47 -0600
  I used a Yakima roof rack for both the fork mount and rear tire tray. Had it on my hatch for about 5 years...
• roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Tue, 14 Feb 95 23:24:52 EST
  ...To do this I had to play with the bike fork mounts by rotating them on the round bars so that the toys could...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 May 2016 13:14:08 -0500
  ...Also, the fork connection of the adjuster was not joined, but instead ... (how can I explain this?) the fork was resting against its tips...
• Re: Serious brake question
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:53:00 -0800
  ...There is no good pic in any of my repair manuals of > how the forked end on the adjustment bar goes..........I only do...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 16:29:43 -0800
  ...I had to take my disk cutter and cut off the protruding metal tune on the side that the fork on my special pliers...
• Brilliant bike rack idea shot down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:00:25 -0700
  ...I figured to hang the bikes by fork mounts and deal with the rear wheels and the hatch somehow. Won't be necessary. Someone...
• Re: Ball joints and steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:50:26 -0800
  ...If you have a pickle fork even better. Lastly, remove the two allen bolts, ball joint should fall into your hands. this sight should...