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• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:44:55 -0400
  ...No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate Thanks all. Temp gauge was fine on the way home; I have to climb a fairly...
• some guidance please, 86 autotrans torubles
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:40:23 -0400
  ...inspection shows a round cover plate on the Drivers side infront of the axle with a LOOSE SNAP RING. I removed the snapring to...
• Re: Tolls- roof rack vs. trailer
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:03:10 -0800
  ...have a SunPass account and drive on the MDX roads, a photo will be taken of your license plate at each tolling point (where...
• Vanagon sighting - NJ
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:47:33 -0400
  ...NJ plates. Anyone on this list? If you are, mine is parked around the corner in my friend's driveway at 320 Wayne - come...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:03:08 -0400
  ...The only location I have ever seen "date of manufacture" is on a plate attached to the "B" pillar on the driver's side...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-collector or other auto insurance!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:52:59 -0400
  ...Three potential carriers turned my down due to my not guarantee it being stored inside a garage and the fact that my daily driver...
• Re: Light Inside Camper/cockpit lighting
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 01:02:44 -0700
  ...I cut the hole first, then riveted the the > plate BTW. Some have said they had success manufacturing the plate--but > didn't ahve...
• Re: Rear Axle Housing Bolts: Use shallow O2 Socket?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:49:38 -0700
  ...A 3/8" drive crows foot I purchased looks like it won't handle the 100+ ft-lb torque required. I also purchased a...
• STOLEN: 1981 Vanagon Westfalia Camper in Vista, CA
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:16:16 -0500
  ...1981 Vanagon Westfalia Camper California Disabled License Plate: DPW4825 Added Details: Stock. Drivers side rear 1/4 panel has evident damage, damaged rear bumper...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes! removing rear drums
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:03:34 -0500
  ...Will not come off. > Any way to drive it off with a drift through the backing plate? Make a > mullandore port? > Mike >
• Re: [vanagon parked and stripped]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:44:30 MST
  ...a vanagon 80ish no front window drivers door off, parts all over inside with Nevada lic plates.. I need some parts and did'nt...
• Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 08:24:03 -0600
  ...When I put in the new pad, I continued to use these thin plates. However, now when I drive the vehicle I hear a...
• Re: Naive question - flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:12:02 -0400
  ...but where did it look OK? Did you just check the tank behind the license plate, or did you open the engine bay and...
• fan won't go off
  Historical mailing list - susan hafler
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 11:28:39 PDT
  ...when i fired her up to drive over to the car wash, the fan went on and stayed on. i've driven from there...
• Re: shivering van.....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 6 May 2007 00:00:50 -0400
  ...think twice! Drive axles are very simple, so maybe it's the tranny to engine??? That mean clutch, shaft! What adpater plate are you...
• Horn Ring Contact Finger
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:35:55 -0500
  ...on a separate plate, or what. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks, John -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http...
• Re: Dealership vs. Independent Service
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 12:19:04 -0400
  I got my 91 syncro westy when the 2PO took the van to the dealer! for a NEW! engine, clutch and clutch plate. The...
• Re: Easier way to fix worn tracks in AFM - Method 2
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:36:25 -0400
  ...Also great care and powerful pressure of the driver into the screw -- those screws are Loctited (or similar) in to the housing. Heating the...
• Re: Friday ride
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:48:22 -0400
  ...has California plates on it !! Yahoo !! One more Vanagon in LaLa land as if that is necessary. You can't drive two feet out...
• Re: Bullet proof Vanagon, Interesting van on Ebay UK
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:56:50 -0500
  ...The driver holds a rock in the palm of his hand and notes the rate of erosion. : ) -Craig '85GL turned WESTY On Mon, Jan...
• Re: full paint job prices and OEM color question for beige Westy
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 03:20:25 +0100
  ...It is also on the metal plate under the driver's seat, if I remember correctly. Am not 100% sure about that one. Garrett...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 23 May 2007 11:27:52 -0400
  ...It needs no washer and the phillips drivereplicates the drive used in all the other Body fasteners. They are 1/4-20 american sized...
• Joker owner in SD this summer?
  Historical mailing list - rob campbell
  Fri, 6 May 2005 08:44:41 -0700
  ...http://rob.quimp.com/gallery/bighorn/IMGP1189 I might have asked before, but I was wondering if the driver is a list member. I...
• Re: Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:02:02 -0500
  Yep, a pager system for the driver and a bull horn for the back seat passengers.... Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:23:05 -0400
  ...The overflow tank behind the license plate refills the cooling system as it cools down. So there may have been some air in the...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:34:01 -0400
  ...is a skid plate.... The section between the transmissions would lead me to think that the vibration was in the drive shaft, but if...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:34:53 +0100
  ...Listen, as you open the door, on > the right side on the pillar (or column) there is a plate attached > to the car. Now...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:51:53 -0800
  ...It seems to be coming from a small, 2" X 1" diamond >> shaped cover plate at the front of the driver's side of...
• Re: Rear wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 May 2021 08:07:49 -0700
  ...I am going to pull the drums today, paint over the marks on the plate, and drive again to see if and where it...
• Re: Fill line for Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:48:05 -0700
  ...driven say, 3 or 4 times a week, like around town. So the normal thing to do is just check the license plate bottle...
