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• Re: Tow Loops
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:55:17 -0700
  ...I have pulled mine out of stuck spot by making a loop around one of the frame rails on the other side to balance...
• Re: Gas Tank woes ...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 21:46:20 -0400
  ...the tank is 1” lower than the hole thru the frame … the frame is on > an 82 vanagon … Yes, you sent a video (a...
• Re: Frame mount receiver hitch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 12:51:33 -0700
  the Burley hidden hitch is very good... I have it on my van and use it on every trip with a cargo rack,,,
• Power window motor bracket
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:21:17 -0700
  Anybody have the white plastic bracket that holds the power window motor to the inner door frame? I need a pair. Jeff / San Anselmo
• SyncroBeast going back together, HELP Please
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:14:43 -0600
  ...Is there some sort of standoff between the bracket and the frame, or does the bracket just bolt to the frame direct? 3. The...
• Re: Body Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Makes the doors very hard to close. (WCM) The door rubber had problems, too (the frame parts): the piece that the window frame sits...
• Re: VW factory tent repair
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:20:25 -0400
  ...One of the > metal corner frame pieces is cracked. Does anyone know of a company > that either repairs tent frames or can make replica...
• Re: VIN Identification
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:33:20 -0800
  ...On the driver's door frame, And under the sliding door on the frame. Scott www.turbovans.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:21:35 -0400
  ...Windshield Frame Rust Really, Frank...thanks for the giggle of the day -- "better than new when done". How can POR-15 and fiberglass be...
• Vanagon Sway Bars - pics
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:21:41 -0700
  ...It's a 2x2 inch chunk of 3/16ths delrin, belt sanded to the appropriate triangular cross section and epoxy'd to the frame...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Sun, 6 May 2012 12:44:53 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > i At 07:14 PM 5/4/2012, Jack Botts wrote: > >" the fuel pump is grounded on the frame right...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:47:27 -0700
  ...I had an '84, I added a ground from the lower starter mount bolt to the frame. I drilled a hole for the frame...
• Doka Sighting on TV
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:27:21 -0800
  ...Check out time frame 1:21 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYh8V0GFUA Cheers, Jeff
• syncro question
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 07:01:16 -0700
  ...just wondering if any of you have delt with broken bolts where the front tranny mounts to the frame.. and what you did? thanks...
• Re: HF Specials
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:47:09 -0500
  ...At the very fine (and critical) settings that are required and > the fragile nature of bike frames and components, a low-cost, possibly > wrongly...
• Re: Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:38:00 -0700
  ...You >> are probably missing the frame too. >> >> Stuart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf >> Of Jared Planter...
• Re: Frame mount receiver hitch
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:02:06 -0700
  ...I've seen a few references to Dennis Haynes' frame mount receiver > hitch and was wondering if this would be an appropriate use for...
• Re: Power Window Switch Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:23:08 -0700
  ...You have to remove the frame first. Pop out the frame on the top with your hands of a screw driver. Don't try...
• round headlight/grill install in '86 van
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:55:55 -0800
  ...yellow, white, yellow with black, white with black, and of course brown for ground. - unscrewed square light mounting frames and cut wires. The inner...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:54:09 -0700
  ...Could it be these are "floating" nut plates within a > > spot welded frame to the frame member? I would rather not cut a big...
• Re: Jalousies Windows for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:26:29 -0500
  ...There is the outside frame that is precision fit, the middle frame containing the windows and crank assembly are next, then there is another...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:51:04 -0700
  ...Saw transmission rotate L/R as it should but noticed that > transmission bracket is close to clutch hydraulic flex hose bracket on > frame. I...
• Re: Fryeday: machine screws and Loctite?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:04:20 -0500
  I also have no frame problems. My secret is to never fold up my glasses. Tom www.yowercooler.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Frame mounted receiver hitch wanted
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 06:08:22 EDT
  ...it is a frame mount class II/III as well. . .<<<<<<<< Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ (http...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:47:48 EST
  ...We would build what is called a hot frame. Basically, a wooden frame filled with fresh manure. And as it composted, it would put...
• Re: Its NOT a mini-van!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:20:18 -0600
  ...The primary difference in the beginning was that one was built on a truck frame and the other is based on a sedan frame...
• Re: Transmission Noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:35:39 -0500
  from your time frame with the rear bearing replacements I would suspect under torqued large nuts on the rear wheel. loose splines sound like...
• Re: Looking for passenger side vent window for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:34:23 +0000
  ...One small issue is the the rivet that holds the horizontal part of the frame to the vertical broke. Put in a pop rivet...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:44:18 -0400
  ...must have transportation to go get a rebuilt caliper frame (or rebuilt caliper with frame). From the sound of it you'll be much...
• RE: Need:instument pod frame
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 21:02:24 -0700
  ...Need:instument pod frame Wow, weird. My '82's were all cracked up at the corners and I just swapped in the '84's...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:37:00 -0400
  ...between the part of the bracket that mounts to the frame and the frame itself. So nothing will be touching the pump itself. As...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 08:53:13 -0700
  ...Before I make all the > other adjustments...does anyone know where exactly the front-end trans > bracket should bolt to the frame? Should it...
