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• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:28:59 -0800
  ...A couple PSI or Bar here or there don't matter much. With all the tire configurations, who for sure knows what they should...
• Re: Vanagon Safety Honda Element
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:17:42 -0800
  ...The lawyers claimed that the barrier was insufficient protection. (The other $7 million is being paid by the insurance company for the vehicle that...
• CANCEL THAT: WAS Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity, now NO oddity
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:32:49 -0700
  ...approx 2.0 bar, measured: 2.2 bar PASS With vacuum hose (2) DISconnected spec: approx 2.5 bar, measured: 2.2 bar HUH...
• those sway bars
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 00:12 CDT
  I got my sway bars from Rocky Mountain Motorworks. They were $245 for front and rear, with all the hardware. I had originally bought...
• WTB---exaust support bar
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:56:44 -0700
  ...the part is a support bar, on the left side from rear, it is connected to the exaust and also to the engine bottom...
• Addco sway bar installation -- thank you!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 23:54:03 -0700
  I did the front sway bar this afternoon. I'd just like to thank whatever oddball figured out that sex loob was the ideal...
• Pet Barrier
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:24:09 -0600
  I'm looking for a web pet barrier for my 85 Vanagon -- �All that we are is the result of what we have thought...
• anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:40:57 +0000
  Hi, has anyone installed an anti-sway bar on the rear of a WC Westie? I have an 85 that I would like to...
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:34:44 -0800
  ...Also get that > > 8mm > nut > > holding on the heat shield. > > Remove the 4 nut-bolt-washer-plate assemblies holding the bar up. The > > bar...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Randy A. Bergum
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:48:46 -0700
  ...Benefits of a rear sway bar? > > Heres a company that sells "G-max" front and rear sway > bars for $119.....thats cheap! They come...
• Re: Are Sway-bars all the same?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:08:48 -0400
  ADDCO actually makes there own bars and supplies them to others. There mounting kits for the Vanagon is the pits. I use their bars...
• driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:04:09 -0500
  To try to isolate my problem, I was going to go ahead and remove my sway bar and stabilizer links and drive around the...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:26:06 -0500
  ...Tow Bar for Vanagon??? Hello All: I'm tired of supporting my local tow truck driver...any suggestions as to a tow-bar set...
• Re: Update on leaking heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:10:25 -0800
  ...Ne'er use Bar's Leaks. Alumiseal if you must, but ne'er Bars Leaks. Bar Leaks = new radiator come Spring. Jim On Friday...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:01:17 -0800
  ...PSI and Bars, for tire pressure > > Yup, and the pendant in me has to point out one bar is 14.7, not 14.1...
• Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:51:35 -0800
  ...Other question, I'm replacing the bushing where the stabilizer link fits over the stabilizer bar(the stabilizer link is the vertical piece between...
• Re: Santa Barbara shop or..
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:42:16 -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: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:10:01 -0800
  ...busdepot.com Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com> BARGER LITE ed@barger-lite.com BARGER-LITE.COM 310 401 0633
• Pt. Barrow Winter Solstice
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:18:23 -0500
  Hey John: >Pt. Barrow Winter Solstice BTDT It never ceases to amaze me the people I meet who have been to the weird, remote...
• need sway bar end link syncrp
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:05:02 -0800
  i have a busted sway bar end link. anybody have a good used one for sale? needs to be the straight variety. matt "may...
• rear stablizer bar
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:06:50 -0400
  ...Does anybody on the list have or know where to buy a rear stabilizer bar mounting kit for the Vanagon? I believe the ambulance...
• Re: Barndoor Madness
  Historical mailing list
  4 Sep 95 18:53
  ...do it :) hey I might even let you have the fully dimensioned drawing I've done of those Barndoor safaris I had so you...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 01:26:30 -0400
  .25 BAR is the new standard from VW, it' blue. (to replace the .3 BAR) But who care about the color� Ben http://www3...
• Re: BART: was Re: Loose Wind Wings 94 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 22 May 2007 13:12:23 -0700
  On 5/22/07, rubatoguy@comcast.net <rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: > > I think a Vanagon is faster than BART. :-) You obviously do not have...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:00:26 -0700
  ...Bob Sent from DAS4X4 > On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote: > > Was in Amsterdam september and...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:08 -0600
  ...broke the bar. I should just 'bite the bullet' buy a $3/4 >> drive breaker bar, but they are so expensive when you use...
• Re: Pop top cross bar needed
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:58:18 -0600
  ...Anyway, anyone have a > crossbar (the one used to raise the poptop) from a late model Westy > (beige paint) Jordon VW? If your bar...
• Copy of: What are the aluminium bars across the rear hatch for?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  16 Dec 96 19:49:15 EST
  ...What are the aluminium bars across the rear hatch for? >I have seen some Caravelles (Vanagon in USA) including my 1984 GL with a...
• Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:47:28 -0700
  I want to construct a front bull bar bumper that looks much like the "Projectzwo"-spelling? bumper that was discontinued....Does anyone know if...
• Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:55:55 -0500
  ...Breaker bar and deep 6 point socket is in there. Saved my butt a few times, and it has saved a few random people...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:11:13 -0800
  ...Carrier Bars? > Yes. And I have a steel engine cover waiting to be modified. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > > On Dec 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM...
• Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 4 May 2003 20:25:18 -0700
  ...When I removed the head, the cylinder barrels were stuck on so tightly that I had no recourse but to remove the cylinder barrels...
• Re: Anyone have a stabilizer bar linkage they would be willing to part out?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:23:48 -0600
  ...Anyone have a stabilizer bar linkage they would be willing to part > out? > > Hello List, > > While starting the job of repackaging all of my...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:35:59 -0700
  ...FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving. > Well ladies and gentleman, some time ago i inquired about some pretty cool > barefoot shaped soft foam pedal pads that i...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:28:49 -0700
  ...125-130 psi (9 bar) > > #2: 145 psi (10 bar) > > #3: 140 psi (almost 10 bar) > > #4: 145 psi (10 bar) > > Right now > >I...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lutz
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:06:14 -0500
  I think starting in '86 a second 0.3 BAR oil pressure switch was added to the gas engine. Cluster pin 12(yel) is...
• Sagging rear on 71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 95 15:17:23 EDT
  The torsion bars are adjustable, they do not need to be replaced. I'd suggest you let a dealer or a certified mech. do...
• Re: oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:14:27 -0600
  ...I believe someone mentioned when I posted up this question last summer that the problem can lie in an improper bar calibrated oil switch...
• Re: Barret Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:49:20 -0800
  ...Barret Jackson Auction For those wondering "What it would have been worth if I hadn't sold/traded it...." the Barret-Jackson auction is...
• Re: The VW bus travel spirit
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 4 Jan 2022 09:26:15 -0700
  On 29 Dec , 2021, at 7:49 AM, Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > nice 5-acre place with electricity available in our barn...
• Barrett-Jackson
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:05:30 -0500
  ...http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1960-VOLKSWAGEN-23-WINDOW-BUS-190319 -- Mm
• FS Vanagon Jail Bar Center Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:42:42 -0800
  I have a nice center bracket for vanagon jail bars. $25 shipped. Enjoy your day! Tom Boyd meyra21@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo...
• Looking for a Mechanic in the Santa Barbara area
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:47:29 -0700
  Hello All, We found a Vanagon in the Santa Barbara area. We would like to have it checked out by a reputable mechanic. Any...
• Re: Big Brakes (review) Whiteline swaybars
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:41:57 +1200
  ...Fortunately for us! Hansen Motorsport in Germany tried to get T�V approval for Addco bars (these failed because the bars were cracking at...
• Re: INFO Vent fix site
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:07:58 -0400
  ...Hans Cumberland, Ontario 86 Westfalia (Slow Poke) 92 Cabriolet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Mercer" <bjmercer@SYMPATICO.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday...
• Re: FS Splittie Side Barn Doors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:22:27 EDT
  In a message dated 6/25/03 10:43:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: > The barndoor is the engine lid...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:17:18 +1000
  ...Benefits of a rear sway bar? >> >> Heres a company that sells "G-max" front and rear sway >> bars for $119.....thats cheap! They come...
• Barndoor Trivia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 21:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The barndoors had emblems that mount with 3 studs intead of 4, in a trangular pattern. The _early_ barndoors (50/51) had a cast...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:25:41 -0800
  ...the future EDWARD V BARGER BARGER-LITE PO Box 2818 Venice, CA 90294 www.barger-lite.com ed@barger-lite.com 310 401 0633...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:29:59 -0600
  Hi Phil, An anti-sway bar added to the rear of a westy will help stabilize it when passing or meeting trucks and it...
• correct load bearing bars lenght
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:51:19 -0400
  Hey Folks, Stupid question, because I don't have the van with me to measure, but what are the corrects length load bearing bars...
• Barret Jackson NVC
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:52:10 -0700
  A Barret Jackson auction has been running in the Speed channel, today and tomorrow. Checking the list of cars in the auction shows only...
• Re-adjusting torsion bars
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 03:58:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...torsion bars please post it....my bus has been lowered and i'd like to revert to normal height. thx
• Re: Bush Bar Source
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  22 Jan 97 12:09:59 EST
  >Does anyone know of a source for bush bars* for Vanagons? check out: http://econwpa.wustl.edu/~samid/bus-stuff/MSch and get in...
• Barry Coulter, where are you?
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Sat, 23 May 1998 23:03:41 -0400
  ...I am trying to reach Barry Coulter. If you are around, please pmail me. If anyone can help, please contact me. Thanks, PSD.
• Re: Window Trim
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:58:44 -0500
  Karl, Tried that----makes the barrel sticky, and slows down the potato! WD-40 lubes up the barrel, causing the projectile to really fly...
• Re: sway bar size bigger on Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Mon, 13 May 2002 06:53:29 -0400
  Oh, and unlike my post about the different sta-bar designs, your 85 and 86 should both use the same endlinks, etc., so your...
• Rhino Bull Bars...,
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:28:21 -0800
  Can anyone and everyone please send me pics of Bull Bar Bumpers.., interested in seeing all the colors out there, all the different types...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:33:00 -0400
  ...It seems that the .5 > Bar sender would cause the idiot light (& buzzer) to come on sooner (around > 7psi) than the stock .3 Bar...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:21:08 -0600
  My last resort cheater bar is a 4' piece of 1 1/2" dia black iron pipe w/ a cap on 1 end to...