• how to remove driver's side "engine tin" pushrod cover
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:40:20 -0700
  ...the reason that this scares me is that i once attempted to remove this plate, sorry, i mean tin, when i was replacing my...
• Re: Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 9 May 1999 18:24:28 -0400
  > Now, how do I get the drivers seat completely out. I checked Haynes, > but all it shows is bending up a lock tab to...
• Re: (Rant) Need to Bitch!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 20:31:26 -0400
  <<Incidentally, if you have out-of-state plates and are getting sluggish service at an Oregon gas station, the quickest way to get an...
• Re: Sloppy timing?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:53:55 -0500
  ...then the points plate is flopping around or the spring under the dist is missing and this would let the drive bounce and the...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:51:21 -0400
  The way I see it there are only two reasons to muscle the brake cable out of the backing plate. Replacing the cable or...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:46:45 -0600
  ...the impact >driver. >12 point sockets are not to be used with any impact tool. > >Propane won't get the flex plate hub hot...
• Re: buying a westy out of state, how do I drive it home legally?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:41:01 -0700
  ...Which state issued your current driver's license? In most states you have to be a resident to plate a vehicle there. AZ, where...
• Re: engine swaps... VR6
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:20:15 -0800
  ...The mounting of the drive package can be overcome with some custom welding. I did, however, hear of a company in Ohio that has...
• Re: identification plate
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:19:48 +0100
  ...identification plate > --snip-- > The company which produced the car, any piece of machinery, did care for > its > plate to last. > --snip-- > > The van is...
• Re: Coolant light Flashing--'87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:16:09 -0800
  ...You know the coolant tank with the cap >on top (not the license plate tank)? The little tube attached to that >tank was not...
• Re: Syncro For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 05:15:14 -0700
  Still has a Virginia plate on the front.� Maybe it wants to come home.� My Westy is the same color, so I could have...
• Re: Gratitude: NOT on the Vanagon list please
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:55:58 -0800
  Unless, of course, your religion involves dumping lots of cash in the collection plates of our lord Van Agon... -MB Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > IMHO...
• Re: Registering in Oregon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Sat, 24 May 2008 18:23:46 -0700
  ...my old mercedes with Wa plates- they said 'do you live in oregon?" do you have an Oregon drivers's license?" 'is the car...
• Re: flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:31:27 -0800
  ...on the converter, and that the converter spins freely behind the drive plate on putting it all back together as the case bolts to...
• Re: HELP
  Historical mailing list - Ron Hill
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:56:48 -0600
  Jay & Kim I just had the transfer plate off my 81 Westy motor so I can tell you how I did it. I simply...
• Re: Grape Racing [was Re- Th
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  16 Jun 1995 15:55:45 U
  ...oops! >This sounds like a perfect straight line to introduce >MICROWAVE GRAPE RACING! >Take a plate or other dish with a smooth surface, put...
• Re: oil pressure problems,still
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:16:01 -0400
  ...Several take off points are in the plate for oil pressure switches and such.Very interesting and useful to Vanagon owners with good pressure...
• Re: What are the 2 studs that block the distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:34:07 -0800
  ...The alternative, which i've been doing, is to remove the distributor then remove the distributor drive gear again. I'm a little reluctant...
• Re: leaky trans
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:20:11 -0500
  ...goes into the case, and a little bit from around the drive plates the CVs bolt to. Robert, When you drain the transmission see...
• Red Audi Vanagon in Denver
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 2 May 2006 03:17:46 +0000
  ...muffler coming out of the driver's side from way back, an audi 5 cylinder motor...California license plate that had an abbreviation of...
• Re: FW: Oil Filter Stuck
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:02:43 -0800
  ...Next I hammered a long screw driver through it and tried to twist it off. Nope - only 1/2 tore off. Dah - now I...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:53:39 -0500
  ...Driver’s side has a burnt valve and leaks coolant in cold weather. > It’s been over 20 years since I replaced the original...
• Re: Blog Post: Rear USB Charger Install
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:24:19 -0700
  ...easily seen by the driver anyway. > > Stay tuned for important developments! Early this morning I started making a blanking plate to go in place...
• Re: Transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:21:51 -0500
  ...What is the purpose/function of the circular metal plate next to the > driver's side CV joint, towards the front of the van...
• Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:32:42 -0800
  Well with my bloody knuckle and all, I drove 40 mile rt to work, with the "stock" brackets and no more "black ticco plate...
• re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:20:19 -0500
  ...What's going on? On the earlier buses (79 and before) There is a shift plate thingy in the front which directs the shift...
• Re: Gas prices
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:02:52 -0600
  Everything is driven by the speculation market, even the price of ground beef at your local super market. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:54:40 -0600
  ...The one in the driver door frame is Volkswagen AG. My Westfalia stickers have a serial number, but it is not the VW VIN...
• FS: syncro vanagon for $500 bucks Re: Price cut on parts Syncro in VA CL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:20:25 EST
  ...than that...syncro trailing arms, syncro gas tank, skid plates, front diff, CVs, driveshaft, maybe diff lock, bla, bla..... if i didn't have...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: [syncro.org] Who is this van
  Historical mailing list - ron 'coyote' lussier
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:23:14 -0700
  On Dec 20, 2007, at 3:08 PM, BenT Syncro wrote: >> *I have seen a white Syncro with the plate from CA* >> *reads COYOTE...