• Re: Aircooled heater cables
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:49:18 -0700
  ...The bracket that is welded to the top of a frame member and has two vertical ears is shown in Bentley 80.4 and...
• Re: AC Bracket
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:00:54 -0400
  ...I used aluminum stock (flat and 90 degree angle) to build > a folding frame. It was built to fit one of the small 5000BTU...
• Westfalia crash damage depreciation estimate
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 3 May 1999 10:52:13 -0700
  ...The frame was bent at a cross piece that connects the end of the bumper to the main frame. This will be straighten out...
• Re: More Power to the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:05:42 -0700
  ...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
• Electrical ground locations
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:15:49 -0600
  ...Braided strap from engine to frame (waterboxer, on the left, diesel, right side, motor mount to frame) Braided strap from transmission nose to frame...
• 88 GL z bed lower drivers side bracket
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:20:28 -0500
  ...Well, come to fiqure out the bracket was not even threaded into the wall/frame of the van. I don't see how it...
• Ship Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 16:42:10 -0700
  ...And suggestion on a safe but inexpensive way to accomplish? Time frame .... 1st week of December. Larry Chase
• Re: Vanagon axle stand height?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 26 May 2004 22:53:19 -0700
  ...The jack stands go under the frame member that supports the OEM jack. Jere
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:35:52 -0400
  ...Makes a permanent, solid repair. >> Prime, paint and install new windshield using Krown rustproofing oil on the >> frame and rubber. Better than new when...
• Re: Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:11:02 -0600
  ...It looks like there is two tabs on the bottom that >> must be pried out? I didn't want to break the frame--these...
• Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:16:43 -0400
  ...That said, Westy sliding windows (both sides) are different from the passenger vans but their frame sizes are the same. Their frames conform to...
• Re: vent wing frame removal
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:02:02 -0400
  ...The unbent frame the body shop installed is working perfect I'm so mad I didn't have my used parts guy ship me...
• Re: 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 07:27:08 -0700
  ...It is strange that I have still yet to find a reference which shows which trannies use which bolt holes on the frame. 50...
• Re: Screens
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Wed, 10 May 2006 07:12:15 -0700
  ...Took black nylon screen material and draped it over the front window frames. Cut out a general shape of the window but a bit...
• Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:31:57 -0700
  ...In large system > schematics, we might see the identifiers, frame-1, frame-2, frame-3, shield-1, > etc., even though the connections may be...
• Re: Baby seat installed in backseat of Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 9 Oct 2011 05:25:36 -0700
  Have one in the middle seat in a 7 pass Van.� Works fine.� The seat belt goes through the frame of the child seat...
• window trim strip =?UTF-8?Q?substitute=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:14:19 -0700
  ...Similarly the aluminum frame of the slider windows stands out. What have other folks done? Did later models have black frames? Thanks, Gregory Smith...
• double door sunroof vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:54:42 EDT
  ...http://www.gruenesauto.de/BUS/T3/vanagon/GREENBGS.JPG i wonder if the frame rails are extra reinforced... chris
• Re: Anyone Installed/Used One of these?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:08:23 -0700
  ...Your tank seems to sit much closer to the frame rail than mine does and the mounting bracket for the frame rail is different...
• Re: Fabricated bumpers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:08:18 -0700
  ...If it is too strong, an impact might damage the frame and >result in even worse damage. >Back when cars had to have the...
• Re: 6-ply tires???
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 5 Oct 1994 12:35:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...THAN what your tire information sticker on the driver's > > door frame says... DO NOT INFLATE ABOVE THE MAX COLD INFLATION > > PRESSURE!!! By the...
• Re: Ignition Coil(s) Differences
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 6 May 1998 01:21:03 -0700
  ...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
• Re: Vanagon engine rebuild cost
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:32:28 -0800
  ...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
• Re: Poptop frame/catch refurb
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 14:39:14 -0700
  ...Poptop frame/catch refurb Cunegonde has been in the Northwest her entire life since she was imported. Needless to say there was the usual...
• Re: Towing with A-frame attached to front bumper mount?
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:47:47 -0800
  ...Any ideas? > > What I was thinking of doing was making an A-frame mount out of 2 > bent box-section U-shapes, which fit...
• Re: Towing with A-frame attached to front bumper mount?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:31:02 -0800
  ...Towing with A-frame attached to front bumper mount? >Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:15:57 +1200 > >Anyone know whether the front bumper...
• Re: Travel Weirdness (warning; tires. ;)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 13:39:56 -0700
  ...You can see where this circuit board trace arced to the multi pin connector frame; it's likely that electricity jumped the 1/4...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 May 2012 21:45:15 -0700
  ...On 5/4/2012 4:14 PM, Jack Botts wrote: > " the fuel pump is grounded on the frame right by the fuel pump." While...